December 11, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somali Intelligence Official Killed In Car Bomb Explosion In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
President: “We Must Ensure That Somalis Live Free From Fear Tyranny And Oppression” (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Federal Cabinet Seeks 2016 Budget Approval From Federal Parliament (Goobjoog News)
Fear As Islamic State Fighters ‘Invade’ Village In Somalia (Daily Nation)
South West Region To Benefit From AMISOM Supported Community Policing Initiatives (AMISOM)
Life Sentences For Mpumalanga Gang Who Killed Somali Shop Owner (News24)
Galkayo and Somalia’s Dangerous Fault Lines (International Crisis Group)

South West Leader Calls On SNA and AMISOM To Speed Up Operations Against Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
President Gulled Of Galmudug State Says He Will Open Talks With Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama (Radio Dalsan)
Soma Oil Hands Over Data Which Reveals Somali Gas And Oil Resources (Jowhar News)
Somali Government Renews WFP Operations In Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
Garissa Massacre Planner Mohamed Kuno Joins ISIS (The Star)
High-Level Partnership Forum For Somalia Commits To Sustained Progress In Key Development Areas(UNSOM)
‘El Nino’ Is Blamed For Floods In Somalia And Drought In Ethiopia (Xinhua News)
Support Grows For Somali Restaurant Hit By Suspicious Fire (Associated Press)
Somali Novelist Nuruddin Farah Looks At Family Torn Apart By Islamist Bombing (Reuters)

Somali President And UN Envoy For Somalia Co-host Seventh High-Level Partnership Forum (UNSOM)
Ceasefire Makes Way In Galkayo As Residents Return (Garowe Online)
Surrendered Pro-ISIL Al-Shabaab Commander Flown To Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
After Deadly Fighting Two Rival Regional Leaders Share Flight For Mogadishu Trip (Hiiraan Online)
2 American Fighters Defect In Somalia Amid Tensions (Associated Press)
Internal Rifts ‘Do Not Mean The End’ Of Terror Group Al-Shabaab (Deutsche Welle)
Somali Piracy: Redrawing The Boundaries (Forbes Business)
Fire At Grand Forks Somali Restaurant Follows Apparent Nazi Symbol Vandalism (Grand Forks Herald )
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence: Supporting Somalia To Empower Women (Hiiraan Online)

Pentagon Says Airstrike Killed Terror Leader In Somalia (Associated Press)
Soldier Shoots Dead Senior Commander In Northern Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
US Al-Shabaab Militant Held In Somalia (BBC)
Mandera Mass Grave With 12 Bodies Revives Extrajudicial Killings Claims (The Star)
Over 145000 Affected By Floods In Somalia: UN (Xinhua)
Terror: Before The White Widow There Was A German Blonde (Sunday Nation )

Somali President Hails China’s Support For Reconstruction (Xinhua News)
Galmudug And Puntland Start Withdrawing Forces From Galkayo Front-line (Shabelle News)
AMISOM Ready To Send Troops To Galkayo City If Asked (Mareeg Online)
A Minister In Puntland State Condemns Galmudug State ( Radio Dalsan)
AMISOM Force Commander Says Tackling Global Terrorism Requires Concerted Efforts (AMISOM)
Sudanese USAID Employee Assassin Killed By Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Sudan Tribune)
We Need Much More Than War Speeches We Need Political Action (The Guardian)

President Warns Of Consequences As Galmudug Accuses Puntland Of Truce Violation (Goobjoog News )
Shelling In Galkayo Despite Ceasefire (Garowe Online)
KDF Jets Bomb Al-Shabaab Targets In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Jubbaland Forces Engage In Deadly Gunfire In Kismayo City (Shabelle News)
Somali Journalist Killed In Mogadishu Car Bomb Attack (Xinhua News)
Somali Jailed Nine Months For Trafficking Cocaine Drug Money Donated To Charity (Malta Independent)
Strathmore Drill Tragedy Could Have Been Worse ( Capital FM)

Two Warring Somali Regions Sign Peace Accord After Fighting (Hiiraan Online)
Police Carry Out Security Swoops In Mogadishu Estates (Wacaal Media)
Armed Clashes And Explosions Hit Marko Town (Mareeg Media)
Fears High Amid Attacks On Somali MPs (Daily Nation)
Somaliland’s Herders Devastated By Drought (Al Jazeera)
Kenya Police Blame University For Failed ‘Terror Drill’ (Al Jazeera)
AMISOM Senior Officers Train On Mediation Negotiation And Humanitarian Intervention (AMISOM)
Somalia Fuels Child Slavery Through The Use Of Young Soldiers (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

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)

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)