August 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Al-Shabaab Militants Raid Beach Restaurant In Mogadishu After Setting Off Car Bomb (The Independent)
Somalia Hunts For Fake-Cash Bank Teller (Shabelle News)
Landmine Blast injures Five Soldiers In Somalia (Shabelle News)
UNDP Chief Vows Support To Development In Somalia (Xinhua News)
UN: Somali Refugees Leaving Kenya Due To Threats Pressure (VOA)
Black Lives Matter Protests Death Of Abdirahman Abdi Across Canada (The Globe & The Mail)

Somali President: UAE Supports Our Country’s Construction Process And Fight Against Terrorism(Goobjoog News/WOMA)
Army Colonel Shot Dead In Somali Capital (Anadolu Agency)
Victims Of Galkayo Attacks Are In Serious Condition – Medics (Goobjoog News)
Garowe Hospital Offers Fistula Treatment For Patient Mothers (Goobjoog News)
Five Arrested After Grenade Attack In Mogadishu (Xinhua News)
UNHCR Says 18000 Refugees Leave Dadaab Camp For Somalia In 2016 (Prensa Latina)
11th Somali Man In Minnesota Charged With ISIL Support (USA Today)
Former ICU Financier Slams ‘insupportable’ Al- Shabaab ‘Kill Bombing’ Policy (Hiiraan Online)

Somalia AU Forces Kill 8 Al-Shabaab Militants (Xinhua News)
Kenya Seeks US Support To Transform AMISOM Into UN Mission (Goobjoog News)
Somalia AU Troops ‘Regain Ground’ From Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Education Minister Asks Universities To Set Admission Standards (Goobjoog News)
AU Mission Vows To Deter Al-Shabaab From Disrupting Somalia Polls (Xinhua News)
Jubaland Minister Says Kenyans Were Involved In Mogadishu Hotel Attack (Daily Nation)
SRSG Keating Holds Discussions With Senior Jubbaland Officials (UNSOM)
These Young Somalis Are Creating Their Own Traditions In The Midwest (Refinery29)

AMISOM SNA Partnership Key To Securing Somali Electoral process – Force Commander (AMISOM)
Spokesman: AMISOM Kills 8 Militants Near Baidoa City (Shabelle News)
Puntland Speaks 24 Hours After Twin Blasts In Galkayo (Garowe Online)
Somaliland Forces Intervene In Deadly Somali Clan Fight In Northern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Additional Funding For Kenya And Somalia (US Dept of State)
7 Al-Shabaab Suspects Arrested In Security Swoop In Beledweyne Town Hiiraan Region Central Somalia(Intelligence Briefs)
Security At Mandera Border Enhanced To Deter Al-Shabaab Incursion (The Star)
UNSOM Launches Training Workshops For Journalists On Election Reporting (UNSOM)
Former Somalia Envoy To Kenya Mohamed Ali Nur To Face Incumbent Mohamud Hassan Sheikh In Presidential Race (The Standard)

Twin Suicide Bombs Claimed By Al-Shabaab Kill 20 People In Somalia (Reuters)
Three People Injured In Mortar Shell Attack At Transport HQs In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Amid Concerns Somaliland Insists ‘Timely’ Presidential Election (Hiiraan Online)
First Mobile Court Established In Jowhar District (Goobjoog News)
UN Urges Somalia To Abide By Poll Calendar (The Gulf Today)
NSSF Staff Arrested Over Terror Links (The Standard)
Uniformed UNSOS Personnel Honored For Distinguished Service (UNSOM)
General Mohamed Ali Samatar- A history Of Survival And Firsts Through The Storms (Goobjoog News)

One Killed Four Injured In Mogadishu Car Blast: Police (Xinhua News)
President Asks Election Commission To Work For Candidates Equally (Shabelle News)
Election Commission Registers Political Parties (Shabelle News)
Hiiraan Middle Shabelle Inter-regional State Formation Impasse Enters New ‘Crisis’ Phase (Hiiraan Online)
Visiting Uganda Senior Commander Commends AMISOM Soldiers For Helping Secure Somalia (AMISOM)
Trump Visit To Minnesota Gets Cold Shoulder From Somalis (Associated Press)
For 3 Days Books Replace Blasts In Somali Capital (VOA)

AU Special Representative Urges International Community To Help Somalia Hold Successful Electoral Process (AMISOM)
AMISOM Is Prepared To Secure Somali Elections (Shabelle News)
Somalia Parliament Concludes Ahead Of 2016 Polls (Garowe Online)
Bardere Police Chief Survives Bomb Attack (Shabelle News)
AU Mission Denies Shelling Residential Areas In Somalia (Xinhua News)
UPDF Officer Charged Over Death Of 10 Soldiers Gets Bail (New Vision)
House Refugees At Your Risk Says Saleh (The Star)
Mohamed Ali Nur – How I Plan to Fix Troubled Somalia (The Citizen)

Over 300 Al-Shabaab Suspects Nabbed In Mogadishu: Official (Xinhua News)
Ugandan Soldiers Handed Jail Terms Over Oil Scam In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland Welcomes Kenya To Lead War On Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Somali Shops Vandalised After Fatal Shooting (Goobjoog News/IOL)
Somaliland: IFJ Urges End To Judicial Harassment Of Journalists (IFJ)
Police Link Youths’ Disappearance To Shabaab Recruitment (Daily Nation)
Somali Man Denied Refugee Status Has Decision Overturned On Appeal By High Court (The Journal)
Somalia FA Launches Third Phase Development (SuperSport)

US Confirms Operation In Southern Somalia Declines Its Forces Were Involved (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland President Makes Fourth Cabinet Reshuffle In Less Than A Year (Goobjoog News)
National Union Of Somali Journalists Condemns Arrest Of Media Worker (Mareeg Online)
Jailed Somali Pirates Face Grim Life Conditions In Kenyan Prison (Goobjoog News)
Report Says East African Countries Face Increasing Threat From Al-Shabaab (The Washington Post)
Government Forces Capture 4 Locations From Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Xinhua News)
UNHCR Steps Up Repatriation Of Somali Refugees From Kenya (Xinhua News)
A Welcome Somali Voice At The Minnesota State Capitol (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Assents To Human Rights Bill (Goobjoog News)
Opposition Wants President To Leave Office After Term Ends (Garowe Online)
Puntland Military Court Executes Officer Over Killing (Shabelle News)
Somali Caught With 38g Of Cannabis Remanded In Custody (Goobjoog/Malta News)
U.S Special Forces Kill 30 Al-Shabaab Militants In Southern Somalia (Xinhua News)
Rio 2016: Somali Sprinter Hailed As ‘Inspiration’ Despite Finishing Slower Than Most High School Girls(The Independent)
Ethiopian Government Donates Food Aid To Hiiraan Residents (AMISOM)
Isiolo Terror Suspects Had Been To Somalia In 2012 For Radicalisation Police Say (The Standard)
How UPDF Somalia Mission Was Planned (Daily Monitor)