January 1, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Al-Shabaab Executes 5 Young Men for Allegedly ‘Spying’ On Them (Somali Update)
Puntland Cabinet Meeting Sidesteps New ISIL Hotbed (Garowe Online)
Clashes Renew In Hiiraan (Goobjoog News)
Somali Student Emerges Among Top Performers In Kenyan School Exams (Hiiraan Online)
Health Officials Still Fight Cholera In Somali Refugee Camp (Prensa Latina)
Lawyer Says ISIL Defendant Had No Ability To Build Anti-aircraft Rockets (Star Tribune)
Mogadishu: Relocation of Somalia’s Capital City – The Broken Heart of Somalia (Horseed Media)

Mogadishu Police Confiscates Tank Weapons In A Mosque (Horseed Media)
Jubbaland President Meets With Ethiopian Officials In Addis Ababa (Hiiraan Online)
Federal Parliament Summons Finance Minister (Wacaal Media)
Somalia’s Auditor General Accuses Turkish Firms Of Evading Financial Accountability (Hiiraan Online)
Somali National Army Formed To Take Over When KDF Leaves (Daily Nation)
Minnesota Somalis Suspicious Of U.S. Efforts To Stymie Islamic State Recruitment (Washington Times)
Richfield Officer Apparently Shown Hitting Somali Teen Won’t Be Charged (Associated Press)
Embrace Teachers To Save Children’s Future (Hiiraan Online)

Joint Forces Kill Three Militants In Gun Battle With Al-Shabaab Following Ambush (Wacaal Media)
Government Deploys More Troops To Qoryoley Following Al-Shabaab Attack (Shabelle News)
Government Of Iran Refutes Claims By NISA (Goobjoog News)
President Abdiweli Awards Students Upon Completion Of Public Finance And Management Special Courses (Villa Puntland)
Galmudug State Extends An Olive branch To Ahlu Sunna (Shabelle News)
Somalia New Law Offers Much Needed Protection For Journalists (CCTV)
ISIL’s First East African Affiliate Conducts Attacks in Somalia Kenya (Defense News)
Muslim Migrant Debate Reverberates In Heartland (Stars and Stripes)
Somalia 2016: An Upgraded New Deal A New SRSG And The Role Of Somaliland (Wardheer News)
For Somali Families A Bridge Between School And Home (MPR News)

11 Militants Killed As Al-Shabaab Ambushes KDF Convoy Says Police (Shabelle News)
Top Al-Shabaab Militant Surrenders In Bay (Baidoa News)
Somali Parliament Passes Controversial Media Bill (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Officials Dismiss Shia Doctrine Claims (Garowe Online)
Brilliant Start For Dekedda As They Beat Heegan In Somalia Premier League (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Toiling To Improve Justice Sector (Villa Puntland)
Somalia President Pays Tribute To The Outgoing Nicholas Kay (CIHAN)
Eastleigh Boycotts Levies To Nairobi From 2016 Over Poor Services (The Star)
Minnesota Prepares To Receive More Refugees In 2016 (Star Tribune)
New “Breakaway” Administration Forms In Somalia In Latest Federalism Dispute (Somalia Newsroom)
A Tale Of Two Alis (BBC)

Somalia Arrests Two Iranians Over Shiite Indoctrination In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Interior Minister Led Delegation Arrives In Jowhar (Radio Muqdisho)
Al-Shabaab Attacks Government Forces Base In Qoryoley (Wacaal Media)
Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate Inspired By Rwanda’s Recovery Process ( New Times)
Al-Qaida-linked Somalia Militants Claim Killing Four Security Troops In Northeast Kenya Ambush (Japan Times )
Somalia Is No Longer A Failed State: Rhetoric Or Reality? (Somali Current)

Somali Minister: No Ban on Christmas New Year’s Parties (VoA News)
Somali Parliament Nullifies Former Headquarters’ Lease By Local Government (Hiiraan Online)
Banadir Regional Police Boss Assaults Hamarweine DC (Wacaal Media)
Hiiraan Elders Welcome President’s Call To Join Jowhar Conference (Shabelle News)
Qatar Red Crescent Society Opens TB Centre In Somalia (The Peninsula)
Horseed Crowned 2015 Somalia Super Cup Winners (Soko25east)
The Mogadishu That Stole Christmas (Foreign Policy)

President Hassan Sheikh: Praise Be To God Who Enabled Us Complete Successfully Our meetings with the people of Hiiraan (Radio Muqdisho)
Somaliland Security Force On High Alert (Baidoa News)
Farewell Party For Ambassador Nicholas Kay Highly Organized And Colorful (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland President To Lay Foundation For The Second International Airport In Puntland Capital Garowe(Villa Puntland)
Puntland VP Says Calm Prevails After Deadly Clan Fighting (Garowe Online)
Outgoing Special Representative Of The UN Secretary On Somalia Insecurity (CCTV)
Somalia Continues To Come Under Attack From Al-Shabaab (CNTV)
AMISOM Force Commander Completes Tour of Duty In Somalia (AMISOM)
Somali Women Assaulted By Kidnappers Posing As Policemen (Arab News)
2000 Miles From Syria ISIS Is Trying To Lure Recruits In Somalia (Washington Post)
Somali-American Radio Station Seeks To Be Twin Cities Resource (Twincities.com)

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)

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)

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)