December 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali President Holds Talks With Traditional Elders (Goobjoog News)
Fresh Roadblocks Erected In Lower Shabelle Region (Radio Shabelle)
MPs Working On A Motion That Plans To Disrupt The National Consultative Forum (Baidoa News)
Mogadishu Port Seize A Container Full Of Military Equipment (Baidoa News)
Nation Donates 5800 Tents To Somali Refugees In Kenya (China Daily)
AMISOM Police Commissioner Visits Kismayo (AMISOM)
Somalia League Fixtures Unveiled (Soko25East)
Terror Attacks In Africa Highlight Urgency To Tackle Root Causes (Xinhua)
Amid Fear and Flight A Muslim Minority Embraces Self-sufficiency (The Christian Science Monitor)

Somalia Bans Christmas And New Year Celebrations (Horseed Media)
Al Shabaab Commander Killed In Drone Strike (Garowe Online)
International Community Proposes Somalia To Adopt A Mini Election And To Move Away From Elder Dominated Selection Process (Hiiraan Online)
UN Official Says Somalia Is No Longer A Failed State (Associated Press)
Suspected U.S. Drone Strike Said To Target Al-Shabaab Camps (Bloomberg News)
Effective Philosophy: The Missing Concept Of Somalia’s Ailing Education Sector (Wardheer News)

South West State Minister Resigns Joins SNA To Fight Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
At least 5 Militants Killed In Fighting Between AU Peacekeepers And Al-Shabaab (Xinhua)
Kulbiyow’s Security Improved Significantly Officials Says (Goobjoog News)
Somali Women Raise Voices Against The 4.5 Clan Power Sharing System In Somalia (Villa Puntland)
Somali President Pushes For Hiiraan Shabelle Inter-regional State Formation (Hiiraan Online)
United Nations Condemns Recent Attack In Somalia (Emirates News Agency)
Fear Grips Lamu’s Pandaguo Village As Man Stumbles On Armed Al-Shabaab Militants In Boni Forest(Daily Nation)
Black Week For Freedom Of Information In Somalia (Reporters Without Borders)
Trouble On The Homefront Part I: Somali Stories (Wardheer News)
4.5 Needs Rectification Not Regression (Hiiraan Online)

Intelligence Officer And Central Bank Employee Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Horseed Media)
Somali President Arrives In Beletweyne City (Shabelle News )
Somali Troops Targeted In Marko Grenade Explosion (Shabelle News)
Kenyan Muslims Shield Christians In Mandera Bus Attack (BBC News)
A-grade Students And Care workers Celebrated At Somalian Awards In Ealing (Getwestlondon)
Somali Bantus Celebrate 10 Years In Lewiston (Sun Journal)

Somalia Marks 72nd Police Anniversary (Hiiraan Online)
Central Bank Official Gunned Down In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Somali President Appoints New Governor For Hiiraan Region (Goobjoog News)
Federal Government Troops Clash With Militants In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
President Declares Bula-burde State Capital For Hiiraan And Middle Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
AMISOM Holds Advocacy Day On Ceebla Crisis Line (AMISOM)
Two Dead Three Injured After Gunmen Hijack Bus In Mandera (The Star)
Somali Youth Challenged To Play An Active Nation-building Role (CCTV)
Somalia Forward Foundation Held Open Forum In Washington DC (Hiiraan Online)
A Somali Teen Plummeted To His Death In Seattle — But Police Don’t Suspect Foul Play (Vice News)

20 People Killed In Clan Fighting In Northern Somalia (Mareeg Media)
Somali Intelligence Chief Accuses Diaspora Youth For Carrying Out Majority Of Suicide Attacks In Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
President Says Somali Police Force Is A Symbol of Somalia’s Recovery (Radio Muqdisho)
SK Chief’s Daughter Heads Home After Piracy Mission In Somalia (Korea Terms)
Let Us Not Forget Garissa University (The Star)
That Was Nigeria That Was (Wardheer News)

Amman Declaration Launched In Somalia As Youth Commit To Peace (UNSOM)
Two SNA Soldiers Killed In Landmine In Marko (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Deploys Troops In Beletweyne To Observe Ceasefire After Tribal Fighting (Hiiraan Online)
Police Conduct Operation Drug Dealers And Growers (Goobjoog News)
Council of Ministers Approve Law Establishing Somali National Navy (Radio Muqdisho)
UNHCR Repatriates Nearly 6000 Somali Refugees From Kenya (Bernama.com)
Minneapolis Family Questions FBI Tactics After Home Raid (MPR News)
What’s In A Soccer Game? For Somalia A Milestone Goal (Christian Science Monitor)
Polio In State House (BBC)
Somalia: The Roots of Crisis (Safe Space Radio)

President AU Envoy Discuss Strengthening Of AU – Somalia Cooperation (Radio Muqdisho)
Security Chief Killed In Berbera (Wacaal Media)
CECAFA Lauds For Football Progress In Somalia (Horseed Media)
Djibouti Leader Slams Opposition For Insincerity (Garowe Online)
Seven Dead 541 Admitted In Dadaab Cholera Outbreak (The Star Kenya)
Bond Is Set At $50000 For A Man Accused Of Torching A Somali Restaurant In Grand Forks (Star Tribune)
Five Years Since The Famine Somali Children Are Still Stalked By The Menace Of Hunger (Daily Maverick)
The Economics Of Terrorism In Africa (Project Syndicate)

EC Announces $327Mln Plan To Address Migration Causes In Somali Peninsula (Sputnik News)
Six SNA Officers Injured In Afgoye Blast (Wacaal Media)
Reconciliation Conference For Galmudug And Puntland Started In Bandiiradley (Goobjoog News)
Residents Of Galkayo Hold Anti 4.5 Demonstrations (Wacaal Media)
Police On Alert Over Potential Al-Shabaab Attack In Turkey (Today’s Zaman)
Ottawa Police Officers Raise Money To Run School In Somalia (580 CFRA)
Kenya Extends Security Operation To Flush Out Militants In Forest (Xinhua)
Saudi Arabia Announces 34-state Islamic Military Alliance Against Terrorism (Reuters)
Jihad Recruitment In Minnesota A Case Study After San Bernardino (worldchurch.com)

Clashed Clans In Marka Accepted Ceasefire (Goobjoog News)
Offensives Launched Against Al-Shabaab In Galgaduud Region (Wacaal Media)
Somali Women Call For Education Reform In Countering Violent Extremism (Hiiraan Online)
Former Puntland MP Urges Heads Of Puntland And Jubbaland Administration To Withdraw From Mogadishu Consultative Forum (Wacaal Media)
Rapper K’Naan To Direct New HBO Series About Jihadi Recruitment (Digital Journal)
UPDATE: Suspect In Juba Restaurant Fire Arrested In Polk County (Grand Forks Herald)
Lexington’s Communication Concerns (NTV/ABC)
Conflict Over The SSC Regions And Its Resources (Wardheer News)