1- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud returned to the country after participating in the Doha Forum in Qatar.
2- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud chaired a special meeting on strengthening the state-building process in Somalia and unifying international support, which was part of the Doha Forum on Politics and Security.
3- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed the law establishing the National Independent Commission on Human Rights, after both houses of the Federal Parliament of Somalia approved the members of the commission.
4- President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a meeting in Doha with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.
5- The Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, H.E. Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur (Madobe), participated in a ceremony marking the International Civil Aviation Day held in Mogadishu.
6- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre welcomed the President of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), David Miliband, who was on a working visit to the country.
7- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre held talks in Mogadishu with the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Somalia, Mr. Mohamed Salih Hasan Keshtah.
8- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre participated in a ceremony commemorating the International Day of Qatar’s independence in Mogadishu, ahead of its scheduled time.
9- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre met with the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Somalia, Mr. Wang Yu.
10- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre extended congratulations to the Somali community and the aviation sector on the occasion of the International Civil Aviation Day, noting the visible progress in air traffic management, security of flights, and international connectivity.
11- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre hosted the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Somalia, Mr. Mikhail Golovanov.
12- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre hosted the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Somalia, Dr. Abdullah bin Salim Al-Nu’aymi, and they discussed strengthening the bilateral and fraternal ties between Somalia and Qatar.
13- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre hosted the Chairman of the Parliament of Peace and Reconciliation to the World, Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Jarwan.
14- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre hosted the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Somalia, Mr. Ahmed Jumca Al-Rumayti.
15- Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre congratulated the Somali people on the occasion of Human Rights Day.
16- Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Mr. Salah Ahmed Jama, met with the leadership of civil society.
17- Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Jibril Abdirashid Haji Abdi, opened the International Day of Human Rights in Mogadishu, observed every year on December 10.
18- The Speaker of the House of the People of Somalia, Mr. Aden Mohamed Nur (Madobe), held a mutually constructive meeting with the President of the International Parliament of Peace and Reconciliation, who made an official visit to Mogadishu.
19- A number of Somali Cabinet members visited districts in Banaadir region, where the process of voter registration for local council elections is ongoing.
20- Ministers of Defense, Interior, senior military officers, AUSSOM, and officials from the Turkish Embassy attended the inauguration of the reconstruction of the important Sabiib and Caanoole bridges, which were rebuilt after being destroyed by the Kharijites.
21- Minister of Defense, Mr. Ahmed Moalim. Fiqi, hosted the new ambassador of Egypt to Somalia, Mr. Mohamed Salah Keshtah.
22- Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Abdisalam Abdi Ali attended the first session of the Joint Committee of Somalia and Qatar held in Doha.
23- Somalia’s Minister of Security, Mr. Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, transferred UNDP vehicles intended for security agencies of the federal member states and Mogadishu.
24- The Minister of Information, Information and Culture H.E. Daud Aweis Jama sent condolences to the family and relatives of Hussein Ahmed Qoryoley, former Director of Radio Mogadishu who recently died in Merka town.
25- The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, H.E. Daud Aweis Jama, participated in an event awarding various Libyan media sectors in Tripoli.
26- The Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Prof. Salim Aliyow Ibrow, visited the Somali Embassy in Kenya, where he listened to a briefing from the Somali Ambassador to Kenya, Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle.
27- The Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, Mr. Mohamud Abdirahman Sheikh Farah, inaugurated the Forum of Somali Company Leaders and Global Investors.
28- The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Mr. Mohamed Aden Moalim, met in Algiers with Algeria’s Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Ali Zerrouki, to discuss strengthening digital cooperation, technological innovation, and ICT infrastructure.
29- The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mohamed Abdulkadir Ali, met his counterpart in Azerbaijan, Mr. Farid Gayibov, to discuss expanding cooperation in related areas.
30- The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Ali Haji Aden, hosted the ambassador of the Arab League to Somalia, Amb. Abdullahi Al-Otaibi, at his office.
31- The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Bashir Mohamed Jama, delivered a speech at the Ministerial-level conference on Climate Change and Clean Air in Nairobi.
32- The Deputy Minister of Health, H.E. Maryama Mohamed Hussein, launched a capacity-building training in Mogadishu on preventing, detecting, studying, and controlling communicable diseases.
33- The Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Mr. Ali Ifiye Ali, officially launched the Fisheries Management and Value Chain Integration Project.
34- The Somali ambassador to Iraq, Ambassador Ridwan Hirsi Mohamed, participated in the 28th session of the Arab Tourism Ministers’ Council in Baghdad, acting on behalf of the Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, H.E. Daud Aweis Jama.
35- The Commander of the Somali Police Force, Brigadier General Asad Osman Abdullahi, has opened the expansion of a girls’ Qur’an School premises of the Police Orphans.
36- The Commander of the Somali Prisons Service, Major General Mahad Abdirahman Aden, inaugurated the Prison Investigations Department.
37- The National Auditor-General, Ahmed Isse Gutale, participated in the 15th General Assembly of the Arab Auditors Organization held in Jeddah.
38- The Chairperson of the National Disaster Management Authority (SoDMA), Mr. Mohamud Moalim Abdulle, officially received a donation of one million dollars from the Government of China to strengthen famine relief efforts in the country.
39- The Chairman of SoDMA, Mohamud Moallim Abdulle, met with the U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, Richard H. Riley IV, in Mogadishu.
40- NISA, with international partners, carried out an operation in the village of Biyo Madobe, Hiiraan, resulting in the killing of seven Kharijites and the destruction of a cargo vehicle transporting heavy weapons.
41- NISA conducted a planned operation that killed up to 12 insurgents, including a former intelligence service leader of the Kharijites Al Shabab, who had been sought, who were clandestinely planning terrorist acts in the Jambaluul area of Afgooye district.
42- The Somali National Army captured two Kharijites Al-Shabab terrorists following an operation in the Towfiiq area near Toratorow, in the Lower Shabelle region.
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