August 27, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Al-Shabaab Militants Kill At Least Seven In Southern Somalia Attack (Reuters)
Somali President Reaches Diinsoor (Goobjoog News)
European Union Delegates in Somalia To Address Illegal Immigration (Somali Current)
Six Killed As Government Forces And AMISOM Launch Offensives Against Al-Shabaab In Bay Region(Wacaal Media)
Jubbaland President Tours Al-Shabaab Bombed Training Military Camp (Goobjoog News)
Guns Explosives Seized As Police Arrest Another Terror Suspect In Kenya (Daily Nation)
Professor Samatar’s Flawed Support For Somaliland (Wardheer News)

Somali Forces Kill 12 ‘Al-Shabaab’ Militants Near Garbaharey Town (Xinhua)
Somali National Army And AMISOM Attack Al-Shabaab In The Bay Region (Radio Dalsan)
First Civilian Plane Lands In Bardhere After Militants’ Ouster (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Gives Turkish Firm 20-Year Contract To Run Mogadishu Port (Horseed Media)
Galmudug Ministers Likely To Be Appointed (Radio Dalsan)
10 Suspected Al-Shabaab Recruits Arrested In Kenya (The Standard)
Somali Police Investigate Minnesota-born Teen’s Death At Boarding School (StarTribune)
Two Hundred Al-Shabaab Linked-Youth Go Missing After Release (Daily Nation)
Somalia National Human Rights Day An Opportunity To Enhance Accountability (RBC Radio)

Ahlu-Sunna Wal Jama’a Warns Galmudug State Against Army Deployment (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug’s Galkayo Administrator Accuses Puntland Of Fueling Chaos In The Area (Wacaal Media)
Somali Members of Parliament Hopeful As Visiting Kenyan Members of Parliament Pledge To Address Travel Visas To Somalis (Somali Current)
Arab Ambassadors Meet Somali President Over Political Crisis (Mareeg Media)
Africa Leadership Dialogues Interview With Dr. Maman Sidikou (Africa Leadership Dialogues)
Kenyan Police Probe Briton Over Terror Links (Xinhua)
German Navy Helps Deliver Somali Migrant’s Baby After Rescue (Reuters)
8th Circuit Upholds Convictions Sentences Of Minnesota Women Who Raised Funds For Al-Shabaab(Star Tribune)
Somali Teenager Who Saw Dad and Grandfather Killed Admits Robbery In Gloucester Street (Gloucester Citizen)
Somalia: Does It Look Like A Dog-Eat-Dog World? (Hiiraan Online)

Somalia Border Wall Will Ward Off Terrorists Says Mandera Governor Ali Roba (Daily Nation)
Shariif Hassan Asks AMISOM To Double Their Efforts To Ensure His Administration Reaches All Corners Of Bay and Bakol (Wacaal Media)
Spurious Banknotes Paid To Puntland Government Employees (Garowe Online)
Acute Water Shortage Hits Hafun Locality (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Grand Consultation Conference To Kick Off On Tuesday (Villa Puntland)
Somaliland Re-buries Skeletons Uncovered From Mass Grave (Hiiraan Online)
Djibouti Denies Claims Of ‘Hidden Agenda’ In Somalia Operation (Xinhua)
St. Cloud Somalis Hope Bullying Won’t Return For New School Year (MPR News)
Family Believes Minnesota Teen Killed At School In Somalia For Being American (KMSP-TV/Minneapolis-St.Paul)
Islamabad’s Little Somalia (Herald)
The Wedding That Was A Feast For The Senses (Somali Current)

UN Envoy: Somalia Can’t Afford More Political Bickering
Security Forces Arrest Al-Shabaab Fighters Amid Attack On Lower Shabelle Village (Somali Update)
Mogadishu’s Mayor Officially Opens New Tarmac Road In Warta-Nabada (Goobjoog News )
Puntland President Meets Ethiopian Traders On Economic Integration (Villa Puntland)
Combat Between Government Soldiers And Al-Shabaab In Gedo Region (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia Police Steps Up Security Measures In Jowhar (Shabelle News)
AU Says Terror Attacks Will Not Derail Efforts To Stabilize Somalia (Shanghai Daily)
Kenya Accused Of Ethnically Profiling Somali Minority (World Bulletin )
Somali-American Helps Others Adjust To Life In US (The Boston Globe)

