October 13, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Less Than Half Of Delegates Lists Submitted Two Days After Deadline Lapse (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Minister Blamed For Taking Part In Clashes Between Puntland Galmudug (Garowe Online)
Three Dead And Seven Injured After Galmudug And Ahlusunna Fight Near Cadaado (Goobjoog News)
U.S. Probes Somalia’s Airstrikes Claims (Xinhua)
Corruption Investigation Into Michael Howard’s African Oil Firm Soma Dropped (The Telegraph UK)
Somalia’s Female Presidential Candidate: ‘If Loving My Land Means I Die So Be It’ (The Guardian)

Federal Government Proposes The Deployment Of SNA In Galkayo ( jowhar.com)
Fears Of Clashes In Galkayo As Puntland And Galmudug Deploy Forces (Goobjoog News)
Somalia To Mark 62nd Anniversary Of The National Flag Day (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Enhances Security Along Somali Border (Xinhua)
Maritime Agency Calls For Tough Actions To End Piracy Off Somalia (Business Daily)
Will Somalia’s Elections Change The War On Al-Shabaab? (The National Interest)

Risk Of Another Poll Delay As Clans And Regional States Miss Deadlines (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Accuses Somali Government Of Backing Galmudug (Garowe Online)
Traditional Elders Relate Galkayo Tensions With “Political Motives (Villa Puntland)
Briton Arrested In Gigiri Al-Shabaab Swoop Identified As Tom James (The Star Kenya)
Somali Youths Urged To Fully Participate In The 2016 Electoral Process (AMISOM)
Somali Refugees Decry Empty Promises On Return From Dadaab (News Deeply)

Two Killed In Clashes Between Puntland And Galmudug In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
International Community Raises Red Flag Over Candidates Lists Delay (Goobjoog News)
Hiiraan State To Be Formed In Beledweyne (Jowhar.com)
International Lobby Wants Kenya To Remove Deadline For Dadaab Closure (Daily Nation)
AU Mission Mulls Compensation For Civilian Harms In Somalia ( (Xinhua)
“With Dadaab Closing We have No Option But Return To Somalia” (Equal Times)

Puntland And Galmudug Forces Engage In Fresh Fighting In Galkacyo (Goobjoog News)
Federal Electoral Body Rejects Candidates List (Garowe Online)
South West State Praised For Respecting Women Quotas In Politics (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Women Activists Meet Interior Minister To Push More Seats In HirShabelle (Goobjoog News)
Turkey Sends Tons Of Food Aid To Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
One Killed In Explosion In Somalia’s Mogadishu (Xinhua)
Can Galkayo Be Under One Administration? (Mareeg Online)

Somaliland Politicians And Elders Boycott Electoral Process (Garowe online)
Fire Destroys Houses In Mogadishu’s Wadajir District (Goobjoog News)
Elders In Galkayo Agree On A Ceasefire (Jowhar.com)
President Welcomes The Formation Of HirShabelle Parliament (Jowhar.com)
Kenya Forcing Refugees Back To Somalia: NGO (AFP /Yahoo News)
County Urges Shabaab Returnees To Surrender For Rehabilitation (Daily Nation)
Educating the Horn: Paving A Path To College For Somali Youth (Seattle Globalist)

Jubaland Galmudug And Puntland States Nominate Candidates For Upper House (Goobjoog News)
Outgoing Federal Parliament Speaker Heading To Jowhar (Garowe Online)
UNSOS Holds Communication Training For AMISOM Public Information Officers (Goobjoog News)
Somali Police Commissioner Wraps Up Police Training In Cadaado Town (SONNA News)
Kenya’s Elite Forces Have Become More Lethal Since Somalia Entry (Daily Nation)
At least Five Injured In Mortar Attack Near Somalia Capital Airport (Xinhua)
Somali-American Outreach Workers Bridge Divide Between Community And Government (Star Tribune)

Six Killed In Clash Between Galmudug And Puntland Forces In Galkayo (Goobjoog News)
AU Hails Southwest For Timely Electoral Process Preparations (Goobjoog News)
Keating Meets Women And Elders In Garowe (Garowe Online)
AU Mission Denies Bombardment Kills Civilians In S. Somalia (Xinhua)
Split-second Decision To Hide Saved Us From Al-Shabaab Say Lucky Survivors (Daily Nation)
Promoting Birth Spacing To Save Lives (UNFPA Somalia)

South West State President: Upper-House candidate’s List Ready (Goobjoog News)
UNDP Set To Manage Somali Election’s Money (Goobjoog News)
Internal Rifts Undermine Puntland Democratization Process (Garowe Online)
Former Government Official Says Corruption Replaced Gun In Politics (Radio Dalsan)
Unknown Gunmen Kill Somali Elder Involved In Election (Xinhua)
Mandera Al-Shabaab Attack Victim Speaks Of Horrific Killings (The Star)
Meet The Former Refugee Who Is Now Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate(Broadly)

Civil Society Groups And Committee of Elders In Hiiraan Warn Of Election Fraud (Hiiraan Online)
Roadside Blast in Qansax Dheere Town Kills Soldier (Shabelle News)
Some Of Al-Shabaab Prisoners To Be Transferred To Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
President Gaas Unveils Multi-Party System Roadmap In Garowe (Jowhar.com)
Six killed In Mandera Shabaab Attack 27 Rescued (Daily Nation)
Press Freedom Bodies Call For Inquiry Into Somali Journalist’s Murder (The Guardian)
The Trek Towards Fistula Repair (UNFPA Somalia)