October 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • President condemns attack on AU base in Beledweyne (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland MPs Blame Puntland President For Delaying Legislative Session (Garowe Online)
  • Presidential Candidate Says Govt Failed Security (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Pirates Still Holding Three Kenyans Ransom Demanded (The Star Kenya)
  • AU Deploys More Officers To Somali Regions For Elections (Xinhua)
  • 2  Women Convicted Of Raising Money Online For Al-Shabaab (Associated Press)
  • Silent War On Somalis In Port Elizabeth (News24)
October 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Suspected Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia (AP)
  • We Are Confident Elections Will Be Concluded In Time – Somali Polls Body (Goobjoog News)
  • We Are Not Part Of Federalisation Process In Somalia: Somaliland Foreign Minister Says (Goobjoog News)
  • Government Officials Accused Of Failing Mogadishu Security (Shabelle News)
  • Calm Returns To Galkayo (Jowhar.com)
  • 12 Killed In Mandera Overnight Attack By Al-Shabaab Gunmen (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia Kicks Off Fierce Lower House Election (Hiiraan Online)
  • Clashes In Galkayo Somalia Harm Civilians (Human Rights Watch)

October 25, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Electoral Body Sets New Measures To Prevent Corruption (Garowe Online)
  • Galkayo Fighting Claims Another Five Lives PM Calls For Truce (Goobjoog News)
  • Top Somali Army General Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Clashes In Somalia Displace 75000 As Rains Threaten: U.N.(Thomson Reuters Foundation)
  • One Church Opens For Faithful Catholic Remnant In Somalia (Catholic World News)
  • From The US Army To Al-Shabaab: The Man Who Wanted To Live Under Sharia Law (The Guardian UK)
October 25, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ugaas Hassan Ugaas Khalif Opposes HirShabelle State Formation (Hiiraan Online)
  • Suicide Car Bomb Kills Two People In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Fighting Escalates In Galkayo (Hiiraan Online)
  • Journalists Should Refrain From Exacerbating The Tensions In Galkayo (Radio Dalsan)
  • EU Refunds Kenya Sh198m For Somalia-based Troops (Daily Nation)
  • ‘We Had To Eat Rats’ Say Sailors Held By Somali Pirates For Four Years (The Guardian)
  • Female Genital Mutilation Continues In Somali Community In US (VOA)
  • Warlords And Business-Lord’s: Critical Challenges To 2016 Elections. (Hiiraan Online)

October 24, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • AMISOM Troops Deployed To Cadaado Town (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia Seeks Entry Into Comesa (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Has New Presidential Candidate For 2016 Elections  (Goobjoog News)
  • President Praises AMISOM For Role In Hirshabelle Formation (Shabelle News)
  • Fighting In Somalia Kills At least Seven soldiers: Officials (Reuters)
  • Somali Pirate Says 26 Asian Sailors Freed After 4 Years (Associated Press/Hiiraan Online)
  • BOOK REVIEW: Tarzan In The Ruins Of Somalia (The East African)
October 24, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Well Known Somali Elder Killed In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Hirshabelle President Reaches Beledweyne After Talks With Somalia’s President (Garowe Online)
  • Southwest Government Says It Will Tighten The Security  Of Lower Shabelle Region (Goobjoog News)
  • ‘Crusaders’ Member Alerted FBI To Group Accused In Kansas Plot Targeting Somalis (NBC News)
  • Somalia Police Officers Undergo Special Election Training (CCTV)
  • All In The Family: Politics In The South West State (Wardheer News)

October 21, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Galmudug Senators Raise Red Flag Over Galkayo Fighting Call For Truce (Goobjoog News)
  • Italy To Help Somalia Hold A Peaceful Election In 2016 (Shabelle News)
  • Three Women Voted In Former Warlord Locked Out In Puntland Senate Polls (Goobjoog News)
  • AU Mission Seeks To Improve Humanitarian Aid Delivery In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Speak Up Against Hate Crimes Minnesota Somalis And Supporters Say (Star Tribune)
  • Asha Abdulle Siyad – Pushing The Boundaries For Somali Women (Relief Web)
October 21, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 20, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Heavy Fighting Erupts In Galkayo Town (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Parliament To Vote For Upper House Representatives (Jowhar.com)
  • Somaliland Group Protests Morgan’s Candidature In Puntland Senate Polls (Goobjoog News)
  • Italy Releases Somali Man After 18 Years In Prison (Shabelle News)
  • Al Jazeera Journalist Hamza Mohamed Freed In Somalia (Al Jazeera)
  • Kenya Accused Of ‘Dumping’ Somali Refugees Back Over The Border With No Support (The Guardian)
  • Somaliland Hopes Brexit Will Pave Way For UK To Grant International Recognition (The Guardian)

October 20, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Jubbaland And South West States Finish Senate Polls As 5 Quit Race In Baidoa (Goobjoog News)
  • HiirShabelle New President To Meet Federal Leaders In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Upper House Candidates Concluded Their Campaign Speech (Garowe Online)
  • Al Jazeera Journalist Hamza Mohamed Detained In Somalia (Aljazeera)
  • Death Toll In Attack On Southern Somali Town Rises To 11 (Reuters)
  • Somalia Faces Election Challenges (VOA)
October 20, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 19, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Government Troops Retake Afgoye As Death Toll Jumps To 15 (Shabelle News)
  • Senatorial Elections Kick Off In Jubbaland State (Goobjoog News)
  • Mogadishu Based Newspaper’s Editor Freed After Days In Jail (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Inmates Offered Courses To Boost Skills Before Release (CCTV)
  • China Donates US$2M To WFP For Somalia Aid (Xinhua)
  • AMISOM Trains Somali Police Officers On Securing The Electoral Process (AMISOM)
  • Somalia’s Rocky Road To Democracy (BBC)