February 3, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia Investigates Cause Of Blast In Passenger Plane (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Prime Minister Speaks About The Case Presented Against Him (Baidoa News)
Minister Of Transport And Aviation Denies Suspension Of Flights Between Mogadishu And Hargeisa(Jowhar News)
NGO Worker Survives Car Explosion In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Fishers Union Laud A New Fishing Licence Introduced In Puntland (Villa Puntland)
Kenya Warns Against Circulation Of Al-Shabaab Attack Messages (Xinhua)
AMISOM Mandate At A Glance (The Star)
AMISOM Hands-over Renovated Police Station In Dhobley (AMISOM)
US Court Clears Way For Torture Lawsuit Against Alleged Somali War Criminal (The Guardian)
Why I moved Back To Somalia And You Should Too (The Seattle Globalist)

A Famous Businessman Shot Dead In Bosaso Town (Shabelle News)
New Campaign Takes Aim At Inequality In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Displaced Bakol Families Walk To Luq Town (Goobjoog News)
Int’l Maritime Watchdog Calls For Vigilance Against Pirates In Somalia (Xinhua)
Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Somalia Capital After Fire (Bloomberg)
Why Elections In Somaliland Are Neither Free Nor Fair? (Hiiraan Online)

At Least One Killed 5 Others Wounded After Huge Blasts In Mogadishu (Xinhua)
Somali Forces Urged To Coach And Guide Each Other (Wacaal Media)
Puntland President Addresses Hundreds Of Students After Visit To University Of Health Science In Bosaso (Villa Puntland)
Families Of Mogadishu Beach Attack Victims Demand Justice (Horseed Media)
AMISOM Introduces ‘Radio-In-A-box’ To Enhance Communication With Local Populations (AMISOM)
Egypt Detains Somali Refugee Child For Six Months (Al Jazeera)
Auditor General: Foreign Companies And Big Men Are Plundering National Assets (Goobjoog News)

Casualties Feared After Explosions Rock Near Presidential Palace In Somalia (Xinhua)
IGAD Urges Somali Govt To Complete Hiiraan Middle Shabelle State Formation (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia UK Sign Bilateral Agreements In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Diarrhoea Affects Children And Elderly In Mudug (Radio Ergo)
Council Re-elects Eyl DC (Garowe Online)
Somalia Probes Impact Of Kenyan Airstrikes Across Gedo Region (Xinhua)
Saudi Arabia Turns To Somalia For Domestic Workers Amid Abuse Cases (CCTV)
The New Electoral Model Hits A Deadlock (RBC Radio)
Young Somali Activist Sentenced To Death For Being A Lesbian (The Independant)

Galmudug President Welcomes Consultative Forum Outcome (Wacaal Media)
As Droughts Bite Somaliland President Urges National Prayers For Rain (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Hold Elections After 45 Years Says President Hassan (Goobjoog News)
Japan Donates 37$ Million To Fund Somalia’s Security (Radio Dalsan)
Three Dead Several Injured After Attack By Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants In Lamu (Daily Nation)
Minnesota Groups Seek Money To Keep Youths From Extremism (Fox News/AP)
Somalia AU Forces Arrest 50 Al-Shabaab Suspects In Middle Shabelle (Indo-Asia News Agency)
President Uhuru Kenyatta Meets Ban Ki-Moon To Discuss AMISOM (Standard Digital)
Africa Threatens To Quit United Nations (The Star)
St. Cloud Comes To Grips With Clashes Between Immigrants Longtime Locals (Star Tribune)

UN Praises ‘Inclusive’ Somali Election Plan ( Yahoo News/AFP)
Somali President’s Kenya Trip Sparks Outrage (Hiiraan Online)
AMISOM Police Commences Second Phase Of Training Of Somali Police Force Recruits In Baidoa(Goobjoog News)
UN Says Somalia’s Success Depends On Managing Threats (China.org)
UAE Ambassador To Somalia Meets Somali Official (Emirates News Agency)
Remarks By UN SRSG Keating For The Security Council Consultations On Somalia (UNSOM)
Dadaab: Inside The World’s Largest Refugee Camp (The Telegraph)
Jama Aden Interview: Coaching Genzebe Didaba (Athletics Week)

Somali Leaders Agree On Framework For Elections (Voice of America)
President Hassan Sheikh Says Al-Shabaab Will Be Defeated (Wacaal Media)
Puntland President Addresses The State On The Latest Developments In Election Talks After Receiving Statesman Welcome In Bossaso (Villa Puntland)
Somali Peace Rally At Site Of Lido Beach Attack (BBC)
Three African Leaders Pledge To Work For Peace In Somalia (Bernama News Agency)
Mpeketoni Massacre Suspects Fate Due Thursday (Capital FM)
Amnesty For Radicalised Youths Still On Says Nkaissery (Citizen Digital)
Massacre At Lido Beach And Public Defiance (Hiiraan Online)

International Community Agrees To Somalia President Blueprint (Garowe Online)
Somali And AMISOM Forces Destroy Al-Shabaab Manned Roadblock In Galgadud Kill Six Fighters(Radio Bar-Kulan)
Bardera Farmers Determined To Recover From Last Year’s Disaster (Radio Ergo)
Kenyans Pound Al-Shabaab Hideouts (Garowe Online)
KDF Will Stay In Somalia Says Uhuru Kenyatta (The Star)
Al-Shabaab Raped Women In Lamu Raid Says Officer (Standard Digital)
Amisom Releases Photos Of El Adde Attack Says It Is ‘Payback Time’ (The Star)
Excerpts From Interview With Young Somali Writer (The Star)

Communique On The Electoral Model For 2016 (OPM)
Hillary Clinton Says What She Believes About The Somalis In The US (Somali Current)
Puntland President Meets UN Envoy To Somalia As Election Talks Stand Off Remains Unresolved ( Villa Puntland)
Kenya Honors Troops Slain In Somalia With Memorial Service (Associated Press)
UAE Ambassador In Somalia Meets Presidents Of Puntland And Jubaland Regions s(Emirate News Agency )
Somali Youth In One Maine City Are Learning To Navigate Several Cultures (PRI)