May 20, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

President Mohamud Urges Parliament To Endorse 2016 Electoral Modalities As UNSC Meets Country’s Leadership (Goobjoog News)
UN Security Council In Somalia In Show Of Solidarity (Garowe Online)
Several Killed In Beledweyne Clan Violence (Shabelle News)
AMISOM Forces Head To Howlwadaq As Fighting Intensifies In Baledweyne (Goobjoog News)
Jubaland President Unveils Cabinet (Garowe Online)
UN Chief Urges Kenyan Leader Not To Close Refugee Camp (Xinhua News)
Suicide Blast Kills One Injures Eight In Somali Capital (Sputnik News)
Kenyan President Says Security Wall Along Border With Somalia To Deter Terrorists (Xinhua News)
US Forces In Combat In Somalia As AFRICOM Plans For War Across Continent (Axis of Logic)

Select Committee To Present Elections Report To Parliament As UN Security Council Lands Mogadishu(Goobjoog News)
Deal Reached In Dispute Over Parliamentary Seats (Hiiraan Online)
Rape Must Be Tried Under Judicial System Not Clan Mechanism – Deputy Prime Minister (Goobjoog News)
Somali MP Calls For An End To Beledweyne Tribal Violence (Shabelle News)
Kenya’s Foreign Interior Ministers Asked To Explain Repatriation Of Refugees (Bernama)
QRCS Islamic Dawa Organisation To Launch Major Development Projects In Somalia (Bernama)
Learning To Love My Sister Bosaso (MinnPost)

UN Security Council Set To Visit Mogadishu As Election Nears (Hiiraan Online)
Mogadishu Elders Oppose Election Model (Shabelle News)
Somali DPM Chairs Development And Reconstruction Meeting In Mogadishu (Radio Mogadishu)
Somali Immigrants On Hunger Strike In US Detention Center (Goobjoog News)
Somali Forces Shoot Dead Al-Shabaab Fighter In Capital (Xinhua News)
UN Security Council Coming To Kenya To Press Uhuru On Refugees (Daily Nation)
High-Level Panel Deliberates On Sexual Offences Bill for Somalia (AMISOM)
Somaliland Wants World Recognition Of Its Independence (Associated Press)
The Somaliland Question And Why It Has Not Materialised (Goobjoog News)

Somali Parliament Postpones Election Debate In Dispute Over New MPs (Hiiraan Online)
Somaliland Marks 25 Years Of Quest For Independence (Goobjoog News)
Former BBC Correspondent Elected NUSOJ Secretary General (Radio Dalsan)
Clashes Flare Up In Baladweyne Just After A 24 Hour Lull (Goobjoog News)
EU Appoints New Operation Commander For EU NAVFOR Somalia (Council of the European Union)
Parliament Summons CS Amina MohammedJoseph Nkaissery Over Dadaab Closure (Standard Digital)
Somali Criminal Scores Third Human Rights Victory Over Theresa May (Express.co.uk)
Somaliland: Making A Success Of ‘Independence’’ (BBC)

AMISOM And NISA Claim Victory Over Barire Attack (Shabelle News)
Residents Flee Barire Town Fearing New Clashes (Goobjoog News)
Four Killed As Clan Clashes Erupt In Beledweyne Town (Hiiraan Online)
Al-Shabaab Beheads Man In Central Somalia (Shabelle News)
Finland Says Refugees Can Return To Safe Afghanistan Iraq Somalia (Voice of America)
Proposed Bill Seeks To Restrict Entry Into Kenya’s Refugee Camps (The Star)
Two Bodies Found Near Sea Shore In Egypt’s Kafr El-Sheikh (Ahram Online)
Kuwait Reiterates Support To Somalia’s Anti-terror Efforts (Kuwait News Agency)
Sending Away Refugees Won’t Stop Attacks (Daily Nation)

Electoral Talks Collapse As Somali Leaders Fail To Convince Defiant House Committee (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Warns Socioeconomic Woes Over Khat Imports (Hiiraan Online)
Banaadir Will Get Equal Seats In Upper House As Other States Parliamentary Committee (Goobjoog News)
Somali Parliament Speaker To Meet With International Delegation (Shabelle News)
Somali – American Doctor Joins Race For Villa Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
Former Somali Defense Minister Dies In US (Hiiraan Online)
Helsinki University Students To Major In Somali Language (Sputnik News)
Key Witness Cross Examined In Minnesota Islamic State Case (Voice of America)
Somali Refugees Deserve Better Than Being Sent Back To Danger (The Citizen)

13800 Somali Refugees Repatriated From Kenya’s Dadaab Camp: UNHCR (Xinhua News)
Somali And AMISOM Troops Carry Out Swoop In Aadan Yabaal (Shabelle News)
Deputy Speaker Says Somalia Can’t Afford Constitutional Crisis (Garowe Online)
Central Government And Regional Leaders Meet In Adado (Shabelle News)
Galmudug Parliament Speaker: We Are Working Under Difficult Circumstances (Goobjoog News)
Somalis Flee For Europe As Rebuilding Too Slow (Gulf Today)
AMISOM Somali Forces Repulse Al-Shabaab Ambush In Central Somalia (Xinhua News)
Somali Refugees In Kenya’s Dadaab Camp May Die Trying To Cross Mediterranean (International Business Times)
Somalia Marks National Youth Day With Calls To Reject Extremism (UNSOM)
What If One Culture Shares Multiple Languages? That’s A Challenge Oregon Is Taking Up With Its Somali Students (Public Radio International)

SNA Retakes Town From Al-Shabaab Following Commando Raid (Shabelle News)
Allied Forces Foil Al-Shabaab Attack In Halgan Hiiraan Region (Goobjoog News)
New Cycling Race Brings Joy To Somali Town (Hiiraan Online)
Shock As Gunman Opens Fire At Wedding Party Near Jilib (Shabelle News)
Somali President Extends Amnesty To Al-Shabaab Fighters (Xinhua)
Apologise To Issack Hassan For ‘Return To Somalia’ Calls NE Leaders Ask Opposition (The Star)
State Leaders Spoil For A Fight With Parliament Over 2016 Electoral Proposals (Goobjoog News)

Turkish Airlines Resumes Flights To Mogadishu After Somali Plane Bombing (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland President Fires Top Security Commanders (Garowe Online)
Somalia Marks May 15 National Youth Day (Garowe Online)
Jubaland President Fires First Deputy Replaces With Longtime Opposition (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Police Bust Mogadishu Terror Cell Explosives Displayed (Garowe Online)
Somalia Promotes New Fish Diet To Fight Hunger (Al Jazeera)
Al-Shabaab Militants Flee As Military Onslaught Intensifies In S. Somalia (Xinhua)
War-Weary Somalis Flee For Europe As Rebuilding Comes Too Slow (Bloomberg)
Somali Refugees Deserve Better Than Being Sent Back To Danger (Daily Nation)

AU Extends Peacekeeping Mission In Somalia By A Year (African Union/Africa News)
Puntland Raises Red Flag Over Changes To The Electoral Model (Goobjoog News)
Djibouti Tycoon Linked To Somaliland-DP World Deal (Garowe Online)
African Union Troops Kill Nine Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Bloomberg)
Mother And Baby Medevaced From Nauru (RNZ)
Somalia And Somaliland Restart Dialogue (IRIN)