Key Headlines
- Jubbaland And South West States Finish Senate Polls As 5 Quit Race In Baidoa (Goobjoog News)
- HiirShabelle New President To Meet Federal Leaders In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
- Upper House Candidates Concluded Their Campaign Speech (Garowe Online)
- Al Jazeera Journalist Hamza Mohamed Detained In Somalia (Aljazeera)
- Death Toll In Attack On Southern Somali Town Rises To 11 (Reuters)
- Somalia Faces Election Challenges (VOA)
Key Headlines
- Government Troops Retake Afgoye As Death Toll Jumps To 15 (Shabelle News)
- Senatorial Elections Kick Off In Jubbaland State (Goobjoog News)
- Mogadishu Based Newspaper’s Editor Freed After Days In Jail (Goobjoog News)
- Somali Inmates Offered Courses To Boost Skills Before Release (CCTV)
- China Donates US$2M To WFP For Somalia Aid (Xinhua)
- AMISOM Trains Somali Police Officers On Securing The Electoral Process (AMISOM)
- Somalia’s Rocky Road To Democracy (BBC)
Key Headlines
- Newly Elected Senators From Galmudug On First Assignment In Jowhar (Goobjoog News)
- AMISOM and UNOCHA Hold First Regional Civil-Military Working Group Meeting In Baidoa (SONNA)
- Somali Intelligence Detains Al Jazeera Journalist (Radio Dalsan)
- Somali Troops Battle Al-Shabaab Fighters In Afgoye (Aljazeera)
- One Killed As Police Engage Shabaab Gunmen In Mandera (Daily Nation)
- ‘The Mayor of Mogadishu’ –Predicting Hope Beyond Somalia’s Struggles (Capital FM Kenya)
Key Headlines
- Prime Minister Applauds HiirShabelle’s Newly Elected President (Goobjoog News)
- No other administration other than Hirshabelle is allowed in the region – Hiiraan Governor (Radio Kulmiye)
- Residents Flee Southern Somalia Village As Fighting Intensifies (Goobjoog News)
- Somali-Americans Accuse Trump Of ’empowering’ Isis Recruiters (The Independent UK)
- Somali Pirates Holding Five Kenyans 39 Seafarers For Ransom UN Chief Says (Daily Nation)
- Has Shabaab Been Weakened For Good? The Answer Is ‘Yes’ And ‘No’ (The Conversation)
Key Headlines
- Puntland President Agrees Peace Deal With Galmudug (Garowe Online)
- New President Elected For Hiirshabelle State (Goobjoog News)
- Pro-govt Army Recapture Town After Al-Shabaab Retreat (Shabelle News)
- 3 Suspects In Bomb Plot Against Somalis To Face Kansas Court (Associated Press/Hiiraan Online)
- Somalia Closes Newspaper Arrests Editor (CPJ)
- Meet The Courageous Women Fighting Terrorism In Africa (Take Part)
Key Headlines
- Election For HirShabelle President To Be Held Today (Dhacdo.com)
- Puntland Announces Revised Upper House Candidates List (Garowe Online)
- Galkayo Religious Leaders Call For Cessation Of Hostilities (Goobjoog News)
- Galmudug Shrugs Off UN’s Call To Remove Senator’s Name Over Questionable Record (Goobjoog News)
- Somalia Is Obama’s Latest Victim As US Expands Army Presence (telesurtv.net)
- Reject A President And Parliament Elected Through Bribe And Nepotism (Hiiraan Online)
Key Headlines
- Somalia Gets First Senators As Galmudug Concludes Upper House Polls (Goobjoog News)
- Somali Presidential Candidate Decries Corruption In Upper House Elections (Radio Dalsan)
- Jubbaland Holds Graduation Ceremony For Youth Vocational Training In Kismaayo (Goobjoog News)
- UN Confirms It Objected Names Of Former Warlords In Senate Race (Goobjoog News)
- Somali Government Shuts Down Newspaper Arrests Editor (Reuters)
- 26000 Somali Refugees Confirm Intention To Return Home (Daily Nation)
- In Somalia U.S. Escalates a Shadow War (New York Times)
Key Headlines
- Heavy Fighting In Galkayo (Dhacdo.com)
- HirShabelle Parliament Elects Speaker (jowhar.com)
- Galmudug Forces Take Over Godinlabe Village From Ahlu-Sunna: Residents (Goobjoog News)
- Somalia Bombing And Ambush Kill At Least 13 Including Soldiers (Bloomberg)
- Somalia: Bomb Attack Kills 7 Soldiers (Anadolu Agency)
- Could Fadumo Dayib Become Somalia’s First Female President? (CBC Radio)
Key Headlines
- Tension Escalates In Galkayo As Puntland And Galmudug Forces Dig In For Battle (Goobjoog News)
- Two Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
- IED Blast Targets Military Convoy Near Baidoa Five Dead (Shabelle News)
- Al-Shabaab Militants Kill ‘2 spies’ In Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
- Details Emerge Of Turkish Military Base In Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
- For Somalis Despite Its Wonderful Contribution To Public Health Sanitation Still A Taboo (Hiiraan Online)
Key Headlines
- National Leadership Forum Meeting Fails To Take Place (jowhar.com)
- Puntland Leader Re-nominate Upper House Candidates (Garowe Online)
- Puntland President Appoints New Minister (Garowe Online)
- Rape Militia And Health Fears Mean Somali Refugees Want To Stay In Kenya – Charity (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
- Kenya: “Dagahaley Is The Place I Know As Home” (Medecin Sans Frontieres)
- The Known Unknowns About The Somalis (Hiiraan Online)
