April 1, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Two Killed 15 Injured In Central Somalia Mosque Blast (Reuters)
Somali Government Pledges Extra 1.2 Million Dollars For Drought (Goobjoog News)
Liido Seafood Restaurant Re-opens After Al-Shabaab Attack (Radio Dalsan)
African Troops Strengthen Attacks Against Al-Shabaab (Presna Latina)
In Somaliland Authorities Order Newspaper To Close Down (CPJ)
Al-Shabaab Child Soldiers Captured In Somalia Firefight (CNN)
Rivers Turn To Dust As Drought Bites Somalia (Digital Journal)

Two Hundred Somali Police Recruits Graduate In Baidoa (AMSIOM)
Two Turkish Three Somali Doctors Shot Dead In Drive-shooting In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Disgruntled Clans In Hiiraan Seek UN Intervention In Hiiraan/Middle Shabelle State Formation Deadlock(Goobjoog News)
Govt Asks Public To Help Restore Mogadishu Peace (Shabelle News)
New UPDF Battle Group Arrives In Somalia (AMISOM)
Dahabshiil Feted As The Business Of The Year (Capital FM)
Kenyan Court Detains Terror Suspect For Aiding Al-Shabaab (Xinhua)
Somali-Canadian’s Death Sparks Call To End Gun Violence Solve Cases (CBC News)

Somaliland Suspends Voter Registrations Amid Droughts (Hiiraan Online)
Madobe Explains Delays In Naming Cabinet (Wacaal Media)
Gunmen Attack Army Base In Northern Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Two Hundred Somali Police Recruits Complete Training In Baido (Goobjoog News)
Boni Forest Action Success Says KDF (The Star)
Somalia Enlists Irish FGM Campaigner To Rid Country Of Practice (The Guardian)
German Minister Visits Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp (Deutsche Welle)
UAE Gives Food Aid To 10000 Somalis (Emirates 24 News)
Islamic Groups: Anti-radicalisation Not Just The Work Of Somalis Muslims Migrants (Yle’s Amatu TV)

President Mohamud Receives Credentials From Russian Envoy To Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Somali Prime Minister Lays Down Foundation Stone For ICT Center In Garowe (Goobjoog News)
Tension In Beledweyne After Killing Of An Elder (Shabelle News)
Somali Soccer Tournament Aims To Keep Teens Away From Gangs (ABC News)
Somali Forces Kill ‘More Than 100’ Al-Shabaab Fighters (BBC)
How Piracy Saved Somalia (Fair Observer)

Galmudug Forces Seize Suspected Al-Shabaab Boat (Goobjoog News)
Former Somali Health Minister Dies In India (Hiiraan Online)
Gunmen Kill NISA Soldier In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
State Formation Gridlock Eased As Elders In Beletweyne Agree To Attend The Conference In Jowhar(Goobjoog News)
Premier Bank Partners With Visa Inc To Accelerate Electronic Payments In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
United Nations Extends AMISOM Mandate By A Year As EU Cut Funding (Gulf News/AFP)
Somali Forces Kill 60 Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Xinhua)
BBC Radio Drama Gave Tips For Illegal Migrants In Somalia (Breitbart.com)

Security Council Extends Mandate Of UN Mission In Somalia Through March 2017 (UN News Centre)
UN Envoy To Somalia Deplores Use Of Child Soldiers By Al-Shabaab (Kismaayo.com)
Galmudug Forces Clash With Militants After Puntland Victory (Garowe Online)
Somali PM Sees Hope In Push For Interregional State Formation Process (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Ends Anti-Al-Shabaab Military Operations Over 200 Militants Killed (Horseed Media)
US Congress Members Request Funds To Help Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Cabinet Praises Puntland Over Al-Shabaab War Calls For Support To Drought-Affected People(Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Premier Bank To Allow Visa Cards In Its ATMs (The Star)
Somali Police Arrest 156 Al-Shabaab Suspects In Puntland (Xinhua News)
Khalifa Foundation Sends 1000 Tonnes Of Food To Somalia (The National UAE)
KRCS Delivers Relief Aid To Refugees In Somalia (Kuwait News Agency)
Some Young Somalis Voice Skepticism About Federal Anti-terror Program (MPR News)

Somalia President Congratulates Puntland Forces On Victory Against Al Shabaab (Garowe Online)
173 Al Shabaab Fighters Killed By Puntland Forces In Nugal Region Say Officials (Goobjoog News)
KDF Bombs Al Shabaab Targets In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Hiiraan Elders Declare New Conditions On State Formation (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Prime Minister Sharmarke Backs Anti-FGM Campaign (BBC News)
Court Acquits Four In Finland’s First Terror Case (YLE News)
Somalia’s Few Catholics Survive In Secret (Catholic Culture)
The West’s Islamophobia Is Only Helping The Islamic State (The Washington Post)

Somalia Condoles With Belgium Over Terror Attack Condemns Act As Heinous And Inhuman (Goobjoog News)
Scores Arrested In Mogadishu Security Operation (Shabelle News)
Somali Regional State Displays Al-Shabaab Prisoners Of War (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Prime Minister Pays Visit To Baladweyne To Push Elders To Resume State Formation Conference(Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Puntland Says It Repelled Al-Shabaab Raids On Coast (Bloomberg)
AMISOM Police Donates Biometric And Office Equipment To Somali Police (AMISOM)
RAF Builds Facility For Basic Education In Somaliland (The Peninsular)
CAF President Mourns SOMALI Legend Abdi Ali Sheik (CAF Online)
EU’s Policy Towards Somalis Threatens Return Of Country’s Recolonization – Report (Hiiraan Online)

70 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In North Somalia – Official (Xinhua News)
SRSG Keating Welcomes Rapid Response Of Puntland Forces To Confront Al-Shabaab Incursion (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland To Display Fighters Captured In Gara’ad Battle (Shabelle News)
Police Nab Forgery Suspects Seize Hundreds Of Fake Documents In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
KDF Kills 40 Shabaab Captures Commander (The Star)
AMISOM Hands Over Renovated Police Station To Somali Police (AMISOM)
In Prison After Offering To Sell Drugs… To Police (Times Of Malta)
Why Do We Allow The West To Tell Our Story In Its Own Way? (Daily Nation)

Leaders Agree AU Needs Financial Boost Ahead Of Elections In Somalia (Daily Nation)
Somali President Calls For Tighter Security At Airport After Plane Bombing (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Military Court Upholds Death Sentence For Female Journalist Killers (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Calls For Aid As Famine Hits Some Regions (Goobjoog News)
21 Al Shabaab Two KDF Soldiers Killed In Somalia Shoot-out (The Star)
Three Al-Shabaab Militants Nabbed In Operation In Southwest Somalia (Xinhua News)
Khalifa Foundation Sends More Than 1000 Tonnes Of Food To Somalia In Response To Drought (WAM Emirates News Agency)
Years After Somali Pirates Abducted 3 Vietnamese Fishermen Families Still Looking For Help (Thanhnien News)
Assimilation Is A Long Process For Somalis In Colorado Farm Town (CBS Denver)