May 19, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

33 Al-Shabaab Militants Nabbed In Kenya’s Coast In 4 Months (Xinhua)
Government Forces Seize Defense Minister HQ Over Unpaid Salaries (Garowe Online)
Interior Minister Meets IOM Officials In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Cuts Off Hands Of Two Men Convicted By Sharia Court (Reuters)
Abu Dhabi Police Commander-In-Chief Meets Somali Police Force Commissioner (Emirates News Agency)
Turkey To Deliver 15000 Tons Of Aid To Somalia In Ramadan (Anadolu Agency)
Somalia Is On The Brink Of Famine And Time Is Running Out (Huffington Post)

As Somalia Combats Insecurity Drought Worsens ‘More Rapidly Than Projected’ – UN Official (UN News Centre)
Puntland Parliament Rejects Expansion Of State’s Assembly (Garowe Online)
Roadside Blast Kills Kenyan Official In Border Region (Xinhua)
23 Sentenced In Ethiopia For Al-Qaeda Al-Shabab Links (Associated Press)
Mohammed-bin-Rashid Al-Maktoum Foundation Distributes 360 Tonnes Of Food Aid To Vulnerable People In Somalia (Emirates News Agency)
Tackling The Security Crisis In Somalia (Deutsche Welle)

Money Access And Security Main Challenges To Averting Famine In Somalia: Experts (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Puntland Prosecutor Orders Capture Of 18 For Piracy Activities (Somali Update)
Gunfire Exchange Between Villa Somalia Guards And NISA Banadir Boss Leaves Two Dead (Jowhar.com)
China Gives $1 Million USD to Help IDPs in Somalia (Global Times)
Fighting Al-Shabaab Requires ‘Carrot and Stick’: U.N. Official (Newsweek)
An American Documentary Captures the Odds Against Being a Soccer Player From Somalia (Quartz Media)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Invites Somali President to Arab-Islamic-US Summit (Al-Riyad News)
Uganda Declares Doubling Its Troops In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Expanding The State Parliament Is Unjust Says Puntland MP (Garowe Online)
QRCS To Launch QR 5.5 mln Ramadan Projects In Somalia (Relief Web)
Bishop Urges International Support for Drought-Stricken Somalia as Anti-Terrorism Law Stilt Aid Effort (The Tablet)
Executions Increase in Somalia (VOA News)

Government Holds Constitutional Review Meeting in Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
Tension Runs High in Eastern Galgaduud (Shabelle News)
Somalia’s Prime Minister Attends Doha Forum (Garowe Online)
President Mohamed Reaches Out To Global Financial Agencies (Daily Nation)
Somali President Welcomes Al-Sisi’s Invitation To Visit Egypt (Daily News Egypt)
Is Federalism a New Phenomenon in Somalia? (Jowhar.com)

UN Chief Calls on International Community to Allocate Another $900 Million For Somalia (Sputnik news)
Somalia’s President and United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Opened London conference on Somalia (Garowe Online)
Somalia’s Council Of Ministers Meeting Focuses On Security (Garoweonline)
Kenya Defence Force To Stay And Pacify Somalia Says President Uhuru (Shabelle News)
Somalia and Its Backers Seek Security Pact To Beef Up Army (Reuters)
Museveni In United Kingdom For Conference On Somalia (New Vision Uganda)
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Somalia? (BBC News)

Turkey Aims To Win Exclusive Fishing Rights Off The Coast Of Somalia (Garowe Online)
Uhuru Alarms Premature AMISOM Troops Withdrawal (Shabelle News)
Gunmen Kill Somali Elder Involved In Election (Shabelle News)
Italian Police Arrest Somalis Suspected of Human Trafficking Ties To Islamists(Sputnik News)
Turkish PM Flies To London For Somalia Conference (Anadolu Agency)
Strong Partnerships and Further Funding Key to Beating Back Famine (Africa Newsroom)

At Least 13 Killed In Somalia Fighting (VOAnews)
Denmark Joins Combat Against Somalia Piracy (Shabelle News)
Somalia In Mourning As Football Legend Hussein Ali Abdulle Passes Away (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia EU Mull Ways of Enhancing Maritime Security (Xinhua)
Egyptian Prime Minister to Attend London Conference On Somalia (Ahram News Agency)
Instruments of Pain (III): Conflict and Famine in Somalia (Reliefweb)

Somalia Explosion: Car bomb Rocks Mogadishu At least 8 Killed Outside Cafe (Fox News)
Somali Forces Seize IEDs in Mogadishu Sweep (Shabelle News)
Somaliland Will Not Participate In London Conference On Somalia Minister Shire Says (Somali-Update)
Landmine Kills 3 Soldiers in Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
UN Has To Do More For Somalia’s Stability Uhuru Says In Talks With UNGA Boss (The Star Kenya)
UN Agency Returns 62372 Somali Refugees From Kenya (Xinhua)
Analysts Sceptical Of Impact In Somalia Of Kenya Arms Purchases (The Daily Nation)

Somali Government Says Kills Senior Al-Shabaab Chief: Statement (Reuters)
Hirshabelle Warns The Federal Government Against Encroachment On Its Territories (Goobjoog News)
Senate Heads For Recess After Conclusion of First Session (Goobjoog News)
Somalia is well prepared for the forthcoming London Conference (Jowhar)
Somalia Holds National Consultation Conference on ICT (Xinhua)
Somali FA Concludes Youth Refereeing Course (FIFA)
London High Level Forum To Chart Somalia’s Future (Standard Media)