December 7, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Galmudug ASWJ Leaders Sign Power-Sharing Deal (Garowe Online)
President Farmaajo Chairs Meeting On Constitutional Review Status (Jowhar.com)
Al-Shabaab Top Leader Ahmed Dirie Hides In Gedo Region Source Say (SONNA)
President Farmaajo Makes Second Trip To Egypt (Jowhar.com)
On The Eve Of Congressional Hearings New Evidence About Alleged U.S. Massacre In Somalia (The Daily Beast)
New Market Means Increased Economic Opportunities For One Somali Town (Reliefweb)

December 7, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

December 7, 2017 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Air Strike Reported Near Somalia’s Capital Official Says Shabaab Targeted (Reuters)
Car Bomb Kills Senior Security Official In Galkayo (Garowe Online)
Ministry Of Water Launches $11m Rural Water Access Project (Goobjoog News)
PM Kheyre Hails Development Agreement With The U.S. (Allbanaadir.com)
Uganda begins Somalia troop withdrawal (BBC.com)
Crowd Farming Is Being Used To Bring Somalia’s Livestock Market Into The Digital Economy (Quartz)

December 6, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia Discusses Security Transition Plan (New Vision)
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo Heads To Egypt For Summit (Garowe Online)
President Farmaajo: We Are Committed To Guarding Federalism (Goobjoog News)
Mayor Thabit Calls For Establishment Of Banaadir Special Force (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia’s Puntland Region Declares State Of Emergency Over Drought (Reuters)
Somalia Partnership Forum Stresses Job Creation And Poverty Reduction To Promote Stability (UN.org)
Could Somaliland Eradicate FGM? (ITV.com)

December 6, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Military Court Hands Death Sentence To Shabaab Militant Jail Terms To 4 Others (Goobjoog News)
Somali Govt Forces Carry Out A Security Operation In Afgoye (Shabelle News)
A Joint And Simultaneous Offensive Can See Al-Shabaab Defeated Says Jubbaland President (Hiiraan Online)
Gov’t Forces In Gedo In Hunt For Fleeing Al-Shabaab Officers (Dhacdo.com)
Qatar Commits To Partner Somalia To Sustain Humanitarian Action (Kamupdates)
Somalia Signs Jeddah Amendment On Illicit Maritime Activity (The Maritime Executive)
Intensifying Drought In Somalia Heightens Risk Of Severe Famine (PR Newswire)

December 5, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia’s Peacekeeping Mission Could Be Hurt By Cut In Force Size: Mission Chief (Reuters)
SNA Commander Survives Car Bombing In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
The Main Streets In Mogadishu Remain Closed For The Second Day (Shabelle News)
Former President Hassan Sheikh Hails Mogadishu Security Conference (Jowhar.com)
UN Voices Support For Somali Government’s Efforts At First-ever Security Conference In Mogadishu (UN News Centre)
AMISOM Participates In High-Level Forum On Peace And Security In Africa In Zambia (AMISOM)
Turkey’s Big Play In Africa Starts With Somalia (Albawaba)

December 5, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

December 5, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia Holds High-Level Security Conference To Deliberate On A Security Transition Plan (AMISOM)
Somalia Appeals For Increased Security Sector Financing (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Mayor Opens Service Center & Launches First Automated Payment (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia’s House of Representatives Approve Ms. Mumino Sheikh Omar as Member of Independent Commission for Constitutional Review (SONNA)
UAE Ambassador Somali Leader Discuss Various Cooperation Efforts (Emirates News Agency)
Somaliland After The Elections: Old Traps New Challenges (The Conversation)

December 4, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Opens Security Meeting In Mogadishu 04 December – Source: Garowe Online – 185 Words Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has officially opened a high-level meeting on security in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday. Leaders of the Federal Member States, the AU, UN, EU, and other International Partners, are attending the high-level meeting […]

December 4, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia To Host High-level Conference On Security (AMISOM)
Farmaajo Orders Repatriation Of Somali Migrants In Libya (Radio Dalsan)
Donors To Commit Funding For Security Pact In Monday Conference (Goobjoog News)
How Lethal Al-Shabaab Spy Was Caught (Daily Nation)
Final Death Toll In Somalia’s Worst Attack Is 512 People (The Washington Post)
Mogadishu’s iHub Offers An Optimistic Innovative Hi-tech Future For Somalia (RFI.fr)

December 1, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

First 2400 Troops From Puntland Integration Into Somali National Army (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Forces Ambush Al-Shabaab Bases Near Qoryoley Town (Radio Shabelle News)
The Federal Government of Somalia Introduces New System Of Army Payroll (SONNA)
Death Toll From October Somalia Truck Bomb Now 512 (Middle Eastern Monitor)
Somalia: Humanitarian Needs Growing And Increasingly Severe (Relief Web)

November 30, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

U.S. Military Says No Civilians Killed In August Somalia Raid (Reuters)
16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence in Somalia (Somali Update)
Somalia: Puntland Presidential guards wounded in Bosaso blast (Garowe Online)
Focus On Somalia To Penetrate African Markets (Tribune Express)
UN Lauds Somaliland Elections Urges inclusive Politics (Xinhuanet)