April 13, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Five Arrested In Beled Hawo Town For Car Bomb Explosion (Shabelle News)
AMISOM Hails Agreement On The Implementation Of The 2016 Electoral Process (AMISOM)
Internal Affairs Minister Officially Opens Second Phase Of Jowhar Conference (Hiiraan Online)
International Community Concerned Over Delay Of Somaliland Elections Extension Of Siilaanyo’s Term(Geeska )
Key Federal Witness In Minnesota ISIL Investigation Is Arrested After Gun Incident (Star Tribune)
Prejudice Facing Migrants In South African Townships (Anadolu Agency)
Somalia: Hope Springs (News Week)

US Air Strikes Kill Suspected Al Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Reuters)
National Leadership Forum Settles Electoral Differences Paving Way For August Polls (Goobjoog News)
Deal With Puntland May Be Debated In Somalia Parliament (Garowe Online)
Somali District Official Escapes Car Bomb Blast (Shabelle News)
AMISOM Condemns Car Bomb Attack In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Somali Forces Arrest 15 Al-Shabaab Suspects In Puntland (Xinhua News)
Feds Say Some ISIL Recruit Defendants First Set Sights On Somalia Al-Shabaab (The Star Tribune)
AMISOM Conducts Police Recruitment Exercise In Baidoa (AMISOM)
Somali Refugee Gains Support of Country’s PM in Campaign Against FGM (Voice of America)
The Global Refugee Crisis A Call To Principled Action (Daily Maverick)

Somalia And AU Troops Recaptures Town From Al- Shabaab In Galgalduud (Goobjoog News)
Somali National Army Marks 56th Anniversary(Goobjoog News)
Dubai Conference Explores Somalia’s Potential Investment opportunities (Hiiraan Online)
‘We Said We’d Come Back Stronger – Somali Bravanese Community Centre Destroyed By Racists Rises From The Ashes (Times Series )
An Olympic Dream Shattered (UNHCR)
Leaving Behind Whatever Dies (IRIN)

Federal MPs: The Agreement With Puntland Is Unconstitutional (Goobjoog News)
Car bomb Kills Five At Restaurant In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Final Session Of Somalia Parliament Open (Horseed Media)
Phone Network Back In Hobyo After Two Days In Blackout (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Claims Car Bomb Attack In Somali Capital (World Magazine)
UN Agencies Step Up Joint Response To Help Drought-affected Northern Somalia (UN News Center)
How A Journalist Helped Al-Shabaab Kill Other Reporters (Yahoo News)

Car Bomb Rams Into Mogadishu’s Local Government Headquarters (Reuters)
Somali President Urges Concessions Political Harmony Ahead Of Elections(Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Leaders Say Leaders Forum Focused On Three Points (Horseed Media)
Three Children Die In Somalia Floods (Shabelle News)
Somalia Executes Journalist Killer (AFP)
Islamic State Expands to East Africa With New Allegiance Pledge (Counter-Jihad Report)
At the WITW Summit Female Somali Army Captain’s Story Inspires Women’s Peacebuilding Drive (Hiiraan Online)

Somalia’s President Says al-Qaeda-Backed Rebels Are ‘Resurgent’ (The Washington Post)
Somalia Election Forum Kicks Off (Garowe Online)
Somali Parliament Postpones Last Pre-election Session Under Current Government (Hiiraan Online)
Security Tightened In Jowhar Ahead Of State Formation Conference (Goobjoog News)
Four Missing University Students May Have Joined Al Shabaab (Shabelle News)
AU Somali Forces Capture Central Somali Town From Al-Shabaab (Xinhua News)
Hunt Launched After Al Shabaab Attack Police Post At Kenya-Somalia Border (The Standard)
AU Special Representative For Somalia Holds Talks With Turkish And Emirati Ambassadors In Mogadishu(AMISOM)
Somali Militants Executed For Murder Of Journalist (Voice of America)
Kigali Moves To Nip Radicalisation And Terrorist Recruitment In The Bud (The EastAfrican)

Four People Arrested In Mogadishu As Mortar Shells Hit City (Shabelle News)
Governor Of Benadir Region Refuses To Implement Orders From The Auditor General’s Office On Collection Of Rates (Goobjooge.com)
Somalia Finance Minister Attends Arab League Summit (Radio Muqdisho)
Somali Piracy Is Down Not Out( AFP/Daily Nation)
UK ‘Secretly Aiding’ Terror Attacks In Yemen (The Star)
Kenyans’ Goodwill Biggest KDF Asset (Daily Nation)
Puntland And The Somali Government Reach an Election Deal. What’s Next? (Somalia Newsroom)

Somali Troops Kill 4 And Injure 30 Al Shabaab Members (Xinhua & Prensa Latina News Agency)
Motor Shell Attack Kills At Least Two Injures Ten In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Foreign Forces Raid Al Shabaab Stronghold In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Flash Floods Kill 7 People In Awdal Somaliland As Drought Persists (Goobjoog News)
EU Foreign Policy Chief Welcomes Deal On Somalia Election Model (Garowe Online)
Three Kenyans Captured 100 Al-Shabaab Killed In Puntland Somalia (Daily Nation)
Minneapolis Donates Used Fire Trucks Crime Lab To Somali Sister City (Star Tribune)
Three Killed Tension High In Fresh Tana River Clashes (The Star)
Somali Famine Is Everyone’s Problem (Daily Nation)

Puntland Leader Defends Move To Back Down In Poll Row (Garowe Online)
Mogadishu Mayor Issues Three Day Ultimatum (Goobjoog News)
Somali And AU Troops Take Village From Al Shabaab (Shabelle News)
President Kenyatta Wants AMISOM Elevated To UN Mission Status (Capital FM)
UN Takes On ‘Violent Extremism’ Seen As A Cause Of Terrorism (ABC News)
Laptop Shows Suspect Visited Shabaab Websites Ahead Of Westgate Attack (Capital FM)
Leftist Norwegian Politician Gets Raped By A Somali Begs For Him Not To Be Deported (The Daily Caller)
“It’s An Assault On Our Civilization On Our Humanity” (The New York Times)

Somali Security Forces Nab 17 Al-Shabaab Suspects (Xinhua News)
AU And Somali Troops Retake Adan Locality Following Al-Shabaab Withdrawal (Goobjoog News)
Gunmen Attack Army Chief Residence In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
EXCLUSIVE: Somalia Approved Of 1.5 Million Metric Tonnes Of Waste From Lebanon In January(Goobjoog News)
IMF Somalia Deepen Engagement Pave Way For Donor Aid (Reuters)
5 Bodies Recovered Off Egypt’s Coast Of Kafr El Sheikh (The Cairo Post)
It’s Been Tough But I am Learning To Live And Love Again (Daily Nation)