August 9, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Mogadishu Port Remains Closed Over Tariff Dispute (Jowhar.com)
Galmudug Plans To Impose Ban On Cutting Trees (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Says It Doesn’t Recognize Ali Khalif As Khatumo President (Shabelle News)
KNCCI And Somalia Trade Lobby Sign Deal (The Star Kenya)
AMISOM And Aid Agencies Resolve To Work Together In Somalia (AMISOM)
This Somali Chef Shows the Potential in Toronto’s Food Scene (Torontoist)

Somalia President Appeals To AMISOM To Help Secure Upcoming Elections (AMISOM)
Al-Shabaab Burn Vehicles In Jilib Town (Shabelle News)
Somaliland Forces Intervene In Deadly Somali Clan Fight In Northern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Somalia President Receives Delegates From Germany (Goobjoog News)
Khaatumo Begins Peace Talks With Somaliland (Garowe Online)
Official: US Secretary Of State To Visit Kenya This Month (Associated Press)
Victimized Somalia (Wardheer News)

Somali Forces Conduct Operation To Clean Up Roadblocks In Lower Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
Four Govt Soldiers Injured In Mogadishu Blasts (Shabelle News)
Somali Boundaries Review Commission Says It Will Resolve Regional State Boundary Disputes (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug President Joins NLF Talks In Mogadishu (Kulmiye Radio)
Somali Minister Survives Assassination Attempt (VOA)
Police Intensify Search For Ex-Recce Officer Planning Terror Attack (The Star Kenya)
Al-Shabaab Remains A Potent Threat To Somalia (CCTV)
Donald Trump’s Comments About Minnesota Somalis Met With Outrage (Star Tribune)

The Date For The Next Election In Somalia Is Proclaimed (SONNA)
Middle Shabelle And Hiiraan State To Be Formed Before September Polls-Interior Minister (Goobjoog News)
Huge Blast Heard In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Somali President Calls For Enhanced Coordination Between AMISOM And Somali Forces (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland Police Officers Undergo Training On Gender-based Violence (AMISOM)
AU Somali Troops Map Out New Strategies To Fight Al-Shabaab (Xinhua)
Emotions Mixed For Two-Person Somali Olympic Team (Voice of America)

Coalition Of Political Parties Calls For The Formation Of Interim Government (Jowhar.com)
Somali Elder Killed Outside Mosque Near Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Galmudug Is Ready To Implement 30 Percent Quota For Women- Minister (Goobjoog News)
Turkey’s Impartiality Questioned In Matters Somalia – Somaliland (Qurbajoog.com)
AMISOM Troops To Enhance Cooperation With Somali National Army In The Fight Against Al-Shabaab(AMISOM)
Ex-Recce Officer ‘could be planning’ Terror Attack (The Star Kenya)
Meet Fadumo Dayib The Woman Risking Everything To Become Somalia’s First Female President ( Mic Network)

Sticking Points Remain Over Political Talks In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
Kenya Calls For Demarcation Of Maritime Border With Somalia (Radio dalsan)
FETO Schools ‘Dangerous’ In Africa: Former Ambassador (Goobjoog News/Anadolu News Agency)
Somaliland Says No To Somali Passport Holders (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Envoy To Russia Mohamed Handulle Passes On In Moscow (Goobjoog News)
Trump Fires Fresh ‘Terrorist Nation’ Immigrant Broadside Demands ‘Animals’ Be Barred (The Japan Times)
3 Unearthed AK-47 Rifles Linked To Al-Shabaab Supporter (Daily Nation)
Now Is Not The Time To Slacken Our Commitment To AMISOM (African Report)

One Dead 3 Hurt In Grenade Attack In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Leaders At NLF Talks Agree To Extend Election Deadline But Fail To Accomplish Concrete Outcomes(Jowhar.com)
The UK Is Committed To Somalia’s Recovery And Security-UK Minister For Africa (Goobjoog News)
Somali Minister Commends UAE’s Role In Supporting His Country (Emirates News Agency WAM)
Isiolo Police Arrest Terror Suspects With Bomb Making Materials (Daily Nation)
Police Officers Serving In Peacekeeping Missions Urged To Uphold Professionalism (AMISOM)
Mo Farah On Drive Ambition And The Childhood In Somalia That Motivates Him (Radio Times)

Four Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Southern Somalia (Xinhua News)
Somali President Opens National Leadership Forum In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Somalia Plans To Build Roads Linking Different Parts Of Country To Boost Trade (Goobjoog News)
Kenyan Police Foil Al-Shabaab Attack In Border Region (Xinhua News)
AMISOM Donates Office Equipment To Somali Police Force (AMISOM)
Sh360m Cocaine: Detectives Link ‘Missing’ Vessel To Al-Shabaab (The Star)
Olympics 2016: Somali Athletes’ Hard Road To Rio (BBC)

A Cloud Of Uncertainty Hangs Over 2016 Elections As NLF Convenes In Mogadishu (Jowhar.com)
Southwest State President Freezes Land Adjudication In State For 90 days (Goobjoog News)
Unknown Warplanes Hit Al-Shabaab Base In Somali Village (Shabelle News)
Al Shabaab Recruiting Youths By Force Says KDF Chief (The Standard Kenya)
Uganda Deploys New Contingent Of Police Officers To Somalia (AMISOM)
The Story Of Samia Omar The Olympic Runner Who Drowned In The Med (The Guardian UK)

UK Minister For Africa Meets President PM In Mogadishu Urges Against Poll Delay (Goobjoog News)
Somali Political Leaders To Meet Amid Poll Delay Fears (Garowe Online)
A Senior Military Officer Injured In Mogadishu Attack (Shabelle News)
Fish Prices Fall By 40% In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Court Martial Convenes In Somalia To Try Ugandan Soldiers. (AMISOM)
UPDF Officer Charged Over Death Of 10 Colleagues In Somalia (New Vision)
Somalia Urged To Pass Law Banning ‘Horrendous’ FGM (Reuters)
Somalia Furious At Raila’s Call For Somaliland Independence (The Star)
Candidates Reach Out To Somali Voters (St Cloud Times)