October 15, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somali Troops Capture Al-Shabaab Base Near Diinsoor Town Kill 4 Militants (Mareeg Online)
Somalia President Confirms Candidacy For 2016 Elections (Horseed Media)
Heavy Fighting Breaks Out Outside Marko City (Shabelle News)
Constitutional Meeting Sets Roadmap For Inclusive Review Process (Goobjoog News)
Somali Refugees Leave Kenya And Head Home (CNN)
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Urges Somali Shabaab: Join Islamic State (Associated Press)
Workers Building Kenya-Somalia Security Wall Protest Over Delayed Pay (Daily Nation)
AMISOM Deputy Force Commander Completes Visit To Bardheere And Diinsor (AMISOM)
Putting Prices On Natural Assets Could Help Save Them (The Columbus Dispatch)

Galmudug Forces Head To Al-Shabaab Strongholds In Mudug Region Says Officer (Shabelle News)
NATO Meets Galmudug State Pledges To Implement Developmental Projects In Hobyo Town (Goobjoog News)
Hundreds Nabbed In A Major Security Crackdown In Galkayo Mudug Province (Villa Puntland)
Flag Belongs To Both The Republic And Somali Ethnic (Mareeg Media)
Garissa Campus Attack Victim Leaves Hospital (The Star)
IFRC And Iranian Red Crescent Sign Agreement To Strengthen Resilience And Improve Food Security In Somalia And Kenya (Reliefweb)
Turkish Company Favori Turns Around Fortunes At Aden Adde Abdulle Airport (Goobjoog News)

Despite Opposition Somali Parliament Again Discards Anti-President’s Motion (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Army Regains Gandershe Village After Al-Shabaab Retreat (Shabelle News)
Somali President Terms Flag Modification Reports ‘Baseless’ (Hiiraan Online)
Ceasefire In Bala’ad Following Elder’s Intervention (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabab Seemingly Shifts Strategy As Fighters Dwindle (Voice Of America)
Four Al-Shabaab “Brides ” Freed on Ksh 500 Bond Each (The Star)
Imported Rape Culture: Somali Refugee Charged With Rape Of 10 Year Old (Breitbart Online)

Galmudug Forces Recapture Amara From Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Somaliland To Investigate Incident At Football Stadium (Goobjoog News)
Speaker Set To Hold Another Round Of Talks With Proponents Of Anti – Hassan Sheikh Motion (Wacaal Media)
8 Ethiopian Migrants Killed In Road Accident (Horseed Media)
Nairobi Police Now Interrogating Eight ‘Al-Shabaab’ Terror Suspects (Xinhua)
UN Boosts El Niño Preparedness And Relief Urges More Funding (UN News Centre)
Al-Shabaab Takes Teacher Hostage In Garissa (Daily Nation)
Critical Factors To Be Considered In Somalia’s 2016 Election (RBC Radio)

Buurahakaba District Administration Confirms Arrest Of 30 Militants (Wacaal Media)
Security Scare As Cargo Airplane Crashes Near Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
South-West State Vows To Flush Out Al-Shabaab From Its Region (Goobjoog News)
Irate Residents And Football Fans Torch Awdal Police Commissioner’s Residence In Somaliland(Goobjoog News)
Somalia Rises From The Ashes One Day At A Time (Daily Nation)
Somali Who Said She Was Raped On Nauru Is In Australia For Care (New York Times)
Crisis Hotline 5555 Launched For Victims Of Sexual Abuse In Mogadishu (AMISOM)
Blind Radio Journalist Beats Odds To Tell The Somali Story (Xinhua News)

Somalia To Mark 61st Anniversary Of The National Flag Day (Goobjoog News)
Riot At Northern Somalia Football Stadium Leaves One Dead (Horseed Media)
Ethiopian Troops Suffer Landmine Attack In Buurdhuubo (Wacaal Media)
Jubbaland Vice President Reaches Garbaharey To Defuse Political Tension (Goobjoog News)
Interim South West Administration To Integrate Militias Into National Army (Mareeg Media)
A Fond Farewell To Outgoing African Union Special Representative For Somalia And Head Of AMISOM Maman Sidikou (AMISOM/UNSOA)
Somali Child-Care Providers Get Help To Boost Learning (Star Tribune)
UK Under Pressure Over Kenya Kidnapping (Al Jazeera)
Nuruddin Farah: ‘I Write About Somalia To keep It Alive’ (FT/Mareeg Media)

Government Forces Arrest Al-Shabaab Ring Leader In El-Buur (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug Administration Calls On Residents To End Revenge Killings (Goobjoog News)
100 Arrested In Mogadishu Security Sweep (Shabelle News)
Impeachment Motion Against Somalia President Splits Parliament (Garowe Online)
Mother’s Shock After Class 8 Boy Joins Al-Shabaab (Sunday Nation)
Somalia Affirms Its Maritime Case Against Kenya On Course (Xinhua)
AMISOM Hands Over Motorcycles To The Somali Police Force (AMISOM)
The Other Refugee Crisis (The New York Times)

Two Die As SNA Soldiers Stage Attacks On Ufurow Town (Goobjoog News)
Federal Defense Ministry Denies Battle With Jubbaland Forces (Wacaal Media)
Ethiopian Lover Stabs Somali Girl To Death For Declining Marriage Proposal In Kenya (Hiiraan Online)
Mogadishu Police Boss Sends Stern Warning To Officers (Shabelle News)
Italy Paying Ransoms In Syria And Somalia (Al Jazeera)
There’s More To Somali Fishing Than Piracy (Washington Post)
Major Drops In Remittances To Somalia (Warya Post)

Somali PM Appoints 12 Member Taskforce To Support National Consultative Forum (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Seeks Friendly Settlement In Boundary Dispute With Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Businessman Shot Dead In Jalalaqsi Town By Gunmen (Shabelle News)
Somali Police Force And AMISOM Join Residents In Community Policing Drive (AMISOM)
Outgoing AMISOM Boss To Head UN In DRC (News24)
Somalia Now Tops List Of Countries Where Journalists Are Murdered With Impunity (Poynter @40)
Aid Agencies Warn Of Severe Effects Of El Nino In Somalia (Xinhua)
Practicing In A Car Park: World Cup Qualifying For Somalia’s Team (Associated Press)
Failure To Pay Soldiers Threatens Somalia’s War On Islamists (Reuters)

Tension Rises In Villages Around Dinsoor (Wacaal Media)
Al-Shabaab Says It Burnt Two Battle Wagons After Attack On Ethiopian Convoy (Shabelle News)
Federal Government Of Somalia Welcomes The Release Of Universal TV Journalists (Jowhar News)
Deputy Prime Minister Hopes Federal Government-Somaliland Talks To Resume (Garowe Online)
Somalia Looks Safer For Yemenis Fleeing State Breakdown (Bloomberg)
From Somalia to Maine Radio Star Settles Into New American Life (Bangor Daily News)
Man Charged In Rape Of Girl 10 Has History Of Mental Illness Violence (Star Tribune)
Lend An Ear To My Plea (Sahan Journal)