October 2, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia Planning To Stop Relying On Foreign Aid (Horseed Media)
Biting Water Shortages Hits A Section Of Gedo Region As Local Administrator Appeals For Help(Wacaal Media)
Somalia Ratifies Cluster Munitions Convention (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Raids Home Of Jalalaqsi District Commissioner (Wacaal Media)
Somaliland’s British-Educated President Urged To Save Mentally-Ill Man From Death Row (The Telegraph)
Mental Health Workers Hope To Overcome Stigma In Somali Community (MPR News)
Al-Qaida or Islamic State? Issue Simmers Within Al-Shabab (VoA)

Al-Shabaab Kills Two Men In Somali National Army Uniform At Roadblock (Goobjoog News)
Hargeisa Court Orders Release Of Detained Artists (Wacaal Media)
Protests Disputes Overshadow Bossaso Mayoral Election (Garowe Online)
Fire Guts Down Properties In Mogadishu’s Hodan District (Goobjoog News)
Finland Freezes Asylum Decisions For Iraq Somalia Refugees (Middle East Online)
IFJ welcomes UN Independent Expert’s Report Over Press Freedom’s Violations In Somalia (IFJ)
Minnesota Leads The Nation In Would-Be ISIL Terrorists From U.S. Report Finds (Star Tribune)

Somali Bantu Community In US Protest Over Somalia Power Sharing (Hiiraan Online)
Heavy Fighting Renews In Sool Amid Mediations (Garowe Online)
Handcuffed Artists Brought To The Dock (Radio Dalsan)
Member of Parliament Aabi: We Shall Continue With The Motion (Goobjoog News)
Somalia 2015-16 El Niño Contingency Plan September 2015 (Reliefweb)
Kenya ‘Will Stand Firm’ In Somalia Kenyatta tells UN (The East African)
A Haven For Needy Kids (Sahan Journal)

City Council Officer Gunned Down In Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
Security Guards Of 2 Turkish Companies Fought In Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
Detained Musician Alleges Torture Robbery In Somaliland Jail (Hiiraan Online)
Speaker Erred In Ruling Over Impeachment Says Lawyer (Goobjoog News)
70 Teachers Who Fled North Eastern Terror Moved To Kilifi Schools (Standard Digital)
Untamed Borders Takes Tourists To Mogadishu Somalia (Daily Mail)
Interview With Ambassador David Shinn (Hiiraan Online)

Somalia Wants Repatriation Of ‘Pirate’ Prisoners in Kenya Jails (Horseed Media)
Somaliland Detains Musicians After Mogadishu Show (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland: “We call On Those Fuelling The Fighting In Qoriley To Stop” (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland Parliament Speakers Shake Hands After Punch-Ups (Garowe Online)
Four Killed In South Somalia Blast (The Punch)
Somalia Parliament Speaker Drops Impeachment Motion Against President (Reuters)
New Somalia Chief of Defence Force Takes Over In Mogadishu (AMISOM)
I Can Tell You How The Normal Somalis Are Feeling (Hiiraan Online)

New Report Debunks Link Between Al-Shabaab And Ivory Trade (Associated Press)
President Asks Somalis To Forgive Each Other As He Marks Eid In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
717 Dead In Crush Near Mecca During Hajj Pilgrimage (Goobjoog News )
Uganda Warns Of Possible Attack By Somali Militants (Shabelle News )
Family Pleads For Life Of Mentally Ill Man Sentenced To Death By Firing Squad (The Guardian)
Why Al Shabaab Is Still A Formidable Threat To The Region (The Star Kenya)

Somalia: Leaders Send Eid Greetings (Radio Muqdisho)
Deadly Clan-related Violence Leaves At Least 15 Dead In Northern Somalia (Horseed Media)
Qardho Gets New Mayor (Garowe Online)
Somalia Denounces Israeli Attacks On Al-Aqsa mosque (Horseed Media)
Never A Muslim President? Minnesota Boy 12 Tells Ben Carson He’s Wrong (MPR News)
Somalia’s Puntland Begins Search For Oil In Offshore Blocks (Bloomberg)
It Is Proving Impossible To Hold A Fully Democratic Election In Somalia (The Economist)

AU Fighter Jets Bomb Militants’ Bases In South-Western Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Youth Parliament Pledge To Raise Awareness On Perilous Journeys To Europe (Goobjoog News)
UN Envoy For Somalia: We Welcome The Forum On The Electoral Process For 2016 (Mareeg Media)
As Muslim Eid Approaches Livestock Prices Soar In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Car Bomb Attack Near Presidential Palace Kills 11 People (UPI)
African Union Envoy Urges Increased Support To Stabilize Somalia (Xinhua)
Somalia: Oh What a Lovely Drone! (Mareeg Media)

At Least 9 Killed In Blast Near Somali Presidential Palace (Xinhua News)
National Consultative Forum To Oversee 2016 Process Conference Resolves (Goobjoog News)
Massive Blaze Destroys 22 Farms In Bari Puntland (Garowe Online)
AU Special Representative Rallies Support For Peace Initiatives As The World Marks International Day Of Peace (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Somali Man Issues Legal Challenge Against US Germany Over Father’s Drone Killing (RT News)
Safety For Refugees In Spain – But At A Cost (Al Jazeera English)
News Insight: Tracing Somalia’s Illegal Fishing ( IHS Maritime)
Every Refugee Crisis Is Different But Lessons From Syria And Somalia Can Be Shared (ITV News)

Policewoman Shot Dead In Mogadishu Capital (Horseed Media)
Puntland Delegation Pulls Out From Crucial Consultative Forum (Radio Dalsan)
Mogadishu Consultative Conference Is Not Inclusive Says Somali MP (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab In Heightened Military Activity And Buildup In Lower Jubba Region (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Coastguards Detain Smugglers (Goobjoog News)
UNHCR Repatriates Over 4000 Somali Refugees From Kenya (Xinhua)
Somali Bantu Celebrate Harvest (Sun Journal)
Kenyan Soldiers Kill 8 Al-Shabaab In Foiled Attacks (Xinhua)
Traditional Game Of Archery In Mogadishu (AMISOM)