August 30, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Gunmen Attack Hotel Near Presidential Palace (Newsweek)
  • Amid Controversy Somalia Names New Member To Elders Picking MPs (Hiiraan Online)
  • Al-Shabaab’s Education Leader Surrenders To Government In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Walls Hinder Somalis’ Fight Against Al-Shabab (VOA News)
  • Somalia Blocks Returnees Cites Inadequate Humanitarian Support (VOA News)
  • The Fragile Balance Between Life And Death During Somali Drought (ICRC)

August 30, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Two Al-Shabaab Suspects Arrested In Mogadishu (Xinhua News)
  • New Police Post Set Up El-dhere Locality (Goobjoog News)
  • SNA Convoy Targeted In IED Explosion Near Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Police Arrest Government Official And His Bodyguards (Radio Dalsan)
  • Anti-terror Police Arrest Two Medical Interns Trying To Join ISIS (The Star)
  • Dahabshiil Says Ticad Agreements Will Help Africa A Great Deal (The Star)
  • Kenya’s Seaside Looks Peaceful But A Murderous War Is Being Waged (The Guardian)
August 30, 2016 | Morning Headlines

August 29, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Interim Southwest Administration President Offers Amnesty To Al-Shabaab Fighters (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Armed Chief Closes Training For Hundred Of Commandos (Goobjoog News)
  • Deadly Explosion Reported In Baardhere (Garowe Online)
  • MP Voices Concern Over Money Theft At Central Bank (Shabelle News)
  • Kenyan Muslim Cleric Killed By Explosive Devices Near Somali Border (Xinhua News)
  • Somali Ambassador To Bahrain Presents Credentials To Foreign Affairs Minister (Gulf News)
  • Africa Japan In Pledge To Fight Terrorism And Piracy (Daily Nation)

August 29, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Two dead Three Injured  In IED Blast And Gunfire In Beled-Hawo (Shabelle News)
  • Serious Water Shortage Hits Areas In Mudug region (Goobjoog News)
  • A Grenade Blast Targets Somali Troops In Afgoye (Shabelle News)
  • Mo Farah’s brother ‘afraid for his life’ Over Fears He Could Be Deported To Somalia (The Independent UK)
  • At least 7 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed in S. Somalia: Official (Xinhua)
  • Somalia’s Forgotten Institutions (Jowhar.com)
August 29, 2016 | Morning Headlines

August 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Death Toll In Somalia Beach Restaurant Attack Rises To 10 (Reuters)
  • Somalia Stops Registration Of New Universities (Goobjoog News)
  • At Least 13 Injured In Bardere Cafe Bombing (Shabelle News)
  • Somalia’s Federal Electoral Body Says 2016 Electoral Process Remains On Course (UNSOM)
  • Moms Speak Out Against Terror Recruitment (Fox News)
  • UNSOM Trains Journalists On Election Reporting In Baidoa (UNSOM)
  • UPDF Wins Hearts And Minds In Somalia (Daily Monitor

August 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabaab Militants Raid Beach Restaurant In Mogadishu After Setting Off Car Bomb (The Independent)
  • Somalia Hunts For Fake-Cash Bank Teller (Shabelle News)
  • Landmine Blast injures Five Soldiers In Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • UNDP Chief Vows Support To Development In Somalia (Xinhua News)
  • UN: Somali Refugees Leaving Kenya Due To Threats Pressure (VOA)
  • Black Lives Matter Protests Death Of Abdirahman Abdi Across Canada (The Globe & The Mail)
August 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

August 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ex Vice President Buried In Mogadishu (Shabelle/Goobjoog News)
  • An Elder Calls On Government To Respect Media Freedom (Shabelle News)
  • Renegade ASWJ Militia Leader Defect To Galmudug (Radio Kulmiye)
  • AMISOM SNA Pledge Unity In War Against Al-Shabaab (AMISOM)
  • Somalia Is At A “Good Turning Point” Says UNDP Head Helen Clark (UNSOM)
  • Somalia’s Digital Battleground (Warisboring.com)

August 25, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somali President: UAE Supports Our Country’s Construction Process And Fight Against Terrorism(Goobjoog News/WOMA)
  • Army Colonel Shot Dead In Somali Capital (Anadolu Agency)
  • Victims Of Galkayo Attacks Are In Serious Condition –  Medics (Goobjoog News)
  • Garowe Hospital Offers Fistula Treatment For Patient Mothers (Goobjoog News)
  • Five Arrested After Grenade Attack In Mogadishu (Xinhua News)
  • UNHCR Says 18000 Refugees Leave Dadaab Camp For Somalia In 2016 (Prensa Latina)
  • 11th Somali Man In Minnesota Charged With ISIL Support (USA Today)
  • Former ICU Financier Slams ‘insupportable’ Al- Shabaab ‘Kill Bombing’ Policy (Hiiraan Online)
August 25, 2016 | Morning Headlines

August 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Regional Troops Clash With Al-Shabaab In Southwest Somalia (Voice of America)
  • Senior Al-Shabaab Official Killed By Somali Forces In South Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Petitions For International Recognition (Hiiraan Online)
  • 1 Killed In Blast At Minister’s Residence (Shavelle News)
  • Walking The Road With Somali Police (AMISOM)
  • Al Shabaab Fighters Are After Me Says Ex-terror Suspect (Standard Digital)
  • Dadaab Power Station To Spur Garissa Growth (The Star)
  • President’s Trip To Jigjiga: Lessons To Be Learned (Wardheer News)

August 24, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somalia AU Forces Kill 8 Al-Shabaab Militants (Xinhua News)
  • Kenya Seeks US Support To Transform AMISOM Into UN Mission (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia AU Troops ‘Regain Ground’ From Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
  • Education Minister Asks Universities To Set Admission Standards (Goobjoog News)
  • AU Mission Vows To Deter Al-Shabaab From Disrupting Somalia Polls (Xinhua News)
  • Jubaland Minister Says Kenyans Were Involved In Mogadishu Hotel Attack (Daily Nation)
  • SRSG Keating Holds Discussions With Senior Jubbaland Officials (UNSOM)
  • These Young Somalis Are Creating Their Own Traditions In The Midwest (Refinery29)
August 24, 2016 | Morning Headlines