July 10, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Senior Al-Shabaab Officials Discussing Allegiance To ISIL (Garowe Online)
After Galmudug Elections Government Moves To Form Hiiraan/Middle Shabelle State (Hiiraan Online)
Work Starts On Bulo Burde Airstrip (Goobjoog News)
Ethiopian Troops Advance On Al-Shabaab Held Town (Garowe Online)
Assassinations Increase In Mogadishu Despite Government Security Plans(Horseed Media)
Minnesota’s Somali-Americans Urge New Treatment for Would-Be Terrorists (New York Times)
QC Gives Food Baskets To The Blind In Somalia (The Peninsula)
The Woman Who Needed To run (The Week)

Kenyan Foreign Minister Receives New Somalia Ambassador(Garowe Online)
State Making Process For Hiiraan And Middle Shabelle Regions Set To Kick Off in Beletweyne. (Wacaal Media)
Somalia To Submit Maritime Dispute Case with Kenya to International Court of Justice Next week (Somali Current)
Banadir High Rank Official Survives Murder Attempts (Goobjoog News)
Puntland President Meets New Cabinet Ministers (Garowe Online)
500 Killed In Recent Terror Attacks ( Daily Nation)
Kenyan General Is The New AMISOM Force Commander (Gazette Weekly)
Is AMISOM Willing To Unify And Empower Somali National Army? ( Sahan Journal)
Facing Snakes Scorpions – And Fear Of Attack – On Kenya’s Walk of Hope (The Guardian)

Two Die In Mogadishu Blast (Wacaal Media)
Indian Minister Of State For External Affairs Arrives In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Appoints New Spokesperson (Somali Current)
Two Die In Mogadishu Blast (Wacaal Media)
Jubaland President Heading To Puntland (Garowe Online)
Somali President And Muslim Ambassadors Discuss Muslim World Challenges In Iftar (Dalsan Radio)
Women And Power: Gloria Mafigiri On Helping The Women Of Somalia (NTV Uganda)
Al Shabaab Planned To Kill 150 In Mandera Attack – Nkaissery (The Star Kenya)
Why Somalia Is The Burundi President’s Trump Card (Daily Maverick)
Our New BFF: Turkey and Somalia’s Strengthening Relationship (themandeeq.com)

Somalia’s Parliament Approves Independent Electoral And Local Boundaries Commission (Horseed Media)
Interim Jubba Administration Forces Launch Security Sweep In Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Police Detain 82 Ethiopian Immigrants (Horseed Media)
Galmudug Head Of State Gives Maiden Speech Calls On MPs To Focus On Tough Task Ahead (Wacaal Media)
Puntland President Hurdle To Dialogue-Former Commander (Garowe Online)
AMISOM Announces New Offensive Against Al-Shabaab (Radio Dalsan)
Three Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Somalia (The New Indian Express)
AMISOM Force Commander Visits Burundi Troops In Jereredo (Coast Week)
Shuja Family Gather At Heidelberg West Home For Ramadan Feast (Herald Sun)
UK Khat Ban – For The People By The People One Year On (Hiiraan Online)

Al Shabaab Advances In Several Towns In Southern Somalia (Horseed Media)
New Galmudug Leader Says He Wants Talks With Puntland (Garowe Online)
Puntland Refuses To Recognize Galmudug State In Its Entirety (Wacaal Media)
Somali Government Calls On Ahlu Sunna Movement To End Disagreement Through Talks (Dalsan Radio)
Car Bomb Hits Senior Somali Security Officer In Mogadishu (RBC Radio)
AU Forces Deny Retreat From Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Xinhua)
Somalia Hires First Six Female Prosecutors (VoA)
Puntland Should Welcome Galmudug (RBC Radio)

A Somali Soldier Shot Dead In Mogadishu His Gun Seized By Unknown Assassins (Wacaal Media)
Lack Of Somali Public Service Salaries Makes Life Difficult For All (Hiiraan Online)
Somaliland Detains Federal Government MP (Dalsan Radio)
Galmudug State Presidential Candidates Make Campaign Speeches (Goobjoog News)
Allied Forces Pull Out Despite Lingering Fears (Garowe Online)
Somalia Reached ‘Tipping Point’ Can Secure Peace U.N. Officials Says (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
Eden Prairie Residents Represent Somalia At Model UN Conference (Sun Current)
Remaking Somalia (Hiiraan Online)

Somalia Insists Legal Case On The Border Dispute As Kenya Seeks An Out-Of-Court Settlement (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Reopens Air Force Headquarter (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Marks 55th Independence Anniversary In Style (Somali Current)
Somali President Calls On The Media To Practice Responsible Journalism (Dalsan Radio)
Our Borders Will be As Far As Guri-El And Godinlabe Says Puntland’s Leader (Goobjoog News)
5000 In Somalia Benefit From ERC Ramadan Programme (WAM News Agency)
New Sports Uniforms Level The Playing Field For Muslim Girls (Yahoo News/Associated Press)
Somalia’s Football Revival Lures Foreign Players (Al Jazeera)
Somalia Is Not A Metaphor For The Yemen Civil War (Mareeg Media)

Federal Speaker Prof. Jawari Under Fire For Throwing His Weight Behind Galmudug State (Wacaal Media)
Agricultural Official Gunned Down In Afgoye(Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland And Puntland To Enhance Economic Integration (RBC Radio)
Somali President Gives Briefings To The National Lawmakers (Radio Muqdisho)
DPP Obtains Order Stopping Release Of Man In Terror Case (Daily Nation)
President Greets Somalia On National Day (Zee News)
Al-Shabaab Ramadan 2015 Threat: Militants Pledge To Kill ‘Non-Believers’ During Holy Month(International Business Times)
Misguided Bank Lawsuits Deepen Remittance Crisis(American Banker)

AMISOM Technical Committee Meet In Addis Ababa Over Somalia (Somali Current)
Uneasy Calm Prevails In Kismayu As Reports Emerge Of Impending Al-Shabaab Attack (Wacaal Media)
Militants Execute Three For Spying For CIA (Garowe Online)
Puntland On The Verge Cutting Relations With The Federal Government (RBC Radio)
Former Employees Of Oman Embassy In Somalia Live In Appalling Conditions (Dalsan Radio)
Soldiers Beheaded As Al-Shabaab Islamists Attack Another Army base (International Business Times)
Pre-vetting Broadcast News For Extremism Threatens Freedom Of Speech (The Guardian)
Fostering Barren Lands: Somali Scientists Seek Help From KU (The Express Tribune)
Getting To The Core Of Al-Shabaab’s Conflict With Kenya (PBS News Hour)
Somalia — From Great Hope to Failed State (Somali Current)

Somali And AU Retake Lego From Al Shabaab(Dalsan Radio)
Anti-Federal Government Demo Held In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Speaker Of Galmudug Parliament Extends An Olive Branch To Ahlusunna (Wacaal Media)
Al-Shabab Names A New Special Unit To Fight Amisom Forces (Somali Current)
Somali President Reiterates Commitment To Election In 2016 ( Dalsan Radio)
We Will Not Relent In War Against Terror – Uhuru (The Star Kenya)
Kenya Releases Somali Pirates En Masse Despite Warnings (Arabian Supply Chain)
UPDF Overruns Al-Shabaab Camp (New Vision)
Two Tanzanians Held At Border In Terror Crackdown (Daily Nation)
Ex-local Somali Journalist Faces Deportation Death Threat (MPR News)
Somalia’s Second Coming (Somali Current)
AMISOM Chief Of Staff Visits Injured Troops (AMISOM)