March 23, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Government Denies Al-Shabaab In Control Of Lanta Buro Area (Shabelle News)
Somali Prime Minister In Talks With Elders In Beledweyne City (Shabelle News)
Hiiraan Administration Appeals For Urgent Aid As Drought Bites The Region (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Warns Over Incursion Of Fleeing Al-Shabaab Militants (Xinhua)
Mpeketoni Attack Suspects Dyana Salim And Mahadi Swaleh Freed (Daily Nation)
Mo Farah: Born In Somalia. Made In Britain (Eurosport)
Hmong Hip-hop Artist And Somali Journalist Are Among 2016 Bush Fellows (Twincities.com)

Somalia Condoles With Belgium Over Terror Attack Condemns Act As Heinous And Inhuman (Goobjoog News)
Scores Arrested In Mogadishu Security Operation (Shabelle News)
Somali Regional State Displays Al-Shabaab Prisoners Of War (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Prime Minister Pays Visit To Baladweyne To Push Elders To Resume State Formation Conference(Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Puntland Says It Repelled Al-Shabaab Raids On Coast (Bloomberg)
AMISOM Police Donates Biometric And Office Equipment To Somali Police (AMISOM)
RAF Builds Facility For Basic Education In Somaliland (The Peninsular)
CAF President Mourns SOMALI Legend Abdi Ali Sheik (CAF Online)
EU’s Policy Towards Somalis Threatens Return Of Country’s Recolonization – Report (Hiiraan Online)

Al-Shabaab Commander Seized In Diinsoor (Shabelle News)
Acute Diarrhea Kills 43 About 2000 Infected In Jowhar and Jubbaland (Goobjoog News)
Fires At Two Mogadishu Hospitals Under Investigation As Possible Arson (Hiiraan Online)
Captured Al-Shabaab Fighters Claim They Were Lured For Education In Yemen (Goobjoog News)
Police Warn Of Possible Terror Attacks In Kenya After KDF Incursions In Somalia (The Star)
Somalia Hails UAE For Development Projects (Khaleej Times)
‘We Are Demanding Change’: The Somali Woman Taking On International NGOs (The Guardian)

70 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In North Somalia – Official (Xinhua News)
SRSG Keating Welcomes Rapid Response Of Puntland Forces To Confront Al-Shabaab Incursion (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland To Display Fighters Captured In Gara’ad Battle (Shabelle News)
Police Nab Forgery Suspects Seize Hundreds Of Fake Documents In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
KDF Kills 40 Shabaab Captures Commander (The Star)
AMISOM Hands Over Renovated Police Station To Somali Police (AMISOM)
In Prison After Offering To Sell Drugs… To Police (Times Of Malta)
Why Do We Allow The West To Tell Our Story In Its Own Way? (Daily Nation)

Somali Militants Overrun Military Base Killing At Least One (Reuters)
Fire Destroys Medical Supplies In Banadir Hospital (Goobjoog News)
Gunmen Open Fire On Civilian Car 5 People Dead (Shabelle News)
Somalia: Puntland Forces Kill 42 Al-Shabaab Fighters: State TV (Garowe Online)
KDF Military Fighter Jets Pound Al-Shabaab Camp In Sindigow Village Southern Somalia(Intelligencebriefs.com)
UAE Ambassador In Somalia Meets With UN Special Representative (Emirates News Agency)
The Fear Amongst Ourselves (The Maandeeq)

Leaders Agree AU Needs Financial Boost Ahead Of Elections In Somalia (Daily Nation)
Somali President Calls For Tighter Security At Airport After Plane Bombing (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Military Court Upholds Death Sentence For Female Journalist Killers (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Calls For Aid As Famine Hits Some Regions (Goobjoog News)
21 Al Shabaab Two KDF Soldiers Killed In Somalia Shoot-out (The Star)
Three Al-Shabaab Militants Nabbed In Operation In Southwest Somalia (Xinhua News)
Khalifa Foundation Sends More Than 1000 Tonnes Of Food To Somalia In Response To Drought (WAM Emirates News Agency)
Years After Somali Pirates Abducted 3 Vietnamese Fishermen Families Still Looking For Help (Thanhnien News)
Assimilation Is A Long Process For Somalis In Colorado Farm Town (CBS Denver)

Puntland Sufficient To Deal With Al-Shabaab Says Officer (Shabelle News)
ISWA To Recruit And Train More Police Officers (Wacaal Media)
Galmudug Administration Says Al-Shabaab Fighters Who Clashed With Puntland Did Not Come From Galmudug Areas (Goobjoog News)
Villagers Near Near Erigavo Forced To Buy Water On Credit (Radio Ergo)
African Force In Somalia Urges More Support for Al-Qaeda Battle (Bloomberg)
Turning The Tide For Africa’s Largest Coastline (The Goldman Environmental Prize)
Finding Somali Life in Minnesota (The New York Times)

Federal Government Deploys Weapons To Puntland As Clash With Al-Shabaab Intensifies (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Leader Vows To Crush Militants Without Outside Help (Hiiraan Online)
Cabinet To Mobilise Emergency Aid As Drought Ravages Central And Northern Somalia(Goobjoog News)
Five Jubbaland Soldiers Killed In Al Shabaab Attack (Shabelle News)
Somalis And Libyans Are Actually Happier Than Nigerians And South Africans (AFK Insider)
Station Looks Beyond Anti-piracy Mission (China Daily)
Why Many Africans Wouldn’t Make Good Suicide Bombers (Daily Nation)

20 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Somalia’s Puntland State (Xinhua News)
President Hassan Sheikh Lauds The Contribution Of Burundi As He Hosts Vice President (Wacaal Media)
Calm Returns To Nugal Region After Deadly Fight (Shabelle News)
Somalia On Alert Over Possible Attacks On Ports (Hiiraan Online)
Burundi Reaffirms Its Support To AMISOM (AMISOM)
30 Al-Shabaab Killed In Two Clashes In Somalia Say Officials (New Vision)
Metro Transit Police Use Somali Language Lessons To Break Down Barriers (MPR News)
No More Pirates: Mpls. Actor Barkhad Abdi Lands The Good Guy Role (MPR News)

KDF Kills 19 Al-Shabaab Militants Recover Vehicle 10 AK 47 Rifles And 3 RPGs In Lower Juba Somalia(The Standard)
11 Militants Killed As Puntland Commences Clean-up Operation (Garowe Online)
Somali President Meets Burundian Deputy President In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
MP Godah Barre: President Mohamud Is Responsible For Failed State Formation Conference (Goobjoog News)
NUSOJ Disbanded Call For Fresh Elections (Radio Dalsan)
African Union On Joint Efforts Against Somali Islamists (Prensa Latina)
Bus Driver Injured In Al Shabaab Attack In Mandera Appeals For Medical Help (Daily Nation)
Mattarella Visits Refugee Camp Leaves Message For All (ANSA Online)
Q&A: Online Training Revives Somalia’s Mental Healthcare (Science Dev)