July 16, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

AMISOM And SNA Close In Al-Shabaab-Held Town Of Baardheere (Goobjoog News)
Kenya To Suspend Somalia Flights During Obama’s Stay (Wacaal Media)
Despite Sticking Points Trilateral Meeting Reopens In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Malnutrition Rises In Juba Regions (Radio Ergo)
Kenyan Military Convoy Hit By Explosion In Gedo (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Leader Meets Swedish Prime Minister EU Commissioner (Garowe Online)
Beledweyne Hospital Starts Charging For Services (Radio Ergo)
KDF Kills Seven Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia (The Star)
Somalia’s Post-conflict Banana Harvest Revival (Al Jazeera)
Two Somali Youths Held For Forgery In Hyderabad (Business Standard)
10500 Refugees Arrive In Yemen By Sea Since Start Of Conflict: UNHCR (Xinhua)
Congressional Somalia Caucus Brings Little Reason To Celebrate (Star Tribune)

Somalia: 7 Militants Killed After Ambush On Ethiopian Troops (Horseed Media)
Somali President Meets Norway Foreign Minister In Addis Ababa (Goobjoog News)
Guled Fails To Turn Up For Scheduled Meeting With Ahlu Sunna at Abuudwak After The Group Issued Orders Barring Him (Wacaal Media)
Al-Shabaab Releases Hundreds Of Prisoners (Sahmis Online)
Humanitarian Situation In Besieged Town Sours (Horseed Media)
Lamu Attack Victims Were Somalis (The Star)
Somali Man Brings Youths Together With Basketball School (Postbulletin.com)
Somalis To Boycott MOA For Celebration In Stand With Black Lives Matter (CBS Minnesota)
Huge Losses Threaten Somalia’s Vision 2016 (AllAfrica/Institute For Security Studies)
On Minute Al-Shabaab (Al-Jazeera)

6 Killed In Heavy Clashes In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
Kenya Accused Of Killing Somali Government Soldiers In Airstrikes (Garowe Online)
General Manager Of Somali Civil Aviation And Meteorology Authority (SCAMA) Resigns (Goobjoog News)
Severe Drought Reported Near Bargal Coastal Town (Garowe Online)
Deadly Clan Battle Kills 4 People In Central Somalia (Shabelle News)
National Police Commissioner Promoted To Brigadier General (Goobjoog News)
Mortar Rounds Rain Down On Kismayo (Shabelle News)
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall To Reopen Nearly 2 Years After Deadly Al-Shabaab Attack (CTV News)
Somali Pirate Releases Raise Concerns (IHS Maritime 360)
Federalism In Somalia Is At A Crossroads (RBC Radio)
Good Literary Citizens: An Interview With Ladan Osman (The Paris Review)

Somalia Prime Minister On Visit To Puntland As Relations Worsen (Garowe Online)
Government Finally Pays Civil Servants After 4 Months Delay (Goobjoog News)
Connecting Families Fleeing Yemen Conflict (Somali Update)
Second Woman From Diaspora Announces Candidacy For President Of Somalia (Sahan Journal)
Women Milk Sellers Get Cool Boxes (Radio Ergo)
At Least Three Killed In Bomb Attack On Kenyan Police Vehicle (Reuters)
US Issues Travel Warning Ahead Of Obama’s Kenya Visit (e-NCA/AFP)
Kenya Dismisses Somalia Suit In Border Dispute (The East African)
What If Uganda And Kenya Pulled Out Of Somalia? (New Vision)
We Want To Show Our Identity As Somali Muslim Women — But Also We Want To Look Good(Minnpost.com)

Somalia Takes Kenya To International Court of Justice Over Sea Border (BBC News)
Residents Start To Flee After Kenya Airstrikes Death Toll Rises (Horseed Media)
Mogadishu Municipality Displays Draft Local Economic Development Strategy (Mareeg Media)
Three People Killed In Clan Clashes In Amara (Goobjoog News)
Uganda On High Alert As It Marks Kampala Bombing Anniversary (Wacaal Media)
32 Killed In Al-Shabaab Attack In Somalia (Xinhua)
Livestock Carrier Sinks Off Gulf of Aden (Marinelink.com)
Al-Shabaab Unit Formed To Cripple Kenya (The Star)
Former Minnesotan Works To Improve Equality For Women In Somalia (Star Tribune)
The Ups and Downs Of Somalia’s July 1 (Hiiraan Online)

