October 16, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia N. Korea Top World’s Most Corrupt Nations Index (Hiiraan Online)
Fissures Emerge Within Al-Shabaab Over Merger With ISIL (Garowe Online)
AMISOM And Somali National Army Withdraw From Gandarshe (Wacaal Media)
Cabinet Approves National Health And Drugs Policy (Goobjoog News)
Pupils: Teacher Recruited Us Into Al-Shabaab (Daily Nation)
Somali Woman Could Face Charges For Making False Rape Claim Nauru’s Government Says (Radio Australia)
Nowhere To Go In Somalia (CNN)
Going It Alone (The Economist)

Somali Troops Capture Al-Shabaab Base Near Diinsoor Town Kill 4 Militants (Mareeg Online)
Somalia President Confirms Candidacy For 2016 Elections (Horseed Media)
Heavy Fighting Breaks Out Outside Marko City (Shabelle News)
Constitutional Meeting Sets Roadmap For Inclusive Review Process (Goobjoog News)
Somali Refugees Leave Kenya And Head Home (CNN)
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Urges Somali Shabaab: Join Islamic State (Associated Press)
Workers Building Kenya-Somalia Security Wall Protest Over Delayed Pay (Daily Nation)
AMISOM Deputy Force Commander Completes Visit To Bardheere And Diinsor (AMISOM)
Putting Prices On Natural Assets Could Help Save Them (The Columbus Dispatch)

Despite Opposition Somali Parliament Again Discards Anti-President’s Motion (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Army Regains Gandershe Village After Al-Shabaab Retreat (Shabelle News)
Somali President Terms Flag Modification Reports ‘Baseless’ (Hiiraan Online)
Ceasefire In Bala’ad Following Elder’s Intervention (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabab Seemingly Shifts Strategy As Fighters Dwindle (Voice Of America)
Four Al-Shabaab “Brides ” Freed on Ksh 500 Bond Each (The Star)
Imported Rape Culture: Somali Refugee Charged With Rape Of 10 Year Old (Breitbart Online)

Buurahakaba District Administration Confirms Arrest Of 30 Militants (Wacaal Media)
Security Scare As Cargo Airplane Crashes Near Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
South-West State Vows To Flush Out Al-Shabaab From Its Region (Goobjoog News)
Irate Residents And Football Fans Torch Awdal Police Commissioner’s Residence In Somaliland(Goobjoog News)
Somalia Rises From The Ashes One Day At A Time (Daily Nation)
Somali Who Said She Was Raped On Nauru Is In Australia For Care (New York Times)
Crisis Hotline 5555 Launched For Victims Of Sexual Abuse In Mogadishu (AMISOM)
Blind Radio Journalist Beats Odds To Tell The Somali Story (Xinhua News)

Government Forces Arrest Al-Shabaab Ring Leader In El-Buur (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug Administration Calls On Residents To End Revenge Killings (Goobjoog News)
100 Arrested In Mogadishu Security Sweep (Shabelle News)
Impeachment Motion Against Somalia President Splits Parliament (Garowe Online)
Mother’s Shock After Class 8 Boy Joins Al-Shabaab (Sunday Nation)
Somalia Affirms Its Maritime Case Against Kenya On Course (Xinhua)
AMISOM Hands Over Motorcycles To The Somali Police Force (AMISOM)
The Other Refugee Crisis (The New York Times)

Somali PM Appoints 12 Member Taskforce To Support National Consultative Forum (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Seeks Friendly Settlement In Boundary Dispute With Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Businessman Shot Dead In Jalalaqsi Town By Gunmen (Shabelle News)
Somali Police Force And AMISOM Join Residents In Community Policing Drive (AMISOM)
Outgoing AMISOM Boss To Head UN In DRC (News24)
Somalia Now Tops List Of Countries Where Journalists Are Murdered With Impunity (Poynter @40)
Aid Agencies Warn Of Severe Effects Of El Nino In Somalia (Xinhua)
Practicing In A Car Park: World Cup Qualifying For Somalia’s Team (Associated Press)
Failure To Pay Soldiers Threatens Somalia’s War On Islamists (Reuters)

At Least Five Dead In Somalia Market Bomb Attack (Horseed Media)
Mozambican Madeira Replaces Sidikou As AMISOM Chief (Goobjoog News
Somalia Accuses Arrested Journalists Of Public ‘Incitement’ (Mareeg Online)
Universal TV’s Journalists Released After Six Days In Jail (Goobjoog News)
Baardheere Swoop Nets Members Of Al-Shabaab And Weapons (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Objects To Coastal Boundary Case Filed By Somalia At The ICJ (Daily Nation)
Australia Refuses Abortion For Raped Refugee (Radio New Zealand)
Vatican Ambassador: Ukraine Risks Becoming ‘A Kind of Somalia’ (Hiiraan Online)

Somalia’s Extremists Vow Violence Against British Troops (AP)
Impeachment Caucus MPs Vow Motion Is On As Speaker’s Sanctioned Meeting Starts Tomorrow(Goobjoog News)
UK Expresses Concern Over Anti-President Motion (Wacaal Media)
Young Somali Migrants Deported To Puntland (Goobjoog News)
Somali Woman Raped On Nauru Begs Australian PM For Asylum (Brisbane Times)
Somali Journalists Slam Arrest Of 2 Colleagues (AFP)
Sister’s Hope For Brother In Somaliland Facing Death By Firing Squad (Leicester Mercury)
Illegal Overfishing And The Return Of Somalia’s Pirates (Al Jazeera)

Yemeni Refugee Sets Himself Aflame Outside UNHCR Office (Horseed Media)
Suspects And Weapons Seized In Mogadishu Security Operations (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Complains Over Slow Repatriation Of Somali Refugees (Goobjoog News)
Tension Builds Up In The Outskirts Of Kismayo Days After Jubbaland Forces Battled Militia Allied To Barre Hiiraale (Wacaal Media)
AFRICOM Commander Visits East African Partners (United States Africa Command)
Somali Community Leaders In Minnesota Hold Talks With AU Special Representative (AMISOM)
Water Cartel Is Bad For Somaliland (Hiiraan Online)

Come and Join The Caliphate ISIS Urges Al-Shabaab (Hiiraan Online)
Two Killed In Battle Between Clan Militias In Udugley of Hiiraan Region (Goobjoog News)
Federal Minister Accuses Detained TV Journalists Of ‘Bias Against Government’ (Garowe Online)
Somalia Signs Wage Agreement With World Bank (Horseed Media)
Somalia To Redirect More Military In Al-Shabaab Fight (Citizen News)
Chinese Brands Taking Over Mogadishu Market (Xinhua)
Somalia is Fast Becoming a Business Hub Says AU Special Representative (AMISOM)
St. Anthony: Abdullahi Hussein Opens First Somali-owned Medical Practice In Twin Cities (Star Tribune)
Remembering Mogadishu (Shadowspear.com)