July 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Two Explosions Kill 8 Near Mogadishu Airport ( AFP/Yahoo News)
UN And AMISOM Deny Any Staff Casualty In Mogadishu Bomb Explosions (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Seeks Comprehensive Military Support As Arab League Summit Opens In Mauritania (Radio Kulmiye)
Leego District Officer Wounded In Landmine Explosion (Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Rio de Janeiro Bound Olympics Team Aims For The Stars (AMISOM)
Somali Man Stabbed During Argument In St Julian’s (Malta Independent)
Community Leader Gives Voice To Africans (The Garden City Telegram)

Al-Shabaab Beheads Respected Elder In Southern Somalia (Shabelle News)
Foreign SNA Forces Raid Al-Shabaab Base In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Protests In Somaliland As Military Court Issues Death Sentences (Goobjoog News)
Hawadle Clan Crowns Sultan To Forge Unity Political Future (Goobjoog News)
Somali-Canadian Man Dies After Police Arrest (ITV)
QRCS Serves Over 175000 Somalis (The Peninsula)
Piracy Armed Robbery Off Somalia Coast Falls Drastically (Xinhua News)
In Kenya The World’s Largest Refugee Camp Is Invited To Please Shut Down (Stars & Stripes)

Two Killed In Al-Shabaab Attack On SNA Military Base In Middle Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
Road Closure Marks The Launch Of ‘Somali Week’ In Canada (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland State TV Presenters Strike Over Unpaid Salaries (Garowe Online)
Newly Deployed Police Officers From Kenya Fully Induct Into AMISOM (AMISOM)
Somaliland Book Festival Aims To Promote Culture Preserve Language (VOA)
City’s Somali Community Embraces New Child Care Standards ( Charlotte Observer)

Somali President Calls For Amisom Reinforcement To Secure August Polls (Goobjoog News)
Somali Presidential Elections To Be Held In December Source (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Intelligence Agency Seizes Explosives Laden Car In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Turkish Embassy In Somalia To Control Gulen-run Schools (Shabelle News)
Somaliland Military Court Sentences 8 Soldiers To Death (Goobjoog News)
Former Somali Lawmaker Survives Bomb Attack (Prensa Latina News Agency)
Burundi Rotates Two Battalions For Somalia Peacekeeping Mission (Xinhua News)
AMISOM Stay Should Not Be Time bound – Somali Foreign Minister (New Times)
The Story Of A Somali Olympian Refugee Who Died At Sea Is The Subject Of A New Graphic Novel(Quartz Africa)

Clans In Warsheikh Accept Ceasefire (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug President Is Recovering From His Heart Surgery (Goobjoog News)
Hiran Elders Raise Stakes For State Formation Endeavor (Garowe Online)
1900 Burundian Troops Finish Year-long Peacekeeping Duty (CCTV)
Somali Refugee Who Arrived In Europe On People Smugglers’ Boat Passes Masters Course (Express)
We Are Burning The Midnight Oil To Beat Electoral Deadline- Somali Polls Chief (Goobjoog News)

3 Al-Shabaab Terrorists Killed In Southern Somalia (Xinhua News)
Clan System Cannot Deliver 30 Percent Quota For Women Stakeholders Warn (Goobjoog News)
Kenyan Official Visits Hargeisa For Miraa Business (Radio Dalsan)
34 Somali Returnees Leave Kakuma Camp For Baidoa In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Kenyan Police Kill Two Suspected Members Of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab (Reuters)
SRSG Zerrougui Calls For Better Protection Of Children Affected By Armed Conflict (UNSOM)
12-year Term For Somali Rapist Pretending To Be Police Officer After Kidnap Bid (Daily Express)
Morocco Somalia Sign Agreement On Religious Cooperation (Xinhua News)
‘We Are Demanding Change’: The Somali Woman Taking On International NGOs (The Guardian)

Somali Leaders Introduce Mandatory Application Fee For Legislative Candidates (Goobjooge)
Somali Women Advocate For Greater Political Participation In Upcoming Legislative Elections (AMISOM)
SNA And Jubaland Forces Attack Buuloguduug; Al-Shabaab Destroys Wirkoy Bridge (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Parliament Sacks High Court Judges (Garowe Online)
Washington State Woman Arrested for Funding Al Shabaab Terror Group (Breitbart News)
Dar es Salaam Aware And Ready For Any Terrorist Threat Says Mahiga (Daily News)
Somalia Women Want Tougher Laws On Sexual Violence (Al Jazeera)
Campaign For House Seat Divides Minnesota’s Somali Community Even As It Confirms Political Stature (Minn Post)
Is Somalia Set for Another Breakaway State? (Somalia Newsroom)

Government Appoints Committee To Address The Disputed Status Of The Somali Capital (Goobjooge)
Rally Held In Somali Town To Denounce Somaliland Raid (Shabelle News)
Somali Embassy In Kenya Promotes Enhanced Access To Financial Services In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland State Parliament Suspends Judiciary Board (Shabelle News)
Soma Oil Executive Cleared Of “Extremist Links” By UN Investigation (BuzzFeed)
Stop Calling People Imperialist Islamophobes For Mourning Terrorist Attacks On Their Doorstep More Than Elsewhere (The Independent)

Concerns Grow Over Electoral Process Delay (Puntlandi.com)
Federal MP Claims Elections Being Deliberately Delayed (Goobjoog News)
Troops Cordoned Off Deva Hospital Linked To Failed Turkish Coup (Shabelle News)
Burundian Battalions Conclude Successful Year-long Tour Of Duty In Somalia (AMISOM)
34 Kenyans Secretly Abducted By Police In Hunt For Terrorists – Human Rights Watch (The Star)
IOM Opens Youth Job Centre In Borama Somaliland (IOM)
Somali Migrant Returns Home After Losing Hope In Europe (Radio Ergo)

AMISOM Investigates Alleged Killing Of 14 Civilians In Wardinle Bay Region (Goobjoog News)
Egypt Hands Over Military Equipment To Somali Government (Goobjoog News)
Relative Calm Returns To Somali Town After Battle (Shabelle News)
Opposition Party Daljir To Sue Government Over Restriction On Public Meetings (Goobjoog News)
We’re On Shabaab Hit List – Kwale Informers (The Star)
Somaliland Improvises To Keep Economy Running (Deutsche Welle TV)
Why Somaliland Now Needs International Recognition (IRIN News Agency)