November 27, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Somali President Says He Seeks Political Solution To Conflict (Bloomberg)
UN Human Rights Condemns Civilian Killings In Somalia Calls For Action (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Government Delegation To Visit Kenya Security Wall Construction Site (Wacaal Media)
Afgooye Farmers Raise Concerns Over Growing Insecurity In The Area (Goobjoog News)
UN Delegation Arrives In Beledweyne Central Somalia Over UNMAS Officer’s Death (Mareeg Online)
Somali President Says Al-Qaida IS Are Same “Evil” (Associated Press)
Kenyan Police Destroy Al-Shabaab Hideouts Seize Guns In Vast Forest (Xinhua News)
China Honours Guard Killed In Somalia Attack (Xinhua News)
AMISOM Steps Up Somali Soldier Training (CCTV)
World Must Unite And Confront As One The Menace Of Bloody Terrorism (Daily Nation)

Al-Shabaab Militants Execute Prominent Cleric In Public (Wacaal Media)
Police Commissioner Rebuts Reports Of Troops Clash In Daynille District (Goobjoog News)
Somali Ministers And Members of Parliament Reach Jowhar Town (Shabelle News)
Jubaland Says Kenya Security Wall Construction Ceased (Garowe Online)
Somali Refugees Killed As Forces Clash In Mogadishu (BBC)
Paris Attacks: Kenya And Uganda Step Up Security (BBC)
World Bank Sees Growth In Somalia Picking On Stability (The Star)

Growing Tension In Beledweyne Town After UN Official Is Killed (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Defense Minister Says Somali Soldiers Are Trained To Safeguard Human rights (Goobjoog News)
Four Die Several Injured As Puntland Forces Shoot At Civilians In Galkayo (Wacaal Media)
Somalia MPs Debate Motion For Withdrawal Of Kenyans Over Wall (Coastweek)
UN Says 132000 Affected By Floods As El Nino Sweeps Somalia (Xinhua)
‘No One Flees Their Country Without A Good Reason’ – Somali Migrant (The Independent Malta)