April 7, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia Roadside Blast Kills At Least 19 bus passengers (Associated Press)
Pirates Reportedly Hijack Another Boat Off Somali Coast (Hiiraan Online)
Bosaso Port Deal To Be Struck Today In Abu Dhabi (Jowhar.com)
Somalia Leader Declares Country A War zone Replaces Chiefs (Associated )
Dubai’s P&O Ports Wins $336 mln Port Concession In Somalia’s Puntland (Reuters Africa)
As Somali Bombings Spike An Unlikely Saviour Steps Forward (Gulf Times)

UAE Naval Base Deal Threat To Somali And Horn Of Africa Stability- Parliament (Goobjoog News)
AMISOM Foils Al-Shabaab Attack In Jalalaqsi Town (Shabelle News)
Somali PM Meets With UN Envoy In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Hassan Aden Desperate To Stay Alive As Drought Continues To Bite (AMISOM)
Kenya Arrests 7 Suspected Human Traffickers In Refugee Camp (Associated Press)
Drought-stricken Somalia Headed Toward Humanitarian Disaster (The Toronto Star)

Somali Piracy Resurges (VOA)
Clan Clashes Claim Two Lives In Middle Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
Global Online Campaign Delivers 60 Tonnes Of Aid To Somalia As Plane Lands In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somali Military Officers Injured In Mogadishu Attack (Shabelle News)
Summit Scuttles Kenya’s Plan To Repatriate Refugees (The East African)
Seized Indian Vessel Moved To Undisclosed Location Over Ransom Demands: Pirate Leader (Reuters)
Income Tax Shoots Up As Finance Minister Ups Domestic Borrowing (Goobjoog News)

Somali Pirates Strike Again Seizing Indian Vessel And Crew (New York Times )
New Information Minister Pledges Free Media Environment (Goobjoog News)
Gedo Governor Declares The Region Safe Calls For Diaspora Investment (Hiiraan Online)
Curfew Imposed On Leego (Goobjoog News)
Turkey Boosts Aid For Somalia’s Development (Daily Sabah)
Child Deaths Grip Starved Somalia (Caj News Africa)
Finance Minister To Increase Domestic Borrowing To Meet Budget Deficits (Goobjoog News)

Finance Minister Vows To Fight Corruption (Goobjoog News)
Benadir Governor Praised As Development Conscious Leader (Shabelle News)
Turkish Deputy PM In Mogadishu To Assess Drought Situation (Goobjoog News)
Former Minister Of Ports Dies In Mogadishu After Illness (Garowe Online)
Countering Violent Extremism Conference Concludes In Dar Es Salaam (Hiiraan Online)
Abducted Somali Journalist Freed After Torture (Associated Press)
Somaliland Suspends Development Programs In Face Of Famine (VOA)
Diaspora Now Investing In Mogadishu As Security Improves (The East African)

Two Wounded As Mortars Land Near Villa Somalia In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
Embrace Dialogue To End Perennial Conflicts Somali President Tells The Arab World (Goobjoog News)
Trump Expands War Authorities To Target Militants In Somalia (Foreign Policy)
Kenya Arrests Suspected Islamic State Militant Who Trafficked Recruits (Reuters)
As Famine Looms Malnutrition And Disease Rise Sharply Among Somali Children – UNICEF (UN News Centre)
A Solution To Somali Piracy Is In Sight Local Communities Hold The Key (The Conversation)

Dahabshiil Lobbies Muslims To Help Starving Somalis (Daily Nation)
Kenya Holds Ceremony To Welcome First Direct Flight From Mogadishu In 10 Years (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia’s Drought Once Again Has Thousands On The Move (Associated Press)
Nalo Musdhaf Remains Hopeful In The Face Of Severe Drought (UNSOM)
Even Camels Dying In Somali Drought (VOA)
Somalia Welcomes Turkish Aid As Famine Takes Hold (Anadolu Agency)
Somaliland: ‘I Convinced My Sister Not To Do Type III FGM On Her Daughter’ (The Guardian)

Somaliland Sets A Date For Presidential Poll (Goobjoog News)
Four Southwest Soldiers killed In Al-Shabaab Attack (Shabelle News)
Djibouti Shipping Lines Set To Launch Djibouti- Somaliland Container Shuttle Service (Goobjoog News)
Famine In Somalia: Twice In Six Years? (IRIN)
Somalis Return To Kenya To Escape Drought At Home (Al Jazeera)
Stability Is Key To Somalia’s Public Finance Management Progress (Public Finance International)

President Farmajo Asks Parliamentarians To Drop Petition Against Cabinet (Hiiraan Online)
Senator Farole Urges Federal Parliament To Endorse New Cabinet (Garowe Online)
President Returns Home After Historic Visit To Kenya (Shabelle News)
As Cholera Spreads Somalia Begins Vaccination Campaign (The New York Times)
When The River Dries Out All Life Disappears (Reliefweb)

Puntland Leader Says The State Will Hold One Man One Vote Elections (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug Assembly Speaker Summons Lawmakers To Adado Ahead Of By-election (Goobjoog News)
No Casualties Reported As Bomb Blasts Rock Capital (Shabelle News)
IGAD Leaders To Help Send Refugees Back Home (VOA)
Help Somalia Stabilise Uhuru Appeals To International Community (The Standard)
Somalia Urges Relief Agencies To Return (Xinhua)
Promoting Institutional Memory In Somali Bureaucracy (Hiiraan Online)