September 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Over Ten Killed In Allied Forces Clash With Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Our Development Agenda Is Premised On SDGs-Somali FM (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Calls For The Release Of Citizens Detained For Piracy (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia’s Parliamentary Election Postponed Again: Lawmaker (SABC News)
Somalia: Hundreds In Puntland Protest Against Indian Court Ruling (Garowe Online)
Joint Military Efforts Weaken Shabaab’s Control In Somalia (Daily Nation)
Somali Elections: Much At Stake For Gender Representation (Mail & Guardian Africa)

Somali Electoral Body Warns Of Cash Crunch Signalling Poll Delays (Goobjoog News)
Somali Federal Parliament Speakers Visits Baidoa (Goobjoog News)
Former President Jets Back To Reclaim Villa Somalia After Four Years In The Cold (Radio Dalsan)
Global Community Urges Against Poll Delay Commends Somali Development Blueprint (Goobjoog)
Kenya Calls For More Funding To Return Somali Refugees From Dadaab (Reuters)
At UN debate Kenyan Vice-President implores Security Council to take Somalia situation ‘seriously’ (UN News Centre)
Somalia: The Impasse Of 2016 Electoral Process Drags On (Hiiraan Online)

Galmudug State Of Somalia To Mobilize Security Forces For Elections (Goobjoog News)
Well-known Businessman Shot Dead In Belet-Weyne (Shabelle News)
NISA Official Killed In A Car Bomb Explosion (Radio Dalsan)
MP Godah Barri: Hiiraan Residents Decides To Have Their Own State (Goobjoog New)
Somalia Enters Delicate Poll Season (Daily Nation)
At UN debate Kenyan Vice-President Implores Security Council To Take Somalia Situation ‘Seriously’ (UN News Centre)
BanQu Software Aims To Give Refugees A Financial Imprint (Star Tribune)

Theresa May: UK Will Send More Troops To Somalia To Fight Al-Shabaab (ITV News)
Hiiraan Governor Impeached For Diversion Of Aid (Goobjoog News)
Military Court In Puntland Sentence Large Number Of Al-Shabaab Fighters To Jail (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland Authorities And UN Agree To Form Joint Committee On Dadaab Camp Returnees (UNSOM)
The Terrorism Risk Of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees: The Minnesota New York And New Jersey Terrorist Attacks (Cato Institute)

Kenya: World Court Has No Jurisdiction In Somalia Dispute (Associated Press)
Civil Society Activist Joins Race To Villa Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
Al-Shabaab Ambushes Ethiopian Military Convoy In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
ISIS In Puntland Releases New Video Declaring Caliphate In East Africa (Garowe Online)
Jubaland Set To Launch Major Offensive On Al-Shabaab Bases (Goobjoog News)
Minnesota Mall Knifeman Was Student Says Father (BBC)
Somalis Denounce Attempted Terror Attack On Police Station (Daily Nation)
Security Tightened In Mandera Over Al-Shabaab Threat (Daily Nation)
Al-Shabaab Steps Up Attacks In Run Up To The Somalia Elections (African Arguments)

Somali General 7 Bodyguards Killed In Car Bomb Attack In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Military Officer Killed In Mogadishu 2nd In A Day (Shabelle News)
Mogadishu Mayor Says No To Opposition Plans For Demonstrations (Radio Dalsan)
International Community Lauds Electoral Process In Somalia (Xinhua News)
UNHCR Denies Abuse Of Somali Refugees In Kenyan Camp (Xinhua News)
Kenya Somalia Term As misleading Reports By Human Rights Groups On Refugee Repatriation (The Star)
Kenya Somalia Spat Goes To Hague Court (The Standard)

State To Provide Security For Presidential Candidates (Goobjoog News)
President Opens State Formation Conference In Jowhar (Shabelle News)
SNA Forces Raid Al-Shabaab Base Near Hudur Town (Shabelle News)
Somaliland Clans Threaten To Withdraw From Electoral Process (Garowe Online)
Kenya Seeking To Close Somali Camp Denies Abuse Of Refugees (Voice of America)
25 Khat Cargo Planes Head To Somalia After Flights Ban Lifted (Daily Nation)
Mother Seeks To Inspire With Film Of Photojournalist Son (Reuters)

Museveni Spends Night At UPDF Base In Somalia (Daily Monitor)
Separate landmine blasts in Southern Somalia (Garowe Online)
Somaliland Denounces IGAD Summit Outcomes (Garowe Online)
Senior Al-Shabaab Commander Killed By Fellow Fighter (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Joins Africa-led Initiative To Protect Elephants (Xinhua)
Uhuru Secures Deal For KCB Entry Into Somalia After Visit (Business Daily)
Envoy Tells Significance Of Somalia’s Improving Peace To Ethiopia (Ethiopian MoFA)
Somali Flower Girls Who Received Uhuru Warm Hearts On Social Media (Nairobi News)
Let’s Not Wait Another Two Years To Act On The Refugee Crisis (IRIN)

IGAD Heads of State Summit Concludes In Mogadishu With Member Countries’ Renewed Commitment To Support Somalia (AMISOM)
Renowned Somali Journalist Wounded In A Friendly Fire In Mogadishu (SONNA)
Khat Flights To Somalia Resume Wednesday After Uhuru Mohamud Talks (The Star)
Somalia Hosts Regional Summit For First Time In 40 Years (VOA)
Five Wrongfully Detained In Somalia Now Free (HRW)
Kenya Is Abandoning Somali Refugees (International Business Times)

IGAD Summit To Kick Off In Mogadishu (Office Of The Somali President)
Somalia Introduces New Security Measures Ahead Of IGAD Summit (Garowe Online)
Somalia President Furious At Criticism By Opposition (Garowe Online)
Tens Of Thousands Mark Eidul Adha In Nairobi’s Eastleigh Estate (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Leader Offers Pardon To Rebels (The East African)
Somalia Launches National Strategy To Counter Extremism (Xinhua)
AU Forces Arrest 2 Al-Shabaab Bombers In Somalia (Xinhua)
UN AU Military Engineers Seek To Enhance Operations In Somalia (Xinhua)
Clans A Major Obstacle For Women Vying In Somalia polls (The East African)