June 27, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Al-Shabaab Leader Reportedly Passes On Due To Illness (VOA Somali)
Gunmen Kill Elder In Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
Somalia-Somaliland Talks Will Resume Says DPM Mahdi (Hiiraan Online)
Poultry Farming Gains Popularity In Somalia (AMISOM)
Free Fistula Surgery In Borama Hospital Gives Suffering Somali Women Their Lives Back (Radio Ergo)

Al-Shabaab Suspect Sister Arrested For Colluding With Nairobi Lawyer (Citizen TV)
Somali Government’s Rhetoric And Acts Are Inconsistent Says Somaliland President (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Celebrates 58 Years Of Independence (Shabelle News)
Traders Complain Of Big Loses As Kenya-Somali Border Remains Shut (Daily Nation)
Somalia And International Partners Unveil New Policing Model (Africa Newsroom)
Somali Memoir Tells Remarkable Story Of Survival (MPR News)

President Muse Bixi Says “Somaliland Is Ready For Peace” (Goobjoog News)
The Independence We Enjoy Today Is A Product Of Our Bloodshed Says President Farmaajo (Radio Muqdisho)
Some Roads In Mogadishu Closed Due To Independence Day Celebrations (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia’s South West State Assembly Benchmarks Against County Parliaments In Kenya (AMISOM)
2 Soldiers Killed In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
Mogadishu’s First Tech Hub (The World Bank)

Former Banadir Ward Officials Arrested In Connection Of Al-Shabaab (Goobjooge.com)
MPs Vote To Make Adaado Parliamentary Headquarters (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug State Detains A Local Journalist In Galkayo (Halbeeg News)
UAE Delivers Aid To 30000 People In Somalia (The Gulf Today)
Mandera County Pays The Economic Cost Of Somali Border Closure (Business Daily)
Somaliland And Puntland Border Dispute Rages On (The East African)

A Tanzanian Militant Killed In Recent Military Operations In Lower Jubba (Radio Muqdisho)
Five Passengers Killed In Attack By Armed Men In Middle Shabelle Region (Halbeeg News)
Somali Farmers In Middle Shabelle Try To Combat Destructive Fall Armyworm Crop Pest
Somali Prime Minister Kheire In Rwanda For Bilateral Talks (Gosahan)
Terror Link As Number Of Missing Youth Rises (The Standard)
Somaliland Foreign Policy In A Deadlock: Is There A Way out? (Wardheere News)

AMISOM Says Working Closely With Somali Forces To Degrade Al-Shabaab (Xinhua)
SNA Recaptures Village from Al-Shabaab Fighters (Halbeeg News)
Somaliland Ready To Resolve The Clashes In Tukaraq (Goobjoog News)
AMISOM Shines The Spotlight On Sexual And Gender-Based Violence In Somalia (AMISOM)
Somalia Exports Fish After 30-year Break (The East African)
New Somali Exhibit Shows 4000 Years Of History And Daily Life — In Somalia and Minnesota (Saint Cloud Times)

AU Keen On Resolving Logistical Challenges Facing Its Mission In Somalia (AMISOM)
Somali Prime Minister Says No Deal Reached With Ethiopia On Seaports (Shabelle News)
Military Court Sentences Soldier To Death Over Murder (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Justice Minister Urges Al-Shabaab Defectors To Make Use Of Rehab Programmes (Halbeeg News)
Italian Government Contributes 2.4 million Euro To Somalia To Support National Governance
Youth Employment And Aid Delivery (Relief Web)
Teenage Somali Refugee Recounts Her Treacherous Journey To The UK (The Guardian)

More Than 250000 Refugees Returned To Somalia UN Says (The Star)
Somalia’s President Travels To Addis Ababa For IGAD Summit (Halbeeg News)
Families In Elbarde Bakool Region Miss Meals As Shilling Loses Value And Food Becomes Short (Radio Ergo)
One-on-one With UNHCR Special Envoy On Somali Refugees Ambassador Mohamed Affey (Standard Media)
12 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Offensive In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
I’m Ready To Go Rebuild My Country Somali Refugee Says (Daily Nation)

Al-Shabaab Militant Group Getting Lucky Not Stronger In Somalia (Voice of American)
Storm-hit Somaliland Students Worried About Exam Prospects (Radio Ergo)
Federal Government To Resolve Galmudug Political Stalemate (Halbeeg News)
Dadaab Number Down To 231000 – UNHCR (The Star)
Somaliland Frees Jailed King (BBC)
Somalia Must Look Inward To Defuse Its Tensions (Institute of Security Studies)