March 24, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia’s President Appeals For Famine Assistance (VOA News)
Somaliland Teacher Arrested For Impersonating President Silaanyo (Radio Dalsan)
Kenya Somalia Agree On Measures To Boost Bilateral Ties (Xinhua)
Somalia: A Moment Of Hope Amid Tragedy Says UN Envoy (UN News Centre)
Islamic State Group Routed In Somalia’s Puntland President Says (Bloomberg)
Kenya Somalia Vow To Step Up War Against Terrorism (Xinhua)
A 24-member Delegation From The AU Peace And Security Council Delegation Arrives In Somalia On An Assessment Mission (AMISOM)
With A Game Of Basketball Girls Dribble Round Extremism In Somalia (News Deeply)

New Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Begins Kenya Visit (The Star)
Al-Shabaab Explosives Expert Arrested In Kismayo (Hiiraan Online)
10 Killed In Clashes Between Somali Army And Al-Shabaab (Anadolu Agency)
UN Reports Worsening Humanitarian Situation In Somalia (Xinhua)
Somaliland Drought “A Kind Of Nightmare” – And A Security Threat: Minister (Reuters)
Homegrown Technology Is Being Used To Help Millions At Risk From A Devastating Famine In Africa (Quartz)

At Least 25 Starve to Death in Somaliland (VOA)
From A Refugee In Dadaab To Youngest Minister Siraji’s Star Continues To Rise (Radio Dalsan)
Somali President Makes First State Visit To Kenya (Shabelle News)
Somalia’s Puntland In Port Talks With DP World President Says (Bloomberg)
World Has Just Months To Stop Starvation In Yemen Somalia: Red Cross (The Globe and Mail)
The Interview: Navigating The Foreign Policy Maze For Farmaajo’s Administration (Goobjoog News)

President Prime Minister And Cabinet To Declare Their Property- PM Khaire (Goobjoog News)
President Farmaajo Calls On Parliament To ‘Swiftly’ Confirm The New Cabinet (Hiiraan Online)
Gunmen Murder Civilian In Bardere Town Gedo Region (Shabelle News)
Another Group Of Refugees Leave Dadaab for Somalia (Standard Media)
Water An Extra-precious Resource During Severe Drought (ICRC)
The Face Of Hunger: Family Portraits From The Crisis In Somaliland (BBC)

UN Releases $22 Million To Fight Famine Threat In Somalia (AFP)
Al-Shabaab Attacks Defense HQ In Mogadishu Two Elders Killed (Garowe Online)
Mogadishu Car Bombing Leaves 10 Dead (CNN)
Somali Cabinet To Include Drought Disaster Post (VOA)
Somalia Ambassador To Kenya Appointed Planning Minister (Nep Journal)
IICO Launches Aid Mission To Somalia (KUNA)
Somalia Aims To Tap Vast Offshore Fish Stocks With Country’s First Fishmeal Plant (Under Current News)
Can Military Might Alone Defeat Al-Shabaab? (The Global Observatory)

Somalia’s Prime Minister Names His New Cabinet Reinstates Former Ministers (Garowe Online)
President Farmaajo Appoints New Communication Director For Villa Somalia (Jowhar.com)
Hunger Kills At Least 26 In Somalia’s Jubbaland Region (Reuters)
Somali Community Denounces Saudi Criminal Airstrike On Somali Refugees (Saba News)
Somali Regional Anti-piracy Chief Says Sacked Over Illegal Fishing Comments (Reuters)
No African Citizens Granted Visas For African Trade Summit In California (The Guardian)

IGAD Summit To Convene On The Status Of 1 Million Somali Refugees (Xinhua)
Al-Shabaab Suspects Nabbed In Jowhar Following Bomb Attack (Garowe Online)
U.N. Seeks Inquiry Into Deadly Assault On Migrant Boat Near Yemen (New York Times)
UAE Denies Targeting Somali Refugee Boat (Khaleej Times)
Actor Ben Stiller Joins Social Media Drive To Raise $2 Mln For Somalia (Reuters)
US And Ethiopia Train AU Soldiers To Fight Al-Shabaab In Somalia (EBL News)
Kenyan Police Intensify Search For 2 Kidnapped Teachers In Dadaab Refugee Camp (Xinhua)
With Reduced Patrols And Illegal Fishing Somalia’s Pirates Could Be Making A comeback (Quartz)

Speaker Jawaari To Face Questioning In Parliament (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Urges Federal Government Leaders To Form Quality Cabinet (Hiiraan Online)
Prime Minister Khaire Asks Galmudug To Delay Presidential Poll By 45 Days (Goobjoog News)
After Refugee Attack Near Yemen Port Saudi-led Coalition Calls For UN Supervision (DW)
EU Gives $178 Million More To Combat East Africa Famine Drought (Bloomberg)
NATO Should Help As Illegal Fishing Led Pirates To Hijack Tanker: Somali Officials (Japan Times)
Cloaked In Rags And Dust Somalis Flee Looming Famine (Digital Journal)

7 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Battle With Somali Troops (Xinhua)
It’s Now Official: UAE To Establish A Military Base In Berbera & Pump $2BN In Investment (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland Displays Freed Hijacked Vessel Sri-Lankan Crew (Garowe Online)
Puntland MP Dies Of Wounds Sustained In Car Bomb Blast (Garowe Online)
Mother Two Children Wounded In Baidoa Blast (Garowe Online)
Somnet Launches Somalia’s First 4G Internet After Al-Shabaab Ban (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia Wants Saudi Probe Of Refugee Boat Attack (AFP)
Galmudug And NISA Forces Foil Attack Nab Vehicle Transporting Explosive Materials (Nep Journal)
Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi To Visit Kenya On Thursday (The Star)
State House Refutes Diplomatic Row With Somalia After Uhuru Visit To Dhobley (Daily Nation)
UK PM Hails Somalis For Contributing To Global Growth (Daily Nation)
Ending Famine In Somalia The Turkish Way (Al Jazeera)

31 Somali Refugees Killed In Helicopter Attack Off Yemen Coast (The Guardian)
MPs File No Confidence Motion Against ISWA Leader Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan (Hiiraan Online)
National Drought Response Committee So Far Collects $1318492 For Drought Response (Hiiraan Online)
The Government Of Somalia Launches First Oral Cholera Vaccination Campaign (Medical Life News)
WhatsApp Proves Harbinger Of Hope For Somali Families On The Brink Of Famine (The Guardian)
Right Mix Of Skills In New Cabinet To Make Somalia ‘Great Again’ (The East African)