November 25, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia’s Al Qaeda Branch Warns Members Against Joining Islamic State Terrorists (Agence France Presse)
No Clear Evidence Kenya Has Encroached On Somali Territory – Parliament Report (Goobjoog News)
Three Somalis Killed In South Africa’s Xenophobic Attacks (Hiiraan Online)
Al-Shabaab And Residents Battle In Gedo Region (Shabelle News)
President Welcomes Cabinet Changes (Wacaal Media)
Fruitful Consultations In Mogadishu Over Somalia’s Draft Political Parties Law (UNSOM)
European Union Announces Sh5.4b For Repatriation Of Somali Refugees (The Standard)
Two Battalions Of AMISOM Troops From Burundi Conclude Tour Of Duty (AMISOM)
Anger And Sorrow At Terrorism Carnage Must Become Strength For Battle Ahead (Daily Nation)

Somali PM Makes Minor Cabinet Reshuffle Two Ministers Replaced (Hiiraan Online)
We Are Committed To Entrenching Political Party System In Somalia Interior Minister Says (Goobjoog News)
Kahda District Upgrades 2km Road In The District (Goobjoog News)
Consultative Forum Report Indicates Puntland Favors Geographical Representation Model In 2016 Elections (Villa Puntland)
Sweden Responds Early To Save Lives In The Somali Region Of Ethiopia (WFP)
Galmudug Regional Assembly Members Undergo Training On Parliamentary Functions (AMISOM)
Recent Floods Damage Supply Routes Vital Infrastructure In Somalia UN Relief Wing Warns (UN News Centre)
Al-Shabaab Wants IS To Back Off In East Africa (BBC)

Election 2016: Somaliland Delegates Invoke 1960 Pact Call For 50/50 Split Of Parliamentary Seats(Goobjoog News)
Ceasefire In Galkayo After Elders’ Intervention (Shabelle News)
Somali Parliament Approves Foreign Investment Law (Hiiraan Online)
Five KDF Officers Injured After Landmine Hits Vehicle Near Kenya/Somalia Border (The Standard)
Somali Pirates Hijack Iranian Fishing Vessel With 15 Crew Says Official (Reuters)
In Somaliland Climate Change Is Now A Life-Or-Death Challenge (The Guardian)
Ethiopia: Becoming a Magnet of Peace Economic Integration (The Ethiopian Herald)

Fighting Ceases In Galkayo But Tension High As Leaders Intervene (Goobjoog News/Villa Puntland)
Long-serving Somali Diplomat Dies Aged 72 (Hiiraan Online)
Fact-finding Committee To Deliver The Findings Of The Wall Construction By Kenya To The Parliament(Goobjoog News)
UN Envoy For Somalia Nicholas Kay Praises ISWA Government Efforts To Establish Strong And Representative Institutions (UNSOM)
Implications Of Kenyan Al-Shabaab Recruits Defecting From The Militia To Return Home (The Star)
Somali-American Student From Columbus Youngstown State Senior Earn Rhodes Scholarships (Daily Journal/AP)
Can Ethiopia’s Railway Bring Peace To Somalia? (BBC)

Unknown Drone Strikes Al-Shabaab Base In Southern Somalia 10 Militants Dead (Shabelle News)
11 People Die 52 Injured In Clash Between Puntland And Galmudug Forces Leaders Call For Ceasefire (Goobjoog News)
Amid Tension Hiiraan Governor Flown To Mogadishu For Criminal Inquiry (Hiiraan Online)
AMISOM Concludes Training For South Somalia State Police Recruits (Wacaal Media)
Suspected Leader Of Pro-IS Al-Shabaab Faction Reported Killed (Voice of America)
Report Details How Terrorists Outsmarted Security System To Execute Garissa University Attack (The Standard)
Galmudug Residents Praised for Efforts Made in Reconciliation and State Building (AMISOM)
Insight Into The Earliest Settlers Of EA: Somalis (Daily Nation)

Somali Police Conduct Security Sweep Outside Mogadishu Detain Al-Shabaab Suspects (Shabelle News)
Over Five Hundred Families Displaced By Floods In Fanweyn (Goobjoog News)
Somali Journalists Based In Nairobi Condemn Arrest Of Television Journalist In Garowe (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Reopens Its US Embassy After 24 Years (CCTV)
Minneapolis Community Struggles With ISIS Recruiting Tactics (CBS News)
Korea China Conduct Joint Anti-piracy Drills (The Korea Herald)
Somalia Blames Deforestation On Saudi Arabia Smoking Too Much Shisha In UN Submission(Metro.co.uk)
Africans Too Patient With Politicians – Somali Activist (The Observer)

Somalia Will Not Cede An Inch Of Its Territories (Wacaal Media)
Somali Embassy In Washington Re-opens After 24 Years (Goobjoog News)
Somali Premier Visits Baidoa For Talks Over Parliament Formation Process And War Against Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
IED Blast In Afgoye District Injures Three (Shabelle News)
Tower Hamlets Council Recognises Somaliland As An Independent State (Wharf News)
Mohamed Bin Zayed Receives Somali President (WAM Emirates News Agency)
Somalia exports 5000 livestock to UAE (The EastAfrican)
From Somali Refugee To Canadian MP (Al Jazeera)

Bomb Under Car Seat Wounds Three Including Senior Government Official In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Four Siblings Die After Failed Self Medication In Yakshid District Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
UN Envoy Meets Former Puntland President (Garowe Online)
White House Backing Program To Curb ISIS Recruiting In Minnesota (CBS Minnesota)
Nkaissery Says More Al-Shabaab Youth Defect (The Star)
Four Women Accused Of Being Al-Shabaab Members Have Links With Jihadists (Daily Nation)
Kenya’s Somali North East: Devolution And Security (International Crisis Group)

UN ‘Deeply’ Troubled By Somalia’s Summary Executions (Hiiraan Online)
Al-Shabaab Executes Young Man Near Baidoa (Wacaal Media)
Hundreds Of Residents Of Bulla-Hawa Protest Against Border Wall Construction By Kenya (Goobjoog News)
Germany Donates €150000 In Emergency Cash Aid For Hiiraan Flood Victims (Shabelle News)
Sixty Somali Returnees From Dadaab Camp Arrive In Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Groups Begin Talks For 2016 Elections (Daily Nation)
Teenager Who Blew Student Loan Travelling To Join ISIS Locked Up For 5 Years (Daily Mirror)
Two Hundred Somali Police Recruits Complete AMISOM Training In Baidoa (AMISOM)
Kenya Launches Somali Station Iftiin FM (KBC)
Al Shabaab Defectors Tell Their Stories (The Star)

UN Envoy Kay Congratulates Somalis On Consultations Across The Country (UNSOM)
Galmudug President Holds Talks With Ethiopian Foreign Minister (Goobjoog News)
Somali Interior Minister Calls On Puntland To Be A Role Model For 2016 Elections (Shabelle News)
National Consultation Forums On Somalia Upcoming Elections To Conclude Today (Villa Puntland)
UNFPA Celebrates Progress In Maternal Child Health In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Somalia Climate Plan Targets Illegal Charcoal Trade (Climate Home)
Regional Consultations On 2016 Electoral Process Start In Somalia (APA/Star Africa)
Foreign Fighters Get Special Treatment In Somalia (The Star)
Al-Shabaab Still A Major Security Threat To Kenya – Returnees (The Star)