Somali Militants Attack Base Kill At Least Four Soldiers (Reuters)
Prime Minister Omar Travels To Garowe As Madobe and Gas Team Up Ahead Of 2016 (Goobjoog News)
Head Of Galmudug State Extends An Olive branch To Puntland (Wacaal Media)
Progress Made In Quelling Tension Says Puntland Security Minister (Garowe Online)
Somali Militia Infighting Kills Five In Kismayo (Hiiraan Online)
Neighbourhood Watch Director Resolute In Restoring Safety In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Maritime Suit Against Kenya In Hague (The Star)
Airstrikes Kill 10 Somalis Including Children: Reports (International Business Times)
Kenyan Refugee Camp Friendship Rekindled in St. Cloud (SC Times)
Somalia Suffers From Machiavellian Politics (Mareeg Media)

District Official Killed As Assassinations Continue In Mogadishu (Horseed Media)
Puntland Parliament Calls National Commissions ‘Null’ (Garowe Online)
Ahlu Sunna Inaugurate New President (Somali Current)
Clashes In Kismayo Kills 3 Interim Juba Administration Soldiers (Goobjoog News)
Cargo Ship Sinks Off Gulf of Aden Crew Members Missing (Horseed Media)
US Condemns Attack On Somalia Hotels (VoA)
Somalia Says It Will Not Settle Sea Dispute With Kenya Out Of Court (The Standard Kenya)
UN Somalia Envoy Condemns Latest Terrorist Attacks In Mogadishu (UN News Center)
The Lost Boys Of Mogadishu (Al Jazeera)
Somalia: The Culture Of Patriarchy And Women’s Place in It (Hiiraan Online)

Kenyan Policemen Freed After Two Years Of Captivity In Somalia (The Guardian Nigeria)
Galmudug Parliament Speaker In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Corruption Allegations Emerge After Galmudug Election (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland Pondering To Sever Ties With Somali Government (Somali Current)
Quran Recitation Contest Kicks Off In Garowe (Radio Bar-Kulan)
In Somali Enclave A Bittersweet Homecoming For Kenya’s Prodigal Sons (Christian Science Monitor)
Kenya To Speed Up Construction Of Security Wall Along Somali Border (News 24/Xinhua)
How Can Somalia Re-emerge? (The Namibian)

Senior Al-Shabaab Officials Discussing Allegiance To ISIL (Garowe Online)
After Galmudug Elections Government Moves To Form Hiiraan/Middle Shabelle State (Hiiraan Online)
Work Starts On Bulo Burde Airstrip (Goobjoog News)
Ethiopian Troops Advance On Al-Shabaab Held Town (Garowe Online)
Assassinations Increase In Mogadishu Despite Government Security Plans(Horseed Media)
Minnesota’s Somali-Americans Urge New Treatment for Would-Be Terrorists (New York Times)
QC Gives Food Baskets To The Blind In Somalia (The Peninsula)
The Woman Who Needed To run (The Week)

Ethiopian Troops Enter Somalia For Attack On Al-Shabaab (VoA)
US Ambassador Says Proposed Kenyan Border Wall Not Good Idea (Radio Dalsan)
President Hassan And Security Agencies Address Armed Forces Welfare (Goobjoog News)
Uneasy Calm Returns To Luuq District In Gedo Region After Thursday Morning Al-shabaab Raid(Wacaal Media)
Puntland Parliament Approves Adjusted Budget (Goobjoog News)
EU Says Piracy Off Somalia Suppressed (Shabelle News)
Somalia To Present Case At UN Court In Maritime Spat With Kenya (Bloomberg)
Minnesota Cracks Down On Child Care Assistance Fraud (Star Tribune )
3 Somali Youth Track Stars Racing Through Record Books In Minneapolis (Fox9.com)
Somali-American Songwriter Rayzak Details The Immigrant Experience In ‘The Garden’ (Okayafrica)