September 4, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Uganda Says 12 Of Its Soldiers Killed In Islamist Attack In Somalia (Reuters)
UAE Funded Military Training Concludes In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Lack Of Funds Impedes Reconstruction Of Somalia Health Services – Minister (Horseed Media)
Puntland Sends Hundreds Of Soldiers For Training Course In Abqale Training Camp (Villa Puntland)
MP Hosh Jibril “I Received Threats Over Impeachment Motion” (Goobjoog News)
Ugandan Bodies Flown Home After Somalia Al-Shabaab Attack (BBC)
Kenya Mourns AU Soldiers Killed In Somalia (Capital FM)
Somalia’s First Insurance Company Thrives As Economy Reinvigorates (AMISOM)
Qatar Charity Relief For Yemeni Refugees In Somalia (The Peninsula)
Oromo Or Somali? Sometimes St. Cloud Isn’t Sure (SC Times)

Elders Call For Cease Fire In Puntland Clan Clashes (Goobjoog News)
Security Tightened At Mogadishu Presidential Palace Over Possible Terror Threat (Horseed Media)
Nicholas Kay Condemns Janaale Attack Assures Somalia Of UN’s Support (Wacaal Media)
Qoryoley District Commissioner Says Town Will Be Secluded If Bridge Destroyed By Al-Shabaab Is Not Repaired Urgently (Wacaal Media)
Somali Businessmen Murdered In South Africa (Horseed Media)
Somalia Eyes Return To Exploration (Offshore Engineer)
MN ISIS Suspects Back In Court Wednesday As judge Weighs Next Steps (MPR News)
Somali Songstress Cherrie Hersi Premieres The Chilling Visuals For ‘Tabanja’ (Okay Africa)

Islamist Militants Attack African Union Base In Southern Somalia (Reuters)
Deadly Battle Leaves 10 Al-Shabaab Dead Says Official (Shabelle News)
U.S. Announces $6 Million Aid For Djibouti And Somali Refugees From Yemen (Goobjoog News)
Ethiopian Forces Kill Four People In Cold Blood (Wacaal Media)
Somalia President: We Are Working Tirelessly To Get The Country On Track (Somali Current)
Piracy: Outbreak Off Somalia Despite International Effort (BBC)
Khalifa Foundation Distributes Food Aid In Somalia (Gulf News)
AMISOM and Federal Government of Somalia Officials Visit Marka (AMISOM
Changing The Capital City Of Somalia – The Only Way Forward (Wardheer News)
The Annual Washington DC Metro Somali Family Picnic 2015: Tradition Continues (Hiiraan Online)

Federal Government And Jubbaland Agree On Review Of Jubbaland Assembly (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Parliament Debates On Employment Of Foreign Workers (Horseed Media)
Galmudug Parliament Okays Cabinet Appointments (Wacaal Media)
Southwest State To Deploy Extra Troops To Marka (Garowe Online)
Somalia Aid Crisis ‘Critical’: UN (Times Live/AFP)
Somalia Warns Of Return To Piracy (BBC)
Somalia President Accused Of Trading Troops For UAE Funding Amid Al-Shabaab Crisis (The Star)
Marginalized Young American-Somalis Look East To Join ISIS (NPR)
The First Hotel In New York City That Offer Somali Cuisine (Somali Current)

Female District Official Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Horseed Media)
Al-Shabaab Flog Somali Man On Rape Charges (Hiiraan Online)
3 Injured As Blast Rocks Garowe City (Wacaal Media)
Former PM Farmaajo Declares 2016 Presidential Bid (Goobjoog News)
Deadly Cache Of Weapons And Explosives Recovered In Bardhere Security Operations (Wacaal Media)
Puntland President Lays Foundation Stone For Numerous New Public Premises In Galkayo (Villa Puntland)
Seal Loopholes Used By Al-Shabaab To Raise Funds Former Somalia PM Urges (Standard Digital)
Government Extends Terror Amnesty To Youths (Capital FM)
17 Iranian Fishermen Sailors Escape Somali Pirates’ Captivity (Fars News Agency)
The Politics Of Being Somali In East Africa (Maandeeq)

