March 24, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia’s President Appeals For Famine Assistance (VOA News)
Somaliland Teacher Arrested For Impersonating President Silaanyo (Radio Dalsan)
Kenya Somalia Agree On Measures To Boost Bilateral Ties (Xinhua)
Somalia: A Moment Of Hope Amid Tragedy Says UN Envoy (UN News Centre)
Islamic State Group Routed In Somalia’s Puntland President Says (Bloomberg)
Kenya Somalia Vow To Step Up War Against Terrorism (Xinhua)
A 24-member Delegation From The AU Peace And Security Council Delegation Arrives In Somalia On An Assessment Mission (AMISOM)
With A Game Of Basketball Girls Dribble Round Extremism In Somalia (News Deeply)

At Least 25 Starve to Death in Somaliland (VOA)
From A Refugee In Dadaab To Youngest Minister Siraji’s Star Continues To Rise (Radio Dalsan)
Somali President Makes First State Visit To Kenya (Shabelle News)
Somalia’s Puntland In Port Talks With DP World President Says (Bloomberg)
World Has Just Months To Stop Starvation In Yemen Somalia: Red Cross (The Globe and Mail)
The Interview: Navigating The Foreign Policy Maze For Farmaajo’s Administration (Goobjoog News)

UN Releases $22 Million To Fight Famine Threat In Somalia (AFP)
Al-Shabaab Attacks Defense HQ In Mogadishu Two Elders Killed (Garowe Online)
Mogadishu Car Bombing Leaves 10 Dead (CNN)
Somali Cabinet To Include Drought Disaster Post (VOA)
Somalia Ambassador To Kenya Appointed Planning Minister (Nep Journal)
IICO Launches Aid Mission To Somalia (KUNA)
Somalia Aims To Tap Vast Offshore Fish Stocks With Country’s First Fishmeal Plant (Under Current News)
Can Military Might Alone Defeat Al-Shabaab? (The Global Observatory)

IGAD Summit To Convene On The Status Of 1 Million Somali Refugees (Xinhua)
Al-Shabaab Suspects Nabbed In Jowhar Following Bomb Attack (Garowe Online)
U.N. Seeks Inquiry Into Deadly Assault On Migrant Boat Near Yemen (New York Times)
UAE Denies Targeting Somali Refugee Boat (Khaleej Times)
Actor Ben Stiller Joins Social Media Drive To Raise $2 Mln For Somalia (Reuters)
US And Ethiopia Train AU Soldiers To Fight Al-Shabaab In Somalia (EBL News)
Kenyan Police Intensify Search For 2 Kidnapped Teachers In Dadaab Refugee Camp (Xinhua)
With Reduced Patrols And Illegal Fishing Somalia’s Pirates Could Be Making A comeback (Quartz)

7 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Battle With Somali Troops (Xinhua)
It’s Now Official: UAE To Establish A Military Base In Berbera & Pump $2BN In Investment (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland Displays Freed Hijacked Vessel Sri-Lankan Crew (Garowe Online)
Puntland MP Dies Of Wounds Sustained In Car Bomb Blast (Garowe Online)
Mother Two Children Wounded In Baidoa Blast (Garowe Online)
Somnet Launches Somalia’s First 4G Internet After Al-Shabaab Ban (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia Wants Saudi Probe Of Refugee Boat Attack (AFP)
Galmudug And NISA Forces Foil Attack Nab Vehicle Transporting Explosive Materials (Nep Journal)
Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi To Visit Kenya On Thursday (The Star)
State House Refutes Diplomatic Row With Somalia After Uhuru Visit To Dhobley (Daily Nation)
UK PM Hails Somalis For Contributing To Global Growth (Daily Nation)
Ending Famine In Somalia The Turkish Way (Al Jazeera)

Somali Pirates Release Oil Tanker Crew Without Ransom (VOA News)
London Celebrates Somali Achievement At The 2nd Annual International Somali Awards (Hiiraan Online)
Diarrhea Outbreak Kills 40 In Southern Somalia (Shabelle News)
Turkish Airlines Steps In To Help Famine-hit Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
Somali Faces Helps Raise Funds For Somalia Drought Victims As GoFundMe Denies Group Fee Waiver (Nep Journal)
Somali Islamists Let Drought-hit Civilians Roam In Search Of Food (Reuters)

Somali PM Commends AU For Its Commitment To Support Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Militants Cut Off Hands And Legs Of Two Men (Garowe Online)
Britain Calls For More Support To Drought-hit Somalia (Xinhua)
Families Plead For Somali Pirates To Release Ship’s Crew (Associated Press)
Uhuru: KDF Will Remain In Somalia For Peace And Stability In Kenya (Capital FM)
Jubbaland MPs Laud AMISOM For Nairobi Training Vow To Use Skills Acquired To Improve Their Work (AMISOM)
Can Somalia’s New President Negotiate With Al-Shabaab? (Religion & Geopolitics)

Somalia Region Sends Soldiers To Free Hijacked Ship (Reuters)
Senate Approves Hiring Of Staff Security Committee Tables Report (Goobjoog News)
Gunmen Kill Prominent Elder In The Capital Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
Story Of 9-Year-Old Girl Who Lost Parents To Starvation Stirs Emotions On Social Media (Radio Dalsan)
Seized Oil Tanker With 8 Crew Anchored Off Somalia Coast (VOA News)
US Secret Service Helps Somalia To Identify Fake Dollars (CNBC)
Sir Mo Farah Backs Charity Appeal To Help Somalia Drought Victims (Belfast Telegraph)
Somalia: A Country Devastated By Drought Famine And Conflict (Gulf News)

Car Bomb Kills At Least 13 In Somali Capital – Police Medics (Reuters)
Suicide Bomber Kills Himself In Kismayo (Kismaayo News)
UN Envoy For Somalia Condemns Bomb Blasts In Mogadishu (UN News Centre)
Somali PM Vows Strong Action After Mogadishu Twin Explosions (Xinhua)
Officials: Somali Pirates Hijack Oil Tanker In Indian Ocean (VOA News)
Seychelles Repatriates Five Somali Nationals Acquitted For Piracy Offences (Seychelles News Agency)
‘Dying One By One:’ Somalia Drought Crushes Herders’ Lives (Associated Press)

Hundreds Of Somali Soldiers Protest In Mogadishu Over Unpaid Wages (Reuters)
Puntland Government Releases Prominent Elder Accused Of Ties To Al Shabaab (Garowe Online)
UN Delegation Reaches Adado On Drought Mission (Shabelle News)
Somalia: Media Worker Wounded In Car Bomb Blast In Capital (Associated Press)
Kenya Halts Mogadishu Embassy Project Over Insecurity (Business Daily)
Aid Agency Warns Of Surge In Cholera Cases In Somalia (Xinhua)
Seven Suspects Arrested In Malindi Were Funding Al-Shabaab – Police (The Star)
In Somalia’s Hidden Famine The Children Die Without Names (Telegraph)