November 24, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

FIEiT Suspends The Parliamentary Seat Of Jidle Subclan Assigns Committee To Probe The Dispute (Goobjoog News)
Sixteen More MPs Elected To Lower House From Four Regional States In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Suspected Member Of Al-Shabaab Arrested At Border (Shabelle News)
AMISOM In Need Of 4000 More Troops To Fight Al-Shabaab (The EastAfrican)
Somali-Born German Arrested For Smuggling Migrants Out Of Italy (European Balkan Latest News)
289 Refugee Candidates Miss Out On National Exams Due To Repatriation (The Star)
Somali National Television Interviews Ambassador Michael Keating (SNTV)
With A week To Go Can Somalia Beat Yet Another Electoral Deadline? (Goobjoog News)

FIEIT Suspend The Parliamentary Seat Of Jidle Subclan Assigns Committee To Probe The Dispute (Goobjoog News)
Tough Contest Expected In Lower House Election In Puntland Former Federal Minister Won The First Seat (Garowe Online)
Somali Religious Council Calls For Aid As Drought Hits Parts Of The Country (Goobjoog News)
Students Scamper For Safety As Gunmen Storm School And Fire Shots In Kenya (Daily Nation)
Kismayo Under Pressure As Somali Refugees Return From Kenya (VOA)
Unicef Awards 13 Year Old Somali Refugee That Speaks 6 Languages (IBNA)
World’s Biggest Camel Producer Targets Middle East Asia Exports (Bloomberg)

Lower House Election Resumed In Hirshabelle Following Suspension (Garowe Online)
Somali President Congratulates On World Teachers’ Day (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Leader Meets UNSOM Officials (Garowe Online)
Somali Referees Embrace Communication Technology (Goobjoog News)
Somali Presidential Candidate Warns Of Possible Poll Delay (Xinhua)
Gender Equity Headache As Somalia Votes (The EastAfrican)
Dahabshiil Calls On Africans’ Unity For Development (Daily Nation)
How Women Are Changing The Face Of Politics In Somalia (New Vision)

Voting Continues In Four States Two Ministers Remain Suspended (Goobjoog News)
Attorney General Takes Over Investigation Of Jowhar Election Dispute (Hiiraan Online)
Two Militants Surrender To Jubbaland Security Forces In Kismayo (Dhacdo.com)
International Community Urges Somali To Ensure Free Fair Polls (CCTV)
AU Military Officers Meet In Somalia Over Counter-terrorism Strategy (Xinhua)
Voting Under Way But Is It Really An Election? (Al-Jazeera English)
Denmark Pulling Out Of The Fight Against Somali Pirates (CPH Post)
Somalia Fighting Not Only Al-Shabaab But Islamic State Too (Mail & Guardian Africa)

Somali President Cuts The Ribbon At Newly Rebuild Road In Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland’s TPEC Chairman Quits Post (Garowe Online)
Three More MPs Voted To The Lower House In Elections Held In Somalia’s South West State (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Seeks Mediation Amid Charges Of Violence During Vote (Reuters)
Somali Politicians Report Violence During Vote (eNews Channel Africa)
US Forces In Somalia Take On More Risk As Advisory Mission Expands (Stars and Stripes)
How Trump Can Help In Fight To Curb Terrorism (Star Tribune)

Al-Shabaab Executes Alleged Tanzanian Spy In Southern Somalia (Garowe Online)
Newly Elected MP Dies Of Heart Attack In Garowe (Puntlandi.com)
HirShabelle State To Resume Voting For Lower House Representatives Following Temporary Suspension Of Polls (AMISOM)
20 Suspected Al-Shabaab Members Arrested In Somali Capital (Xinhua)
Vote Buying Takes Center Stage In Somalia Parliamentary Elections (Africa News)
Do Amina A Favour Forget About Dadaab For Now (The East African)

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 Special Representative For Somalia Commends Somalia’s Peaceful Polls Role Of AMISOM And Somali National Security Forces (AMISOM)
Galmudug Leaders Accused Of Fueling Abudwak Unrest (Shabelle News)
UAE’s Somalia Envoy Sets Up Base In Nairobi Kenya (Jowhar.com)
Somalis Positive Hopeful Of Female Presidential Candidate (CCTV)
African Union-backed Amisom Troops To Start Exiting Somalia In 2018 (Daily Nation)
A Rare Ray Of Light From Somalia (The Economist)

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)

Another 17 MPs Elected To The Lower House During Voting In Galmudug HirShabelle And South West States (UNSOM)
Police Officer’s Residence Comes Under Grenade Attack (VOA Somali Services)
Plans To Evacuate Fighting Forces From Galkayo At Standstill (Jowhar.com)
African Union Mission In Somalia Requests For 9000 More Soldiers Ahead Of 2018 Exit Plans (The Standard)
United Nations Support Office In Somalia Constructs Fully Equipped Hospital For AMISOM (UNSOS)
Can Local Muscle Defeat Somalia’s Al-Shabaab? (BBC)
This Teen Is The First Somali-American To Compete For Miss Minnesota USA (The Huffington Post)