October 8, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

At Least Five Dead In Somalia Market Bomb Attack (Horseed Media)
Mozambican Madeira Replaces Sidikou As AMISOM Chief (Goobjoog News
Somalia Accuses Arrested Journalists Of Public ‘Incitement’ (Mareeg Online)
Universal TV’s Journalists Released After Six Days In Jail (Goobjoog News)
Baardheere Swoop Nets Members Of Al-Shabaab And Weapons (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Objects To Coastal Boundary Case Filed By Somalia At The ICJ (Daily Nation)
Australia Refuses Abortion For Raped Refugee (Radio New Zealand)
Vatican Ambassador: Ukraine Risks Becoming ‘A Kind of Somalia’ (Hiiraan Online)

Lawyer and Nephew of Somali President Killed In Mogadishu Drive-By-Shooting (Shabelle News)
Khatumo State Expresses Hope Over Diffusing The Ongoing Clan Clashes In Qoriley (Goobjoog News)
First Direct International Commercial Flight To Land In Garowe After Government Wins Deal With National Airways (Villa Puntland)
Ahlu Sunna Declares New Offensive Against Al-Shabaab In Central Somalia (Shabelle News)
Bill Shorten Says Refugee Raped On Nauru Should Be Allowed To Come To Australia For An Abortion(Sydney Morning Herald)
Somali Candidates Challenge Rep. Kahn for DFL Nod (MPR News)
AU Special Representative Addresses The Atlantic Council On The State of Somalia (AMISOM)
Illegal Overfishing And The Return Of Somalia’s Pirates (Al Jazeera)

Somalia’s Extremists Vow Violence Against British Troops (AP)
Impeachment Caucus MPs Vow Motion Is On As Speaker’s Sanctioned Meeting Starts Tomorrow(Goobjoog News)
UK Expresses Concern Over Anti-President Motion (Wacaal Media)
Young Somali Migrants Deported To Puntland (Goobjoog News)
Somali Woman Raped On Nauru Begs Australian PM For Asylum (Brisbane Times)
Somali Journalists Slam Arrest Of 2 Colleagues (AFP)
Sister’s Hope For Brother In Somaliland Facing Death By Firing Squad (Leicester Mercury)
Illegal Overfishing And The Return Of Somalia’s Pirates (Al Jazeera)

Al-Shabaab Attacks Government Forces Checkpoint Outside Bardhere (Wacaal Media)
National Army Intervenes In Bulo-Hawo Clan Clashes (Goobjoog News)
Stern Humanitarian Situation In Mudug And Galgaduud Regions (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland Vice President Calls For UNDSS To Elucidate Insecurity Reports (Villa Puntland)
Terrorism Planned In Camps Says CS (The Star)
CPJ condemn the arrest of Universal TV Journalists (Community To Support Journalists)
Soma Says U.K. Graft Probe Causing Significant Financial Damage (Bloomberg)
The Failed State Roadshow (Foreign Policy)

Yemeni Refugee Sets Himself Aflame Outside UNHCR Office (Horseed Media)
Suspects And Weapons Seized In Mogadishu Security Operations (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Complains Over Slow Repatriation Of Somali Refugees (Goobjoog News)
Tension Builds Up In The Outskirts Of Kismayo Days After Jubbaland Forces Battled Militia Allied To Barre Hiiraale (Wacaal Media)
AFRICOM Commander Visits East African Partners (United States Africa Command)
Somali Community Leaders In Minnesota Hold Talks With AU Special Representative (AMISOM)
Water Cartel Is Bad For Somaliland (Hiiraan Online)

Two Die In Clan Clashes Erupted In Bulla-Hawo Town (Goobjoog News)
Jowhar Residents Express Fears Of Over Shabelle River Overflow (Wacaal Media)
Ceasefire Takes Effect After Deadly Clashes In Sool Region (Villa Puntland)
UN Envoy To Somalia Nicholas Kay Condemns Arrest Of Universal TV Journalists (Goobjoog News)
Federal Government Soldier Killed In Infighting (Garowe Online)
Hawala Shut Down Nearly Crippled Our Economy – Somalia Minister (The Star)
AMISOM Police To Deploy In Somalia’s Liberated Areas (AMISOM)
US Authorities Community Work Together To Counter Extremism (Today Online)

Come and Join The Caliphate ISIS Urges Al-Shabaab (Hiiraan Online)
Two Killed In Battle Between Clan Militias In Udugley of Hiiraan Region (Goobjoog News)
Federal Minister Accuses Detained TV Journalists Of ‘Bias Against Government’ (Garowe Online)
Somalia Signs Wage Agreement With World Bank (Horseed Media)
Somalia To Redirect More Military In Al-Shabaab Fight (Citizen News)
Chinese Brands Taking Over Mogadishu Market (Xinhua)
Somalia is Fast Becoming a Business Hub Says AU Special Representative (AMISOM)
St. Anthony: Abdullahi Hussein Opens First Somali-owned Medical Practice In Twin Cities (Star Tribune)
Remembering Mogadishu (Shadowspear.com)

Somali Prime Minister Meets UN Secretary General (Goobjoog News)
After Militants Blockade First Civilian Plane Lands In Buloburte Town (Hiiraan Online)
Al-Shabaab Detains 5 Of Its Foreign Members For Alleged Links With ISIS (Wacaal Media)
Puntland President Names Former Lawmaker As New Governor (Garowe Online)
Somali Ratification Leaves Only US Outside Child-Rights Treaty (News24)
At UN Somalia Proposes ‘Grand Development Plan’ To Rebuild Country’s Social Physical Infrastructure(UN News Centre)
AU Special Representative Challenges Somali Youth In Minnesota To Play A Role In Rebuilding Somalia (AMISOM)
Long-Neglected Somalia Comes In From the Cold (Washington Diplomat)
Safari Brings Somali Cuisine To Harlem (The New York Times)

Somalia Planning To Stop Relying On Foreign Aid (Horseed Media)
Biting Water Shortages Hits A Section Of Gedo Region As Local Administrator Appeals For Help(Wacaal Media)
Somalia Ratifies Cluster Munitions Convention (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Raids Home Of Jalalaqsi District Commissioner (Wacaal Media)
Somaliland’s British-Educated President Urged To Save Mentally-Ill Man From Death Row (The Telegraph)
Mental Health Workers Hope To Overcome Stigma In Somali Community (MPR News)
Al-Qaida or Islamic State? Issue Simmers Within Al-Shabab (VoA)

Government Forces Repulse Al-Shabaab After Militants Attacked Their Base In Ali Mire Near Baraawe(Wacaal Media)
Puntland Police To Benefit From 1 Million Dollar Agreement With U.S To Fight Terrorism (Goobjoog News)
Federal Government Ships Military Gear To Integrated Forces In Kismayo (Wacaal Media)
A Former Al-Shabaab Fighter Killed In Baidoa For Rape Case (Radio Dalsan)
Soma Oil Lobbies U.K. To Oppose Proposed Moratorium On Somalia (Bloomberg)
Canada Approves Refugee Claim Of Man Who Fled Somalia After Death Threat (City News)
Britain Meddles In Somalia At Its Peril – Don’t Make Al-Shabaab Stronger (The Guardian)