November 21, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

UN International Partners Underline Need To Ensure Legitimacy And Credibility Of Elections In Somalia (UN News Centre)
UN Envoy Keating In Jowhar For Talks Over Cancelled Lower House Poll (Goobjoog News)
FIEIT Probes ‘Disqualification’ Of Petroleum Minister By Jubbaland Electoral Body (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Court Sentences Two Men To Death For ISIL Links (Shabelle News)
Two Police Officers Killed In Somali Capital Explosion (Xinhua)
AU Troops Kill Six Al-Shabaab Militants Seize Location In S Somalia (Xinhua)
Somalia Elections Not Credible Country’s Auditor General Says (VOA)
Somalia’s PM Says Secures Ceasefire Between Two Warring Regions (Reuters)
Four Suspected Al-Shabaab Terrorists Killed In Elwak Mandera (The Star)
Somali Embassy In Washington DC: One Year On (Hiiraan Online)

AU To Facilitate Peaceful Somalia Political Transition: Envoy (Xinhua)
Jets Bomb Al-Shabaab Bases Four Killed (Shabelle News)
Interior Minister Elected MP In Galmudug Election (Shabelle News)
Air Djibouti Begins Flights To Bossaso (Villa Puntland)
UN Asks Norway Not To Send Refugees Back To Somalia (The Local)
Somalia Calls For Sustained Security Support (Ethiopian News Agency)
Al-Shabaab Not The Biggest Challenge: Somali Presidential Candidate (ENCA)
‘Anything That Flies Is An Enemy’: Filming Al-Shabaab With A Drone (Al Jazeera)
The Islamic State Threat In Somalia’s Puntland State (International Crisis Group)

AU Troops Kill 12 Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Xinhua)
Bomb Explodes Near Government Building In Kismayo Town (Garowe Online)
President’s Men Make A Comeback As November Vote Takes Shape (Goobjoog News)
Piracy Still A Threat Off Somalia Despite Successes: UN Official (Xinhua)
Welcoming Kenya’s Decision On Dadaab Camp UN Urges Flexibility On Time Frames For Somali Refugees (UN News Centre)
Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison In ISIS Trial (MPR News)
The Next Election To Pay Attention To Is In Somalia (MPR News)
Can Local Muscle Defeat Somalia’s Al-Shabaab? (BBC)

Air Djibouti Makes A Comeback To Mogadishu After 25 years (Goobjoog News)
HirShabelle State Announces Start Of Lower House Elections (UNSOM)
Puntland President Appoints Former Security Official In A New Post (Garowe Online)
Child Deaths In Northern Somalia As Drought Bites (Goobjoog News)
18 Dead In Renewed Clashes With Islamist Militants In Somalia (EBL News)
Two Minnesota Men Sentenced For Trying To Aid Islamic State: Local Media (Reuters)
Ex-Somali Refugee Defeats Minister To Become MP (BBC)
Can Kenya Close Dadaab The World’s Biggest Refugee Camp? (BBC)

Government Forces Recapture Town After Al-Shabaab Retreat (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabaab Kills Senior Official In Burhakabo Attack (Shabelle News)
Three Somali-Americans Sentenced For Plotting To Join IS (VOA News)
Kenya To Miss November Deadline To Close Dadaab Refugee Camp (Reuters)
Exclusive: Al-Shabab Moves In On Central Somalia (Al Jazeera)
Somalia’s First Paralympian Aims To Spread Disability Sport In His Homeland (Inside The Games)
Do Not Conform To Hate. A Somali Diaspora Perspective To Political Changes In US & UK (Sagal Ashour Blog)

Somali Leader Appeals For Aid Amid Severe Drought (Xinhua)
Allied Forces Recapture Village In South West Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Puntland And Jubbaland States Elect Twelve More MPs In Lower House Elections (UNSOM)
Galmudug Seeks US Compensation Over Jehdin Airstrike (Goobjoog News)
Two Soldiers Dead Several Injured In Mogadishu Attack (Shabelle News)
Rival Somalia Regions Agree To Bury The Hatchet Again (AFP)
More Troops Called For To Secure Somalia (Xinhua)
AU Mission Probes Alleged Civilian Killing In Somalia (Xinhua)
More Somali Refugees Opt For Returning Home (Xinhua)
Muslim Americans Share The Pain Of Having Family Convicted Of Supporting Terrorism (The Washington Post)

U.S. Airstrike In Somalia Killed Local Militia Not Al-Shabaab (Reuters)
Puntland Announces Start Of Second Phase Of Lower House Voting As Jubbaland And South West States Conclude Initial Round Of Polling (UNSOM)
Hundreds Turn Out For Fursad Fund Inaugural Job Fair In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Delegates From The Pan African Youth Union Encourage Somalia To Champion Peace (AMISOM)
UN Renews Somalia-Eritrea Arms Embargo (Associated Press)
Appeals Court Hears Arguments In Somali Terror Case (The San Diego Union Tribune)
KDF Soldier Killed On Duty In Somalia Buried In Meru (Daily Nation)
The Challenges Of Holding An Election In Somalia (The Conversation)

Somali Government Congratulates Trump On His Historic Victory (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Prime Minister Reaches Kismayo City (Shabelle News)
UN Report Slams Puntland Leader For Currency Printing Weak Counter-terrorism Policy (Garowe Online)
An Elder Killed In Drive-by-shooting In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Al-Shabaab Launches Separate Attacks In Southern Somalia (Garowe Online)
Voting For Lower House Members From Jubbaland And South West States Enters Second Day HirShabelle Conducts Upper House Balloting (UNSOM)
UN Security Council Urges Cooperation With Somalia To Combat Piracy (Xinhua)
Kenya Could Postpone Dadaab Camp Closure (The Star)
A New Path Emerges For Troubled Somali Security (IPI Global Observatory)

Speaker Jawaari Makes Comeback As Jubbaland And South West States Elect MPs (Goobjoog News)
Burhakabo DC Dies Of Injuries Sustained In An-Al-Shabaab Attack (Garowe Online)
30 People Wounded As Football Hooliganism Erupts At Hargeisa Stadium (Hiiraan Online)
US Court Sentences 3 Somali Pirates; 2 Get Life (Associated Press)
Ships More At Risk After First Somali Pirate Attack In Years: Officials (Reuters)
Somalia To Move Yemen Embassy From Sanaa To Aden (Word Bulletin)
Somali Refugee Poised To Head To Minnesota State House (The Wall Street Journal)
Why Somali Convenience Store Workers Are The Targets Of Political Violence In South Africa (Los Angeles Times)

Presidents Guled And Gaas Instruct Their Military Commanders To Implement Ceasefire In Galkayo In Presence of PM Sharmarke And SRSG Keating (UNSOM)
Allied Forces Push Al-Shabaab Out Of New Areas In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
Hirshabelle Administration Set To Elect Its Upper House Representatives (Hiiraan Online)
Presidential Candidate Farole Calls To End Clashes In Galkayo (Garowe Online)
Prospect Of Offshore Oil Offers Mixed Blessing For Somalia (Reuters)
Iran: Political Bids On Crew Hijacked By Somali Pirates Impossible (Trend News Agency)
Somali Presidential Candidate: More Violence Expected As Elections Inch Closer (Deutsche Welle‎)
Architecture Around Somalia’s Electoral Process Is Finitely More Robust Than In 2012 – UN Envoy (UN News Centre)