December 2, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Islamic State Targeting Africa: Top Africom Commander Tells VOA (Voice of America)
Al-Shabaab Attacks Military Base In Qoryoley District (Shabelle News)
Puntland Leader Says Yes To Peace But Declines To Meet Galmudug Leader (Mareeg Online)
After A Year Of Service Djibouti Deploys Fresh Troops To Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Suspected British Jihadi Hunted By Kenyan Police Over Links To Terror Group Al-Shabaab (The Mirror)
Experts Warn Of Pirate Attacks As Indian Ocean Security Level Is Reduced (Arabian Business)
US Drone War November 2015: American Troops In Afghanistan And Somalia Supported By New Strikes (Bureau Investigates)

UPDF Captures Somali Territory From Al-Shabaab (New Vision)
Army Troops In Gedo Complain Of Delayed Salaries (Goobjoog News)
Two Rival Somali Regions Reach Peace Deal After Deadly Fighting (Hiiraan Online)
Major Conference To Discuss One Curriculum For Somalia Schools Ends In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Fighting: 30 Dead 40 000 Flee (News24)
Terror Drill Ends In Death Of Woman (Sky News)
Kenya-Somalia Border Wall To Shut Out Al-Shabaab Under Construction Amid Debate (IBTimes)
“Clan-blind” And Educated Younger Generations To Save A Nation in Ruins (Horseed Media)

Somali Leader: Government We Will Not Tolerate Shedding Of Blood Of The Somali People (Mareeg Online)
Government Forces Kill Up To Ten Members Of Al-Shabaab In Hiiraan Region (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Ex-President Calls For Stability After Galkayo Clashes (Garowe Online)
Somalia Regional States Urged To De-escalate Tensions (Xinhua News)
UN Refunds Kenya $22mn For Somalia Fight (The EastAfrican)
Uganda Contingent Commander Brigadier General Sam Kavumba Concludes One Year Tour Of Duty In Somalia (AMISOM)
This Woman Travelled The World To Show Us What Climate Change “Really” Looks Like… (Marie Claire Online)

Military Fighter Jets Bombard Al-Shabaab Militant’s Bases In Hiiraan Region (Hiiraan Online)
Somali PM And South West State President Arrive In Galkayo Town (Shabelle News)
Jubbaland Forces Confiscate Livestock From Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Vindicates Petroleum Ministry Over Corruption Allegations (Hiiraan Online)
Mogadishu’s Jazeera Palace Hotel Reopens Four Months After Attack In A Resilient Move Against Terrorism (AMISOM)
Boat Hijacked By Somali Pirates Freed As Several Pirates Killed: Witnesses (The Straits Times/AFP)
Police Widen Search Operations To Curtail Terrorism (Daily Nation)
Inside Charismatic Pope Francis’ Image Of A Rising Africa (Sunday Nation)

Somali PM Arrives In Adado On Mission To Defuse Galkayo Tension (Shabelle News)
Two Revenue Collection Security Officers Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Prime Minister Postpones Much Anticipated Trip To Puntland (Garowe Online)
One Dies As Somali Government Soldiers Allegedly Open Fire On Minibus (Goobjoog News)
Rights Ruling: Detention Of Somali Was A Violation (Times of Malta)
China NATO Hold First Joint Anti-Piracy Drills In Gulf Of Aden (Sputnik News)
Kenyan-Somalis Air Their Views On Culture And Politics (Daily Nation)

Pope Says Christian-Muslim Dialogue ‘Essential’ For Peace (Associated Press)
Puntland Bars Somali PM From Traveling To Their Region (Hiiraan Online)
Galkayo Tensions Dominate Puntland Cabinet Meeting (Garowe Online)
Minister Supports Legally Detaining Journalists Who ‘Cross The Line’ (Wacaal Media)
Somali Officials Warn Of Attacks By Al-Shabaab Faction (Voice of America)
Operation Atalanta German Warship FGS Erfurt Trains With Somaliland Coast Guard (EUCAP Nestor)
Somalia’s Fragile Security Puts Aid Out Of Reach For Many Who Desperately Need It (The Guardian)

Puntland Forces Repulse Al-Shabaab After Militants Attacked Their Base In Galgala Hills (Wacaal Media)
A Wider National Conference On Media In Mogadishu (Somali Update)
Somali Immigrants Stranded At The Border Of Greece And Macedonia Decry Segregation (Wacaal Media)
Puntland MPs Blame Federal Government For Stoking Galkayo Clashes (Garowe Online)
Somali Officials Warn Of Attacks By Al-Shabaab Faction (Voice of America)
UN Envoy For Somalia Expresses Concerns Over Recent Rise In Piracy Acts (UNSOM)
How Al-Qaeda And Islamic State Are Fighting For Al-Shabaab Affections In Somalia (The Telegraph)

At Least 20 Al-Shabaab Suspects Arrested In Bulo-Burde Security Operation (Shabelle News)
Hiiraan Elders Set Out Conditions For Inter-regional State Formation (Hiiraan Online)
“Somalinders in Mogadishu Have The Rights To Give Their Notions” Feysal Ali Warabe (Radio Dalsan)
Despite Ceasefire Deal Fears Of Fighting Persist In Galkayo Town (Hiiraan Online)
UK To Spend Over $36Mln On Counter-Terrorism Experts Abroad Over Four Years (Sputnik News)
National Conference On Media And Information Ministry Cooperation Opens (UNSOM)
Galmudug Assembly Members Laud Training After Weeklong Seminars Come To A Close (AMISOM)
Somaliland Stricken By Drought: ‘We Need What All Humans Need’ (The Guardian)

Seized Boat Not Here Eyl Administration Says (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Gangs Devise New Tricks To Lure Victims (Wacaal Media)
Former Galmudug State Leader Voices Concern Over Galkayo Fighting (Shabelle News)
Puntland Traffic Commandant Reports Major Changes In The Traffic Department (Villa Puntland)
Parliamentary Committee Oks Extension Of Troop Deployment In UAE Somalia (Yonhap News Agency)
UN Envoy For Somalia Concerned About Continuous Detention Of Puntland Journalist (UNSOM)
Somalia’s Premier Appoints New Ministers Of Industry Energy (Bloomberg)
All Return Is Not The Same Return (Maandeeq)