May 13, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

U.S. Air Strike Kills Five Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia – Pentagon (Reuters)
Somali Cabinet Approves Anti-Corruption Bill (Goobjoog News)
Somali Forces Withdraw From Marka Town Over Unknown Reasons (Shabelle News)
International Concerns Grow As Kenya Vows To Shut World’s Largest Refugee Camps (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Protests Against Kenyan Plan To Close Refugee Camp (Channel News Asia)
Minneapolis Terrorism Trial Focuses on IS Recruitment (Voice of America)

Somalia Refutes Claims Of Child Abuse (Xinhua)
Allied Forces Take Two Villages In Afgoye Lower Shabelle As Clash With Al-Shabaab Rages (Goobjoog News)
Riots Break Out in Beled-Weyn Over Puntland Minted Fake Somali Currency (Mareeg Media)
Somalia Federal MP Calls For Fair And Inclusive Elections In The Country (Goobjoog News)
State To Spend Sh1b Repatriating Somali Refugees: Interior CS Nkaissery (Standard Digital)
Italy Arrests Somalis Accused Of Taking Migrants Hostage (Times Live)
Despite Challenges Mogadishu’s New Music Artwork Provide Cultural Soundtrack To City’s Rebirth(Hiiraan Online)

Somalia: Puntland Election Commission Officially Launched (Garowe Online)
Somalia Complains Of Mistreatment Of Citizens In Foreign Jails (Horseed Media)
Deputy PM Warns Against Looting Of Nation’s Asset (Shabelle News)
Despite Warnings Somalia Set To Send Domestic Workers To Saudi Arabia (Hiiraan Online)
Beledweyn Residents Protest Over Use Of U.S. Dollar Currency (Radio Dalsan)
EU Vows More Support For Somalia (Shabelle News)
Somalia Army Chief Confirms Surprise Raid On Militants (Garowe Online)
Somalia Hands Over Weapons Stolen By Al-Shabaab To Kenya (Citizen Digital)
Russia May Consider Supplying Arms to Somalia Libya If Situation Improves (Sputnik News)
Somalia: UN Calls For Urgent Action To Support Drought-hit Communities (UN News Centre)
Kenya Drawing Up Timetable To Close Refugee Camp For Somalia (Reuters)
German Tanker Joins Op Atalanta Off The Coast Of Somalia (Naval Today)
Graphic Videos Luring Tweets — Terrorism Trial Zeros In On Islamic State Recruiting (Los Angeles Times)
Is Politics Why Kenya Wants to Close Refugee Camps? (VOA)

US Somali Forces Target Al-Shabaab in Joint Helicopter Raid (Voice of America)
MOCC Ends Its Meeting To View Situation In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Despite Warnings Somalia Set To Send Domestic Workers To Saudi Arabia (Hiiraan Online)
Al-Shabaab Suffers Casualty In Commando Raid (Shabelle News)
US Faults Kenya’s Plan To Repatriate Refugees (Daily Nation)
Finland Contributes EUR 4 Million Towards New Deal Implementation In Somalia (World Bank/Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
These Three Somali American Mothers Insist Their Sons Didn’t Conspire To Help ISIS (PRI)
The Migrants Taking On A Warzone (IRIN)

Somalia Gearing Up To Send Domestic Workers To Saudi Arabia (Horseed Media)
Jubaland Police Defuse Landmine Foiling Militant Bid (Garowe Online)
Gunmen Shot Dead Mogadishu Airport Staff (Radio Dalsan)
Chief of Justice Hands Over Office To His Successor (Shabelle News)
EU Pledges Support For Stabilization Of Somalia (Xinhua)
MPR Reporter Mukhtar Ibrahim Treated Differently At ISIS Trial (City Pages)
36 Suspected Al-Shabaab Arrested In Operation Linda Boni (The Star)
Process To Gain Refugee Status: “A Money Making Scheme” (The Citizen Justice Network)

Somali Commandos And Foreign Forces Raid Al-Shabaab Base (Shabelle News)
Al-Shabaab Became Weak Says Somali President (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Became Weak Says Somali President (Hiiraan Online)
Hundreds Displaced As Floods Hit Several Villages In The Sool Region (Goobjoog News)
Explosives-laden Car seized in Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Minnesota IS Terror Case Underway (Voice of America)
Qatar Condemns Attack On Traffic Police Headquarters In Somalia (Bernama.com)
Refugees And Migrants: A Crisis Of Solidarity (Huffington Post)

Committee Examines Somalia Election Proposal (Garowe Online)
Somalia Leaders US Delegation Discuss Upcoming Elections (Horseed Media)
Somalia Moves To Limit Charcoal Use (Horseed Media)
Parliament To Deny Regional Heads Powers To Sign Off List Of MPs Elect In 2016 Polls (Goobjoog News)
Somalia To Bring Its Nationals In Italy Back Home (Shabelle News)
Shibis Police Commissioner Calls On Residents To Help Improve Security (Goobjoog News)
Regional PACs To Engage Somalia Djibouti (New Times)
AMISOM To Build Community Hospital In Eel-Jaalle Village in Marka Lower Shabelle Region (AMISOM)
Closing Refugee Camps Is Escapist Says ODM (The Star)
U.N. Concerned By Kenyan Threat To Close Refugee Camps (Reuters)
Somali Community Remembers Youth Activist (MPR News)
Somalia Security Forces Arrest 2 Al-Shabaab Militants (Xinhua)
As The Kenyan Minister For National Security Here’s Why I’m Shutting The World’s Biggest Refugee Camp (The Independent)

Al-Shabaab Car Bomb Attack Kills At Least Two Somali Police (Reuters)
PM Forms Fact Finding Committee Over Claims Of NISA Using Children As Spies (Goobjoog News)
2nd Annual Mogadishu International Book Fair To Be Held On August (Radio Dalsan)
Floods Force Hundreds To Flee Homes In Beledweyne (Goobjoog News)
MH370 Search: Flight Recorder Found In Somalia Not From Missing Plane (The Guardian)
AMISOM Holds Civilian-Military Coordination Workshop For Hiiraan Region (AMISOM)
A Brush With Somalia’s People Smugglers (BBC)

ICAO Hands Over Airspace Control Equipment To Somalia
Markets Closed As Inflation Soars In Puntland (Hiiraan Online)
Government To Adopt Integrated Finance To Curb Graft And Enhance Efficiency Finance Minister Says(Goobjoog News)
Djibouti President Sworn In For Fourth Term In Office (Hiiraan Online)
Turkey Sends Aid Ship To Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
Somali Migrants Protest Video Posted By Swedish Parliament Member (Voice of America)
U.S.-Funded Somali Intelligence Agency Has Been Using Kids As Spies (Washington Post)

Government Forces Launch Security Operations In Waberi District (Goobjoog News)
Somali Information Minister Congratulates Shabelle Media Network On Its 14th Anniversary (Shabelle News)
Building a Strategic National P/CVE Response For Somalia (Mareeg Media)
Somali Clerics Association Call On New Chief Justice To Restore Justice In The Country (Goobjoog News)
Judge Orders Somali Teen Returned To Foster Family (The Seattle Times)
Midwives On The Frontlines Of Fighting Maternal Mortality In Somalia (UNFPA)