December 29, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • US UK In stern Warning To Nationals Seeking Somalia Leadership Positions (Nep Journal)
  • Puntland Police Ill-equipped Lack Training Official Says (Goobjoog News)
  • Suspect Arrested In Killing Of ICRC Worker In Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Somalia Police Could Soon ‘stand on its own’(Africa Review)
  • Kenyan Police Officers Awarded Medals For Distinguished Service (AMISOM)
  • New Somali Parliament Takes Office Amid High Hopes Charges of Graft (VOA)
December 29, 2016 | Morning Headlines

December 28, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Jubbaland Security Forces Set To Launch Major Offensive On Al-Shabaab In The Regions (Goobjoog News)
  • New Parliament Assumes Legislative Authority Says Federal MP (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia’s Presidential Candidates Express Concern Over NLF Decision To Increase The Senatorial Seats(Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia’s First Female Presidential Aspirant Assumes Watchdog Role After Pullout (Africanews)
  • Women’s Workshop In Somalia Lifeline To Community (Daily Sabah)
  • After Decades Of Violence Can Somalia Ever Hold A Free Democratic Election? (Los Angeles Times)

December 28, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • UN Global partners ‘gravely Concerned’ Over Changes To Electoral Process (UN News Centre)
  • NISA Apprehends Suspect Behind Mogadishu Port Bombing (Garowe Online)
  • Kenya Extends Mandera Curfew After Al-Shabaab Raids (Shabelle News)
  • Somalia Swears In Federal Lawmakers Who Will Pick Future President (Reuters)
  • From The Kitchen Somali President’s Cook Wins Seat In Parliament (Africa News)
  • Writing About Somalia: Representations and Misrepresentations (Wardheer News)
December 28, 2016 | Morning Headlines

December 27, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia To Swear In New Parliament (Goobjoog News)
  • Allied Forces Raid Al-Shabaab Base Near Kismayo Town (Shabelle News)
  • Banadir Wins Womens Inter-regional Basketball Tournament (Hiiraan Online)
  • Four Of The 11 Nullified Parliamentary Seats To Be Re-Contested (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Seizes Somali Herders’ Livestock (VOA)
  • ‘It Was A Deception’: Ex Somali Refugees Regret Coming Home (Associated Press)

December 27, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somalia To Delay Election For 4th Time Official Says (Associated Press)
  • Police Defuse Landmines In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Sharif Hassan Continues Bid For President: South West Minister Says (Shabelle News)
  • Dozens Arrested In Bosasso For Army Prosecutor’s Killing (Shabelle News)
  • Somaliland And Northern Regions Elect Two More Women To House Of The People (UNSOM)
  • Documents Reveal Britain Made Secret Deal To Defend Kenya In Case Of Invasion By Somalia (Daily Nation)
December 27, 2016 | Morning Headlines

December 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Puntland President Distributes The Newly Added 3 Senatorial Seats Among Clans In Northern Puntland (Goobjoog News)
  • Drones Bomb Al-Shabaab Bases In Southern Of Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
  • Gunmen Kill 5 Pastoralists Outside Kismayo City (Shabelle News)
  • Six Soldiers Killed As Rival Somali Forces Clash In Hawadley (Goobjoog News)
  • UN Gives Sh300m To Help Refugees Survive In Somalia (Daily Nation)
  • Al-Shabaab Militants Shoot Prosecutor Dead In Somalia’s Puntland (Xinhua)
  • Somalia: Our Sense Of Place In The World And Beyond (Hiiraan Online)

December 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somali Leaders Increase Number Of Upper House Seats to 72 (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia’s Security Forces Detain 3 Men-linked To ISIL (Shabelle News)
  • Somaliland Elect Four Candidates To The House Of The People (Goobjoog News)
  • UN Envoy Warns Against Renewed Violence In Central Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Somalia Threatens To Impose Ban On Miraa From Kenya (Daily Nation)
  • Review: Harding Peels Back Layers of ‘Mayor of Mogadishu (The Missoulian)
December 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

December 23, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Two Killed In Clashes Between Puntland And Galmudug In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Vice President Backs Somaliland Elders’ Request For Additional Parliamentary Seats (Garowe Online)
  • Government Security Forces Carry Out Operation In Bardhere  District (Shabelle News)
  • High Demand Threatens Frankincense Trade In Somaliland (VOA)
  • UK Invests £1.5m To Support Nationwide Somalia Infrastructure Fund (GOV.UK)
  • “I Live In Mogadishu” By Justin Brady (OCHA Somalia )

December 23, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • FIEIT Rejected SIEIT Decision On Upper House Election  Scheduled For  Saturday (Goobjoog News)
  • Security Forces Conduct Search Sweeps In Bosaso (Garowe Online)
  • 3 Killed In Mogadishu Explosion (VOA)
  • 6 Al-Shabaab Militants Get Life Imprisonment (Xinhua)
  • Somalis Abroad Are Rebuilding Their War-Torn Country Through Selfless Giving (Quartz Africa)
December 23, 2016 | Morning Headlines

December 22, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Leaders To Wrap Up National Leadership Forum In Mogadishu ( Shabelle News)
  • Foreign Envoys Say Failure To Fix Somali Poll Malpractices Will Implicate Legitimacy Of The Upcoming Government (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Upper House Election To Take Place On Saturday (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Clerics Condemn Somali Female Basketball Tournament (Hiiraan)
  • Two Hundred Youths Recruited To Undergo Police Training In Jubbaland State (AMISOM)
  • An Empowering Force For Somali Women (South West Journal)