July 29, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Puntland Hosts First Garowe International Book Fair (Garowe Online)
Several Including Regional Official Hurt In Somalia Shooting (Shabelle News)
Mayor: Land Dispute ‘Main Problem’ To Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
AUC Somali Officials Map Out Strategies To Counter Al-Shabaab (CCTV)
One Soldier Killed Six Injured In Mandera Ambush (Daily Nation)
KSA Condemns Terrorist Attacks In France Mogadishu (Asharq Al-Awsat)
African Piracy Focus Switches From Somalia To Gulf Of Guinea (Supply Management)

Ex-Somali MP Behind UN Mogadishu Attack Described Legislators As “Apostates” (Radio Dalsan/Agencies)
Goobjoog Media Group Welcomes Release Of Two Somali Journalists In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Reaffirms Its Commitment to Fighting Female Genital Mutilation (AMISOM)
Suspected Shabaab Militants Destroy Communication Mast In Lafey Mandera
Saudi Arabia Condemns Terror Attacks In Somalia France (Arab News)
Somali Presence Big In State DNC Delegation (Minnesota Public Radio)
Somalia – Will Its Refugee And Displacement Crises Ever Be Solved? (Transconflict)

Ex-Somali MP Behind Mogadishu UN And Airport Suicide Attack (Radio Dalsan)
UN AU Condemn Twin Suicide Bomb Attacks In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Lifts Inter-Regional State Tournament Trophy (Radio Dalsan)
Twin Blasts Near Mogadishu Airport Affect International Flights (Radio Dalsan)
US Committed to Helping Somalia Defeat Al-Shabaab Amid Airport Attack (Sputnik International)
UN Agency Appeals For Added Funds For Return Of Somali Refugees From Dadaab Camp (UN News Centre)
KDF Soldiers Injured After IED Blows Military Tank In Lamu (The Star)
Ottawa Police Union President Calls Racism Speculation In Fatal Arrest ‘Inappropriate’ (CBC News)

Al-Shabaab Beheads Respected Elder In Southern Somalia (Shabelle News)
Foreign SNA Forces Raid Al-Shabaab Base In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Protests In Somaliland As Military Court Issues Death Sentences (Goobjoog News)
Hawadle Clan Crowns Sultan To Forge Unity Political Future (Goobjoog News)
Somali-Canadian Man Dies After Police Arrest (ITV)
QRCS Serves Over 175000 Somalis (The Peninsula)
Piracy Armed Robbery Off Somalia Coast Falls Drastically (Xinhua News)
In Kenya The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Is Invited To Please Shut Down (Stars & Stripes)

Somali President Calls For Amisom Reinforcement To Secure August Polls (Goobjoog News)
Somali Presidential Elections To Be Held In December Source (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Intelligence Agency Seizes Explosives Laden Car In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Turkish Embassy In Somalia To Control Gulen-run Schools (Shabelle News)
Somaliland Military Court Sentences 8 Soldiers To Death (Goobjoog News)
Former Somali Lawmaker Survives Bomb Attack (Prensa Latina News Agency)
Burundi Rotates Two Battalions For Somalia Peacekeeping Mission (Xinhua News)
AMISOM Stay Should Not Be Time bound – Somali Foreign Minister (New Times)
The Story Of A Somali Olympian Refugee Who Died At Sea Is The Subject Of A New Graphic Novel(Quartz Africa)

3 Al-Shabaab Terrorists Killed In Southern Somalia (Xinhua News)
Clan System Cannot Deliver 30 Percent Quota For Women Stakeholders Warn (Goobjoog News)
Kenyan Official Visits Hargeisa For Miraa Business (Radio Dalsan)
34 Somali Returnees Leave Kakuma Camp For Baidoa In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Kenyan Police Kill Two Suspected Members Of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab (Reuters)
SRSG Zerrougui Calls For Better Protection Of Children Affected By Armed Conflict (UNSOM)
12-year Term For Somali Rapist Pretending To Be Police Officer After Kidnap Bid (Daily Express)
Morocco Somalia Sign Agreement On Religious Cooperation (Xinhua News)
‘We Are Demanding Change’: The Somali Woman Taking On International NGOs (The Guardian)

Government Appoints Committee To Address The Disputed Status Of The Somali Capital (Goobjooge)
Rally Held In Somali Town To Denounce Somaliland Raid (Shabelle News)
Somali Embassy In Kenya Promotes Enhanced Access To Financial Services In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland State Parliament Suspends Judiciary Board (Shabelle News)
Soma Oil Executive Cleared Of “Extremist Links” By UN Investigation (BuzzFeed)
Stop Calling People Imperialist Islamophobes For Mourning Terrorist Attacks On Their Doorstep More Than Elsewhere (The Independent)

AMISOM Investigates Alleged Killing Of 14 Civilians In Wardinle Bay Region (Goobjoog News)
Egypt Hands Over Military Equipment To Somali Government (Goobjoog News)
Relative Calm Returns To Somali Town After Battle (Shabelle News)
Opposition Party Daljir To Sue Government Over Restriction On Public Meetings (Goobjoog News)
We’re On Shabaab Hit List – Kwale Informers (The Star)
Somaliland Improvises To Keep Economy Running (Deutsche Welle TV)
Why Somaliland Now Needs International Recognition (IRIN News Agency)

African Union To Pull Out Its Forces From Somalia By 2018 (Xinhua News)
Somalia To Acquire First Warships Since The Fall Of Government In 1991 (Goobjoog News)
Puntland And Somaliland Troops Clash In Sanaag (Hiiraan Online)
Soldier Killed In Bomb Explosion In South Somalia (Goobjoog News)
AMISOM Police Trains Somali Police Force On Biometric Data Management (AMISOM)
AMISOM Commends Outgoing Nigerian Police Contingent (AMISOM)
Is Somalia Ripe For Mass Returns From Dadaab? (Newsweek)

Somali Forces Nab Al-Shabaab Militants Recapture Four Bases (Xinhua)
Somalia Government Signs Agreement To Purchase Warships (Nep Journal)
Somalia Condemns Coup Attempt In Turkey Closes Projects Linked To Gulen (VOA News)
Turkish Ambassador To Somalia Thanks Somalia For Solidarity During Failed Coup In Turkey (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug Forces Push Al-Shabaab Out Of Amara Area (Shabelle News)
Kenya To Thwart Al-Shabaab’s New Attack Scheme (The Star)
Car Accident Kills Galmudug State Ministers And Elder (Shabelle News)
Acting Spy Chief Abdullahi Mohamud Confirmed As New NISA Boss (Goobjoog News)
Student Crosses Border For A Third Time In Pursuit Of Education (Standard Digital)