New Deal Gives Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a 22 Members of Parliament And 4 Ministers In Galmudug State(Goobjoog News)
Galkayo Conference Enters Third Day In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Hiiraan Administration Accused Of Laxity As Another Elder Is Killed In Cold Blood (Wacaal Media)
The 16-Year Old Author Who Stole The Show At Mogadishu Book Fair (Somali Current)
Joint Forces Advance Toward Rural Areas Controlled by Al-Shabaab (Somali Update)
We Can Learn From Our Mistakes By Reading Books President Says (Goobjoog News)
Somalia To Ban Female Genital Mutilation (Voice of America)
Mogadishu Book Festival Brings Somali Talents Together (Al Jazeera)
Ifrah Mansour Explores War From A Child’s Perspective (City Pages)

Al-Shabaab Militants Kill At Least Seven In Southern Somalia Attack (Reuters)
Somali President Reaches Diinsoor (Goobjoog News)
European Union Delegates in Somalia To Address Illegal Immigration (Somali Current)
Six Killed As Government Forces And AMISOM Launch Offensives Against Al-Shabaab In Bay Region(Wacaal Media)
Jubbaland President Tours Al-Shabaab Bombed Training Military Camp (Goobjoog News)
Guns Explosives Seized As Police Arrest Another Terror Suspect In Kenya (Daily Nation)
Professor Samatar’s Flawed Support For Somaliland (Wardheer News)

Ahlu-Sunna Wal Jama’a Warns Galmudug State Against Army Deployment (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug’s Galkayo Administrator Accuses Puntland Of Fueling Chaos In The Area (Wacaal Media)
Somali Members of Parliament Hopeful As Visiting Kenyan Members of Parliament Pledge To Address Travel Visas To Somalis (Somali Current)
Arab Ambassadors Meet Somali President Over Political Crisis (Mareeg Media)
Africa Leadership Dialogues Interview With Dr. Maman Sidikou (Africa Leadership Dialogues)
Kenyan Police Probe Briton Over Terror Links (Xinhua)
German Navy Helps Deliver Somali Migrant’s Baby After Rescue (Reuters)
8th Circuit Upholds Convictions Sentences Of Minnesota Women Who Raised Funds For Al-Shabaab(Star Tribune)
Somali Teenager Who Saw Dad and Grandfather Killed Admits Robbery In Gloucester Street (Gloucester Citizen)
Somalia: Does It Look Like A Dog-Eat-Dog World? (Hiiraan Online)

UN Envoy: Somalia Can’t Afford More Political Bickering
Security Forces Arrest Al-Shabaab Fighters Amid Attack On Lower Shabelle Village (Somali Update)
Mogadishu’s Mayor Officially Opens New Tarmac Road In Warta-Nabada (Goobjoog News )
Puntland President Meets Ethiopian Traders On Economic Integration (Villa Puntland)
Combat Between Government Soldiers And Al-Shabaab In Gedo Region (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia Police Steps Up Security Measures In Jowhar (Shabelle News)
AU Says Terror Attacks Will Not Derail Efforts To Stabilize Somalia (Shanghai Daily)
Kenya Accused Of Ethnically Profiling Somali Minority (World Bulletin )
Somali-American Helps Others Adjust To Life In US (The Boston Globe)

Death Toll Rises In Kismayo Bombing (Garowe Online)
Over 50 Somali Citizens Arrested In Angola (Horseed Media)
Somalis To Take Charge Of Security As AMISOM Rolls Out Police Training For Locals (Somali Current)
Terrorist Attacks Won’t Stop Somalia’s Army Building Says Defense Minister (Somali Update)
Possible Al-Shabaab Attack Foiled: Kenya Authorities Arrest Terrorist Suspects In Garissa Town Where Nearly 150 People Were Massacred In April (International Business Times )
Al-Shabaab Now Targeting Secondary School Students For Radicalisation Says Coast Police Boss Robert Kitur (Daily Nation)
China’s Aid Restores Hope For Orphanage Home In Somalia (Xinhua)
Somaliland’s Book Fair Opens The Country To The World (Quartz/Hiiraan Online)
The Hypocrisy Of Somali Politicians (RBC Radio)