November 13, 2018 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Acting Southwest President Warns Ministers Against Use Of Public Resource For Campaigns (Goobjoog News)
Nugal Governor Warns Federal Government Against Interference Of State Polls (Goobjoog News)
Aid Crunch Forces Medical Centres To Close In Bakool Amid Malaria Outbreak (Radio Ergo)
Melbourne Attacker Inspired By ISIS But Not Linked To It (Israel National News)
‘The Lesson Is To Be Hopeful’: Ilhan Omar’s Journey From Somali Refugee To US Congress (The Guardian)

Death Toll Rises In Mogadishu Blasts (VOA)
Somali National Economic Council Meets In Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
Mogadishu Mayor Attends Islamic World Mayors Summit In Djibouti ( Radio Shabelle)
UN Security Council Condemns Terrorist Attack In Which Dozens Were Killed Or Injured (UN News)
Leaders Of Ethiopia Eritrea And Somalia Pledge To Work Towards Regional Integration (Xinhua)
Everyone Wants A Piece Of The Horn Of Africa’s Ports (OZY.com)

Car Bomb Explosion In Mogadishu Kills Hirshabelle Lawmaker (Halbeeg News)
Stop Meddling In South West Polls Civil Society Professionals Warn (Goobjoog News)
I’ve Resigned After South West MPs Were Compromised In Mogadishu – Sharif Hassan (Kismaayo.com)
Farmers In Baardheere Of Gedo Region Complain Of Farm Insect Diseases (Goobjoog News)
124 Somali Migrants Repatriated From Libya (Libya Express )
Balance Of Power Between Federal And State Governments Of Somalia (Hiiraan Online)

Influential Somali Regional President Resigns Pulls Out Of Election Race (Hiiraan Online)
Over 100 Somalis From Libya To Arrive In Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
Somali Government And AMISOM Investigating Civilian Deaths In Mogadishu (252politics)
UN Mission Calls For Consensus On South West State Presidential Elections (UNSOM)
Ex-Somali Refugee’s U.S. Congress Win Sparks Debate In Former Home Kenya (Reuters)

Interior Ministry Tells South West State Leaders To Respect Election Schedule (252Politics)
State Law Empowers Us To Postpone Poll-S. West Elders (Goobjoog News)
Turkish Defense Ministry Delegation Set To Visit Mogadishu On Wednesday (252Politics)
U.A.E. Military Base In Breakaway Somaliland To Open By June (Bloomberg)
Excitement As Mogadishu Gets 4G Mobile Network (Daily Nation)
Trump’s Existential Threat Has Fueled The Rise Of Minnesota’s Somali Political Class (Quatrz Africa)

South West State Electoral Coordination Committee Resigns Over Interference (252Politics)
AU UN Envoys Wrap Up Talks With Federal State Leaders (Goobjoog News)
Somali Energy Minister Resigns Launches Presidential Bid (Halbeeg News)
Upsurge In Violence Triggers New Wave Of Displacement (OCHA)
Minnesota Could Elect 1st Somali-American To Congress In Historic Year For Women Candidates (ABC News)
Warsheikh: The Agony Of Expectant Mothers In A Town With No Medical Facility (Radio Ergo)

Regional State Leaders Lack Principles Of Federalism Farmajo (252 Politics)
Families Displaced By Fighting In Jamaame Face Food Crisis In Kismayu (Radio Ergo)
EU launches Vocational Training Project In Somalia (Halbeeg News)
Military Court Sentences Two Civilians To Eight Years For Robbery (Goobjoog News)
AU Fetes Burundian Troops With Medals For Their Distinguished Service In Somalia (AMISOM)
Spike In Violence In Somalia Forces 21000 People To Flee Their Homes (NRC)

Somali Military Distances Itself From Claims Of Election Meddling (Halbeeg News)
Somaliland Opposition Warn President Against Delay In Parliamentary Elections (Hiiraan Online)
Scholarship Scheme In Bari Region Giving New Prospects To Displaced Children (Radio Ergo )
Kenyan Al-Shabaab Fighters Used As Sacrificial Lambs Returnee Says (The Star)
Three Men Convicted Of Plotting To Bomb Somali Refugees Say They Were Encouraged By Trump’s Rhetoric (Buzzfeed)
Hargeisa Smugglers Reveal Insights Into The Sordid Business Of Human Trafficking Of Somali Migrants (Radio Ergo )

Jubbaland President Accepts Farmajo’s Call For Talks (Shabelle Media)
Somali Diplomatic Staff Unpaid for Nine Months FM (252Politics)
Unidentified Fighter Jets Target Al-Shabaab Camp In Central Somalia (Shabelle Media)
Five People Mediating Clashes In Wanlaweyn Gunned Down In Lafoole (Goobjoog News)
New Submarine Cable To Link East African Coastline (The Star)
Al-Shabaab’s Former No. 2 Leader Runs For Office In Somalia (ABC News)

Somali Cabinet Approves $340m Budget For 2019 (Halbeeg News)
Governance: Somalia Ranks Last In Africa But Records Progress-Report (Goobjoog News)
First Dairy Plant In Mogadishu Introduces Somalis To Packaged Milk (Radio Ergo)
Somaliland Challenges Djibouti’s Oil Conduit Plans (Africa News Agency)
Police Hunt For Killers Of Somali Reporter (The East African)
Maternal Mortality In Somalia: What ARC Is Doing To Combat This Crisis? (Reliefweb)