February 18, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somali president returns from medical checkups in Germany (Al-Shahid)
From Zero to 20 – Galgadud Targets Women Teachers (Radio Ergo)
Puntland President to Visit Jubaland Next Week (Gaorwe Online)
Two Warring Clans Reach Peace Agreement in Dhusamareeb Town (Radio Goobjoog)
Banadir Regional Admin May Impose Huge Fines on Car Washes (Radio Danan)
First Somali-American To Serve On Metropolitan Airports Commission (Somali Current)
Mandera Suspects Held 15 More Days (The Star)
Regional Airlines Merge As Somali Airspace Draws Competition (Reuters Africa)
Government’s Anti-Extremism Initiative Divides Twin Cities’ Somali Community (Minnpost.com)

SFUD elects former prime minister as its chairman (Radio Goobjoog)
Renowned businessman gunned down in Beledweyne (Garowe Online)
Gunmen shot dead Somali immigration official (Radio Dalsan)
Mudug herder kills own goats with drug overdose (Radio Ergo)
UN Delegation Visits Qatar Red Crescent for Further Cooperation in Somalia (Qatar Red Crescent)
Somali-Americans lose another bank willing to transfer cash (Twincities.com)
Minn. US Attorney Calls Terrorist Recruitment in Minnesota a ‘Daily Battle’ (KSTP – Eyewitness News 5)

Puntland court sentences alleged Al-Shabaab members to death (Garowe Online)
Ceasefire takes effect in Guri’el following deadly battle (RBC Radio)
Gunmen carry out attack on the headquarters of Jubaland (Radio Danan)
Somaliland denies supporting Al-Shabaab (Garowe Online)
Newly recruited journalists graduate from Somali Media Academy (Radio Goobjoog)
Recently appointed education minister assumes office (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Foreign shipping vessels foil pirate attacks off Somalia coast: IMB (Coastweek/Xinhua)
Somalia’s Islamist rebels kill four airport workers in capital (Reuters)
20 Al-Shabaab militants killed in airstrike on S. Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
Fear in Tanzania town after alleged Al-Shabaab attack (World Bulletin)

Khat traders in Kenya suspend all exports to Somalia (Sahal News)
Somali radio journalists mark World Radio Day despite security challenges (Somali Update)
Somalia president vows to fight against corruption (Horseed Media)
Puntland government speaks on anti-terror raid in Galgala (Garowe Online)
Barkhad Abdi makes TV debut as Congolese warlord (Sahan Journal)
MCAs now take up teaching roles in Mandera County (Standard Digital)
Rubén Rosario: their goal is to make Minnesota youths deaf to Islamic State’s call (Twincities.com)
Somalia’s Puntland military claims 16 Al-Shabaab militants killed (Global Post/Xinhua)

10 killed as militants ambush AU convoy (Hiiraan Online)
Jubaland to liberate Al-Shabaab-held areas in March (Xikmo News)
Puntland forces kill 16 militants in raid (Horseed Media)
Ahlu Sunna cleric shot dead in Baidoa third in month (Garowe Online)
Drivers strike over roadblock violence and extortion (Radio Ergo)
Wajir Governor to sue state over Wagalla massacre (The Star)
Somali official killed in Mogadishu shooting (World Bulletin)
Somali shops ‘are fronts’ – man claims terrorist group is behind some tuck shops (Sowetan Live)

Correction on previously published story (Dalsan Radio)
Militias retain control of Guri’el after deadly battle (Garowe Online)
Serious water shortage strikes Leego locality (Radio Goobjoog)
Djibouti sends new troops to Somalia (Somali Current)
IJA plans to embark on tax collections in all areas under its control (Radio Bar-Kulan)
African Development Bank awards $1 million to drought-hit Somalia (Starafrica.com)
Kuwait to host Somali cultural week on February 15th (Kuwait News Agency)
Africa close to wiping out wild polio after six months free of disease (The Guardian)
State Department tot alarmed by shutdown of money flow to Somalia (Foreign Policy)
Kuwait foils attack on large oil tanker by Somali pirates (World Tribune)

Somalia replaces intelligence chiefs (Hiiraan Online)
President in Germany for a private medical treatment (Geeska Afrika)
Fighting continues as government troops Islamist militia battle for Central town (Horseed Media)
Somali PM’s mother dies in Canada (Dalsan Radio)
Famous Somali musician dies in Dubai (Radio Goobjoog)
Horn of Africa states will strengthen their campaign against polio (Coastweek)
Ethiopia distributes its cargo among neighbouring countries’ ports (Addis Fortune)
US bank shuts down informal remittances to Somalia (ABC News/AP)
Three Somalis shot dead in Cape (IOL News)

Fighting reignites in Guri El (Radio Goobjoog)
Prime Minister Sharmarke calls for the cessation of fighting in Guri’el
Youths take to the streets in Baladweyne (Radio Danan)
Two people die of hunger in Raaga Elle Middle Shabelle (Radio Goobjoog)
UN agrees to pay Somali forces like AMISOM (Dalsan Radio)
10 Al Shabaab Militants Killed in Somalia – UPDATE (Coastweek.com)
Somali Petroleum Minister sees start of oil gas output by 2020 (Bloomberg)
Mpls. City Council member aims to help Somalis send money back home (KSTP.com)
Somali food truckers open Queen St. W. takeout shop (Toronto Star)

Somali president leaves country for urgent medical checkup (Hiiraan Online)
Al-Shabaab kills local official in night raid (Garowe Online)
The parliament approves INEC Bill (Radio Goobjoog)
Somali troops take new grounds from Al-Shabaab (Dalsan Radio)
A critical year for Somalia – Ambassador Neil Wigan (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Authorities execute senior Al-Shabaab leader in southern Somalia (Starafrica.com)
Armor: MRAPS for Somalia (Strategypage.com)
UN partners welcome new cabinet note inclusion of women (UN News Centre)

UNSC urges stabilization of areas recovered from Al-Shabaab (Radio Goobjoog)
PM chairs first weekly cabinet meeting (Garowe Online)
Calm returns to Guriel after a day of deadly clashes (Radio Barkulan)
Selection Process for Jubbaland MPs condemned (Radio Goobjoog)
Luq farmers complain of crop pests (Radio Ergo)
US confirms killing militants in Somalia Afghanistan – UPDATE (Kuwait News Agency)
New Somali cabinet offers glimmer of hope (Deutche Welle)
I don’t think we know who we killed (Opendemocracy.net)