Three Al-Shabaab Fighters Die After Attack On Somali National Army Military Base (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland Bars Universal TV From Operating In Its Territories (Wacaal Media)
German Deputy Ambassador To Somalia Arrives In Bossaso (Villa Puntland)
Somali National Army Overpowers Al-Shabaab In Lower Shabelle (Radio Muqdisho)
Scores Of Wounded Victims Airlifted To Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Bardhere Town Comes To Life After Liberation From ‘Al-Shabaab’ (Xinhua)
Somali President UAE Envoy Talk Mutual Interests (Gulf Today)
Australian Aid Money Misused Says Canberra (Bernama.com)
Albayrak Group To Operate Somalia’s Mogadishu Port (Daily Sabah)
An Insider’s Guide To Mogadishu: ‘There’s No Life Without Peace’ (The Guardian)
Disposition of Impeachment Motion Will Shape Somali Politics (Hiiraan Online)

Death Toll Rises In Kismayo Bombing (Garowe Online)
Over 50 Somali Citizens Arrested In Angola (Horseed Media)
Somalis To Take Charge Of Security As AMISOM Rolls Out Police Training For Locals (Somali Current)
Terrorist Attacks Won’t Stop Somalia’s Army Building Says Defense Minister (Somali Update)
Possible Al-Shabaab Attack Foiled: Kenya Authorities Arrest Terrorist Suspects In Garissa Town Where Nearly 150 People Were Massacred In April (International Business Times )
Al-Shabaab Now Targeting Secondary School Students For Radicalisation Says Coast Police Boss Robert Kitur (Daily Nation)
China’s Aid Restores Hope For Orphanage Home In Somalia (Xinhua)
Somaliland’s Book Fair Opens The Country To The World (Quartz/Hiiraan Online)
The Hypocrisy Of Somali Politicians (RBC Radio)

Somalia Set To Inspect Shipments Over Quality Concerns (Hiiraan Online)
Bardhere Airport To Start Its Operation (Goobjoog News)
Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a Galmudug Vice President Detained In Adaado (Wacaal Media)
Somalia PM Appoints Special Envoy For Child Rights (Horseed Media)
Extension of Government’s Deadline On Vacating State Owned Properties (Villa Puntland )
On The Frontline Of Somalia’s Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Al Jazeera)
Football ‘Sweetens’ Life For Somali Orphans At Turkish School (Soko25East)
Somali Members of Parliament Set To Impeach President For Corruption (Azeri Press Agency)
Why People Jump Lives And Confuse Politicians (Business Day)
Somalia Is Back (Mareeg Media)

US Planning To Hone Somalia Drone Attacks (Garowe Online)
Garowe Council Elects A New Mayor (Villa Puntland)
Buulamareer Administrator Killed (Wacaal Media)
Soldier Executed For Murder Of His Colleague (Horseed Media)
High Level UN Delegation Visits Bardhere (Wacaal Media)
Somali Regional Leader Wants States Not Elders To Choose Parliament (Reuters)
Somali Man Dies After Falling Off Condo Unit (The Rakyat Post)
UN Warns El Nino May Reverse Humanitarian Gains In Somalia (Xinhua)
Michael Howard Must Have Chance To Clear Up Soma’s Somalia Oil Row (Evening Standard)
The Politics Behind the Khat Ban (Hiiraan Online)

Somalia: International Community ‘Concerned’ On President Impeachment Motion (Horseed Media)
More Ugandan Police Officers Join Colleagues In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Policing In Newly Liberated Areas Kickstarts (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Soldiers To Be Equipped For War On Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Afgoye District Commissioner Orders IDPs To Vacate Government Buildings (Goobjoog News)
Soma Oil & Gas Requests Meeting With UN Over Somalia Allegations (Bloomberg)
Doing It Themselves: The Rebuilding Of Somalia’s Higher Education Sector (Time Higher Education)
Anti-radicalisation Day Held For Parents Worried About Children Going To Syria (Bristol Post)
Youth Unemployment In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)