September 24, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia: Leaders Send Eid Greetings (Radio Muqdisho)
Deadly Clan-related Violence Leaves At Least 15 Dead In Northern Somalia (Horseed Media)
Qardho Gets New Mayor (Garowe Online)
Somalia Denounces Israeli Attacks On Al-Aqsa mosque (Horseed Media)
Never A Muslim President? Minnesota Boy 12 Tells Ben Carson He’s Wrong (MPR News)
Somalia’s Puntland Begins Search For Oil In Offshore Blocks (Bloomberg)
It Is Proving Impossible To Hold A Fully Democratic Election In Somalia (The Economist)

Villa Somalia Introduces New Security Measures Following Deadly Blast (Wacaal Media)
Side By Side Somalis Kenyans Mark Anniversary Of Deadly Kenya Mall Attack (Hiiraan Online)
Khatumo Forces Storm Las-anod Prison Free Prisoners (Goobjoog News)
Polio Vaccinators Come To Bardhere (Radio Ergo)
Anti-FGM Activist Nimco Ali Says Australian Feminism Stuck In The 1980s (The Guardian)
Two Polish Citizens May Have Died In Somalia Attack (Radio Polland)
Popular Vote Is Possible In 2016 (RBC Radio)

AU Fighter Jets Bomb Militants’ Bases In South-Western Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Youth Parliament Pledge To Raise Awareness On Perilous Journeys To Europe (Goobjoog News)
UN Envoy For Somalia: We Welcome The Forum On The Electoral Process For 2016 (Mareeg Media)
As Muslim Eid Approaches Livestock Prices Soar In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Car Bomb Attack Near Presidential Palace Kills 11 People (UPI)
African Union Envoy Urges Increased Support To Stabilize Somalia (Xinhua)
Somalia: Oh What a Lovely Drone! (Mareeg Media)

Death Toll Rises In Mogadishu Terror Attack (Wacaal Media)
Severe Water Shortages In Areas Under Mudug Threatens Lives Of People (Goobjoog News)
AMISOM Claims Victory In Battle Against Al-Shabaab In Hiiraan region (Wacaal Media)
Shock As Father Strangles Son To Death In Kismayu (Wacaal Media)
At Least 3 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Central Somalia (Xinhua)
World’s Largest Refugee Camp In Kenya Could Be ‘The Future’ (The Star Canada)

At Least 9 Killed In Blast Near Somali Presidential Palace (Xinhua News)
National Consultative Forum To Oversee 2016 Process Conference Resolves (Goobjoog News)
Massive Blaze Destroys 22 Farms In Bari Puntland (Garowe Online)
AU Special Representative Rallies Support For Peace Initiatives As The World Marks International Day Of Peace (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Somali Man Issues Legal Challenge Against US Germany Over Father’s Drone Killing (RT News)
Safety For Refugees In Spain – But At A Cost (Al Jazeera English)
News Insight: Tracing Somalia’s Illegal Fishing ( IHS Maritime)
Every Refugee Crisis Is Different But Lessons From Syria And Somalia Can Be Shared (ITV News)

Jubbaland Deports 60 Women Alleged To Be Wives Of Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Hand Grenade Attack On Somali Troops Kills Two (Goobjoog News)
Senior Ethiopian Military Officers Visit Kismayu Ahead Of Ethiopian Forces Deployment In Jubbaland(Wacaal Media)
Somaliland President Inspects Hargeisa Expansion Project Promises Water For All (Somaliland Informer)
Security Beefed Up As Kenya Remembers Westgate Terrorist Attack (The Standard)
92 Somalis Committed (Times of Zambia)
India Somalia Fill Gap In Import Of Sacrificial Animals (The Gulf Today)
Ukraine Detains Ten Migrants From Syria Somalia Jordan Crossing Into EU (Sputnik News)
The Rise Of Proxy Leaders In Somalia (Foreign Policy News)

Policewoman Shot Dead In Mogadishu Capital (Horseed Media)
Puntland Delegation Pulls Out From Crucial Consultative Forum (Radio Dalsan)
Mogadishu Consultative Conference Is Not Inclusive Says Somali MP (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab In Heightened Military Activity And Buildup In Lower Jubba Region (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Coastguards Detain Smugglers (Goobjoog News)
UNHCR Repatriates Over 4000 Somali Refugees From Kenya (Xinhua)
Somali Bantu Celebrate Harvest (Sun Journal)
Kenyan Soldiers Kill 8 Al-Shabaab In Foiled Attacks (Xinhua)
Traditional Game Of Archery In Mogadishu (AMISOM)

Illegal Fishing Vessels Have Forced Us To Be Pirates Says Iranian Vessel Hijacker (Goobjoog News)
Obama Approves Credentials Of New Somalia Ambassador To US (Horseed Media)
Federal Parliament Speaker Sets Deadline For Political Parties Bill (Garowe Online)
Somalia Introduces Persons With Disabilities Bill (Horseed Media)
Islamists Retake Town In Somalia After African Forces Quit (Reuters)
240000 Facing Starvation In Somalia As Drought Bites (Anadolu Agency)
Somalia: The Next Oil Superpower? (The African Post)

Three Soldiers Killed By Blast At Camp (Horseed Media)
Over A Dozen Die From Drought In Somaliland (Garowe Online)
Puntland Forces Seize Central Bank Branch Over Missing Pays (Garowe Online)
AMISOM Youth Sensitization And Mobilization For Vision 2016 (AMISOM)
MP Commends Security Officers For Repulsing Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
INTERVIEW-Somali President Says Rebel Attacks Don’t Mean Resurgence (Reuters)
A Year’s Jail For Illegal Entry (The Star Online)
In Reviving Torture Claims Somali Man Argues That US Harbors War Criminals (Associated Press)
Abrogated Destiny (Hiiraan Online)

Blast In Somalia’s Kismayu Port City Kills Three Soldiers – Police (Reuters)
Iranian Sailors Moved Into Forests In Hobyo As One Flees (Goobjoog News)
Convoy Carrying Somali MPs Attacked in Baladweyne (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Information Ministry Bans Local Radio Stations From Airing Mogadishu-Based Radio Station(Villa Puntland)
Why Pirates Could Sail Back To Somalia (New Europe)
Mombasa Police Question Suspects Planning To Join ‘Al-Shabaab’ (Coastweek/Xinhua)
How The World Media Covers Somalia (Somali Current)