April 18, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Over 200 Somali Youth Feared Dead In Boat Tragedy (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Attends 5th Tana High Level On Security In Africa In Addis (Goobjoog News)
Sudanese President To Visit Somalia (Shabelle News)
Woman Killed And Two Others Injured In Drive-by Shooting (Goobjoog News)
AU Troops Mistakenly Kill 4 Civilians In South Somalia (Xinhua News)
Al-Shabaab Commander Surrenders In Central Somalia (Xinhua News)
Muslim Woman Removed From Plane After Flight Attendant Said She Didn’t ‘Feel Comfortable’(The Epoch Times)
Over 1500 Poor Families Benefit From Sharjah Charity International’s Humanitarian Aid In Somalia(Emirates News Agency)
Rehab Center Gives Hope To Street Children In Mogadishu (Xinhua News)

Clan Militias Dispute Claims Three Lives In Hiiraan Region (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Sudan Agree To Boost Ties (Garowe Online)
Four Injured In Balad Hawo Grenade Explosions (Shabelle News)
Calm Returns To Adado Following Airport Skirmish (Shabelle News)
AMISOM Holds Public Forum On Women’s Rights And Political Participation (AMISOM)
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty To Trying To Join Islamic State (Reuters)
Somali Journalists Lived In Fear Of Colleague-Turned-Al-Shabaab Ally (Voice of America)
Kenya On High Alert Over Planned Al Shabaab Attack (Citizen TV)
Somalia Is Still Fragile But Fragile Is Progress (African Arguments)

US Air Strikes Kill Suspected Al Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Reuters)
National Leadership Forum Settles Electoral Differences Paving Way For August Polls (Goobjoog News)
Deal With Puntland May Be Debated In Somalia Parliament (Garowe Online)
Somali District Official Escapes Car Bomb Blast (Shabelle News)
AMISOM Condemns Car Bomb Attack In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Somali Forces Arrest 15 Al-Shabaab Suspects In Puntland (Xinhua News)
Feds Say Some ISIL Recruit Defendants First Set Sights On Somalia Al-Shabaab (The Star Tribune)
AMISOM Conducts Police Recruitment Exercise In Baidoa (AMISOM)
Somali Refugee Gains Support of Country’s PM in Campaign Against FGM (Voice of America)
The Global Refugee Crisis A Call To Principled Action (Daily Maverick)

Federal MPs: The Agreement With Puntland Is Unconstitutional (Goobjoog News)
Car bomb Kills Five At Restaurant In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Final Session Of Somalia Parliament Open (Horseed Media)
Phone Network Back In Hobyo After Two Days In Blackout (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Claims Car Bomb Attack In Somali Capital (World Magazine)
UN Agencies Step Up Joint Response To Help Drought-affected Northern Somalia (UN News Center)
How A Journalist Helped Al-Shabaab Kill Other Reporters (Yahoo News)

Somalia’s President Says al-Qaeda-Backed Rebels Are ‘Resurgent’ (The Washington Post)
Somalia Election Forum Kicks Off (Garowe Online)
Somali Parliament Postpones Last Pre-election Session Under Current Government (Hiiraan Online)
Security Tightened In Jowhar Ahead Of State Formation Conference (Goobjoog News)
Four Missing University Students May Have Joined Al Shabaab (Shabelle News)
AU Somali Forces Capture Central Somali Town From Al-Shabaab (Xinhua News)
Hunt Launched After Al Shabaab Attack Police Post At Kenya-Somalia Border (The Standard)
AU Special Representative For Somalia Holds Talks With Turkish And Emirati Ambassadors In Mogadishu(AMISOM)
Somali Militants Executed For Murder Of Journalist (Voice of America)
Kigali Moves To Nip Radicalisation And Terrorist Recruitment In The Bud (The EastAfrican)

Somali Troops Kill 4 And Injure 30 Al Shabaab Members (Xinhua & Prensa Latina News Agency)
Motor Shell Attack Kills At Least Two Injures Ten In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Foreign Forces Raid Al Shabaab Stronghold In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Flash Floods Kill 7 People In Awdal Somaliland As Drought Persists (Goobjoog News)
EU Foreign Policy Chief Welcomes Deal On Somalia Election Model (Garowe Online)
Three Kenyans Captured 100 Al-Shabaab Killed In Puntland Somalia (Daily Nation)
Minneapolis Donates Used Fire Trucks Crime Lab To Somali Sister City (Star Tribune)
Three Killed Tension High In Fresh Tana River Clashes (The Star)
Somali Famine Is Everyone’s Problem (Daily Nation)

Somali Security Forces Nab 17 Al-Shabaab Suspects (Xinhua News)
AU And Somali Troops Retake Adan Locality Following Al-Shabaab Withdrawal (Goobjoog News)
Gunmen Attack Army Chief Residence In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
EXCLUSIVE: Somalia Approved Of 1.5 Million Metric Tonnes Of Waste From Lebanon In January(Goobjoog News)
IMF Somalia Deepen Engagement Pave Way For Donor Aid (Reuters)
5 Bodies Recovered Off Egypt’s Coast Of Kafr El Sheikh (The Cairo Post)
It’s Been Tough But I am Learning To Live And Love Again (Daily Nation)

International Community Welcomes Landmark Agreement On 2016 Electoral Process (Shabelle News)
Ethiopian And Somali National Forces Seek To Capture Aadan-yabaal Town (Wacaal Media)
ISWA In Efforts To Liberate Waajid District From Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
Kenyan Trainer Sheikh Mansur Among Six Al-Shabaab Killed In Somalia (The Star)
‘We Are Hostage To Illegal Immigrants’: Locals Furious After 100 Somali Protesters Bring Sardinian Port Of Cagliari To A Standstill As They Demand To Be Allowed To Leave (Daily Mail)
Thousands May Die In Parched Somalia UN Warns (PBS)
U.S. Pounds More Al-Qaeda Franchises (Foreign Policy)

Somalia And AU Troop Recapture Janaale Town From Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Nearly 10 Arrested Over Soldier’s Killing (Shabelle News)
Djibouti Gears Up For Elections As President Concludes Campaign (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Security Forces Arrest 8 Al-Shabaab Suspects (Xinhua)
Ethiopia Somaliland Sign Accord to Boost Use of Berbera Port (Bloomberg)
Fresh Doubts Over Ilaria Alpi Murder Conviction (ANSA English)
African Leaders Criticise Perception-based Corruption Assessment (Daily Nation)

Agreement Between Federal Government of Somalia and the Government of Puntland State of Somalia(UN News Centre)
Federal Government Donates USD 1M To Somaliland Drought Victims (Dalsan Radio)
Somalia: Al-Shabaab Kills Three Charcoal Workers (Shabelle News)
Two People Injured In Mortar Shell Attack In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Executes A Tanzanian Jihadist In Southern Somalia (Africa Review)
Somali Official Killed In Mogadishu Drive-by Shooting (Xinhua)
Whether It Works Or Not U.S. Anti-Radicalization Plan Can Benefit Communities (NPR)
Azerbaijani Woman Killed In Somalia Bus Attack Buried (Azeri-Press Agency-APA)
How Shabaab Attack Changed Way Kenya Varsities Do Things (Daily Nation)
AMISOM Acting Force Commander Concludes Tour of Kismayo Dobley And Bilis Qoqani In Sector 2(AMISOM)
The Expensive Luxury Of Electricity In Somalia (Al Jazeera)