December 8, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

National Leadership Forum Enters Second Day (Jowhar.com)
Voting For Somaliland’s Upper House Seats Postponed (Jowhar.com)
Puntland Police Chief And Head Of UN Police Meet In Garowe (Hiiraan Online)
Fighting Near North Somalia Port Town Displaces 25700: UN (Xinhua)
AMISOM And Somali Government To Join Hands To Tackle Use Of Child Soldiers (AMISOM)
Puntland: In A Time Of drought Somali Families Forced To Separate To Survive(Daily Maverick)

Ex Supreme court chief: Electoral commission ignores PM decisions (Shabelle News)
President Hassan Sheikh Asks Newly Elected MPs In Jubbaland To Back His Re-election Bid (Jowhar.com)
At Least 6 Dead 10 Injured In Buurhakaba Explosion (Shabelle News)
President Hassan Visits Military Barracks In Kismayo For Integration Purpose (Goobjoog News)
Puntland To Show Off Qandala Operations Successes (Puntlandi.com)
South West Concludes Elections For The House Of The People (AMISOM)
How To Fight Corruption In Somalia (wardheer News)

Outgoing Deputy PM Elected MP In The Ongoing Parliamentary Election (Garowe Online)
Security Operation In Qoryooley Nets Five Al-Shabaab Suspects ( Goobjoog News)
Independent Media To Be Blocked From Covering Election (Shabelle News)
One Person Injured As Property Of Unknown Value Goes Up In Flames In Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
WFP Cuts Dadaab Food Rations Number Of Kids With Acute Malnutrition Higher (The StarKenya)
Three Somali Journalists On Lesbos Hope For The Best — Asylum In Europe (Public Radio International)

Lower House Polls For Somaliland Finally Kick Off In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
There Are Obstacles In The Ongoing Election: President (Shabelle News)
Southwest Concluded Lower House Elections (Garowe Online)
Religious Scholars Condemn Recent Killing Of A Cleric In Mogadishu (Halgan.net)
African Union Seeks Speedy Determination Of Compensation Cases From Troop And Police Contributing Countries To AMISOM (AMISOM)
University Students Exchange Views On Somalia’s 2016 Electoral Process (UNSOM)

UN Appeals For Record $22.2B For Humanitarian Aid (Anadolu Agency)
PM Sharmarke Presses For Somaliland Elections In UN Base (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Pitches For Vote In Kismayo Visit (Goobjoog News)
Somali Forces Say Killed Three In Attack On Islamic State-Linked Fighters (Reuters)
ICS: Somalia Piracy Threat Still high (Trade Winds)
Review: ‘The Mayor of Mogadishu’ by Andrew Harding (Star Tribune)

Outgoing Deputy Speaker Retained His Lower House Seat (Garowe Online)
Residents Flee Southern Somalia Village As Fighting Intensifies (Goobjoog News)
Villa Somalia Reacts To Prime Minister’s Speech (Hiiraan Online)
Somaliland Says Not Party To Ongoing Somalia Elections (Xinhua)
Somalia State Forces Kill 7 Pro-IS Militants (Xinhua)
In Somalia Better Education Alone Is Not Enough To Challenge Extremism (Midnimo Information Centre)

Confusion Over Venue Of Parliamentary Elections For Somaliland Seats (Jowhar.com)
Somali Forces Kill Several Al-Shabaab Fighters In Bakool Region (Goobjoog News)
HirShabelle Presidents Meets With AU Special Representative To Somalia (Jowhar.com)
Somali PM Reaches Kismayo Set To Meet With Newly Elected MPs From Jubbaland (Xamarcade.com)
Kenya-Somalia Fence To Keep Away Unwanted Elements Says Mandera Governor Ali Roba (Daily Nation)
From Somalia to U.S.: Ohio State Attacker’s Path to Violence (New York Times)

Ex Home Minister Elected As MP In Jowhar Elections (Shabelle News)
NISA Forces Conduct Security Sweep In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
UNHCR Repatriates Over 35000 Somali Refugees From Kenya (Shabelle News)
Soldier Killed 3 Others Injured In Central Somalia (Xinhua)
Freed Captives Their Rescuers Tell The Story Of Their Imprisonment In Somalia Release (Global Times)
After Election Delay Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate Says She May Not Run Again (The Washington Post)