January 22, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

At Least 5 People Killed In Beach Restaurant Attacks In Mogadishu (Xinhua)
Somalia Cabinet Discuss El Adde Attack In Weekly Meeting (Horseed Media)
Despite Deal Failure Puntland President Says There Was Breakthrough In Kismayo Talks (Garowe Online)
EU Announces €29 Million In Humanitarian Aid For Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Kenyan Military Says Mastermind Behind Somalia Attack Believed Killed (Reuters)
Somalia Calls For Preservation Of Its Mother Tongue (Xinhua)
OIC Denounces Iran’s Sectarian Agenda (Saudi Gazette)
The Refugee Camp That Became A City (IRIN)

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Blames ‘Disintegrated Forces’ For Escalating Insecurity (Wacaal Media)
Somalia President Wraps Up Training Of Commandos (Horseed Media)
Sporting Activities At Benadir Stadium Suspended (Wacaal Media)
AU Convoy Repulses Al-Shabaab Attack In Somalia (Xinhua)
Interim South West Administration Inaugurates Regional Parliament In Baidoa (UNSOM)
Muslim Man Dies After Protecting Christian Bus Passengers From Al-Shabaab Terror Attack In Kenya(The Independent)
School Is Back In Session In Garissa For Now (Foreign Policy)

Kenyan Troops To Remain In Somalia Despite Attacks: Kenyatta (SABC News )
Somali Minister Of Interior Arrives In Jowhar For State Formation Conference (Radio Muqdisho)
Minister Diini Hosts EU’s Head Of Military Training For Somalia (Wacaal Media)
Arab League Condemns Recent Terrorist Attack In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Somali General: Kenyans Were Warned of Al-Shabab Attack (VoA News)
$885 Million Needed For Humanitarian Aid In Somalia (Relief Web)
Somali Children’s Magazine Aims To Boost Integration (Al Jazeera English)

New UN Envoy Meets Somalia’s President And Prime Minister (Horseed Media)
Kenya Confirms Al Shabaab Holding An Unspecified Number Of KDF Soldiers (Shabelle News)
Galmudug VP Asks State Parliament To Pass Pending Bills (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Education Minister Opens Training For Over 200 Teachers In Garowe (Villa Puntland)
New SRSG Michael Keating Arrives In Somalia (UNSOM)
Kenya Flies Home 30 More Injured Soldiers In Somalia Attack (Xinhua)
Counter-Terrorism Measures Threaten Money Sent Home By Somali Diaspora UN Rights Experts (Relief Web)
ESPS Victoria Scans The Coast Of Somalia (Naval Today)
Corruption In Military Defense Spending Could Be Behind Rise In Africa Terror Attacks (The Times)

KDF Soldiers Injured In Somalia Ambush Arrive In Nairobi As Kenya Pursues Al Shabaab (The Star)
International Community Pressurizes Somalia Political Leaders Into Deal (Garowe Online)
Ahead Of Elections Somaliland Starts Voter-Registration (Hiiraan Online)
60 Migrants Among Them Somalis Arrested (Somali Current)
Somali Islamist Rebels Say They Captured Kenyan Troops On Friday (Reuters)
Saudi Arabia Condemns Terrorist Acts In Burkina Faso And Somalia (WAM Emirates News Agency)
Somalia Received Saudi Aid The Day It Cut Ties With Iran: Document (Reuters)
Prison Term For Duo (The Fiji Times)
Somalia’s New Media Laws Could Decimate The Country’s Local Reporting (Newsy Online)

Kismayo Forum Kicks Off Amid Political Differences (Garowe Online)
South West State Proposes 135 Member Upper House (Goobjoog News)
The Turkish Army Is Coming To Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Somalis Show Their Support To Young Inventor Via Social Media (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia Bids Farewell To Legendary Poet (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabaab Fighters Were Paid Sh10000 ‘Monthly Stipend’ (Daily Nation)
Somalia Denies Inviting Al-Shabaab To Join Soccer League (Al Jazeera News)
Somali-Americans React To Obama’s Final State Of The Union Address (MINN POST)
Back To School For Somalia’s Journalists? ( BBC News)

Crucial Kismayo Conference To Kick Off Today (Garowe Online)
EU Condemns Prisoner Executions Carried Out By Somalia And Somaliland (Goobjoog)
Al-Shabaab Militants Invited To Play In Somalia’s Premier League (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Police Commissioner Holds Talks With Turkish Counterpart (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Steps Up Security Along Troubled Border With Somalia ( Xinhua)
UN Seeks Global Support As 4.9 Million Somali People Need Humanitarian Aid( Xinhua)
Federal And Regional Authorities Agree On A Somali Media Development Strategy (UNSOM)
Somalia: Change Coming? (Hiiraan Online)

President Opens Jowhar Conference Despite Hiiraan Elders’ Boycott (Hiiraan Online)
Seven Soldiers Arrested Over Troops Infighting (Shabelle News)
US Appoints New Ambassador To Somalia (Somali Current)
Suspected Bomb Recovered In Eastleigh (Shabelle News)
Somalis Loot Compound Of Iranian Aid Agency (News24)
ISIS Tries To Expand In Africa Via Call For Al-Shabaab Fighters To Join Them In Somalia (Alalam News Network)
Minneapolis Restaurant Sends Welcome Message to All Immigrants (5 Eyewitness News)
How Al-Qaeda And Islamic State Are Competing For The Loyalty Of Al-Shabaab In Somalia (The Telegraph)

Cholera Kills 10 Somalis In World’s Largest Refugee Camp – UN (Agence France Presse)
Forum On Somalia 2016 Fails To Kick Off (Somali Current)
Somaliland Leader Bashes Federal Government On Saudi-Iran Rift (Garowe Online)
Roadside Bomb Kills 2 Outside Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Puntland’s European Diaspora Welcomes Completion Of Key Development Projects (Wacaal Media)
British War Heroes Jailed For Protecting Ships From Somali Pirates (Daily Star)
Woman Fighting To Get Security Clearance Reinstated After Losing Airline Job (The Huffington Post)
The End Of A Storybook Romance – Somalia-born Iman And David Bowie (Mail & Guardian)

Somali President Signs Controversial Media Bill (Hiiraan Online)
The National Consultative Meeting On 2016 Election Set To Open In Kismayo (Shabelle News)
Puntland President Departs For NCF Amid Grievances (Garowe Online)
Somali Journalist Beaten Wounded In Northern Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
122 Migrants Die In Somalia Boat Tragedy (9News)
At Least 1 Killed In Mogadishu Car Bomb Attack (Xinhua News)
UAE Ambassador Meets Somalia’s Minister of Justice (WAM Emirates News Agency)
A Second Chance At Life For Ex-Al Shabaab Female Fighters (UNSOM)