March 16, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Al-Shabaab Releases Aid Workers Following Ransom (Shabelle News)
Security Operations In Wadajir Nets Over Ten Al-Shabaab Suspects (Goobjoog News)
NISA Says Al-Shabaab Plans To Attack Ports (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Forces Attack Alleged ISIL Militants In Nugal-Latest (Mareeg Media)
Bernie Sanders Turns Out The Somali Vote In Ohio (The Daily Beast)
Garissa Tops List Of 10 Most Corrupt Counties (the Star)
Seychelles President And New German Ambassador Discuss Trade And Tourism (Global Travel Industry News)
Reasons Why Puntland Should Confront A Resurgent Al-Shabaab Threat (Garowe Online)
Tasting the Best Somali Cuisine in Chicago (Eater)

AU Special Envoy For Somalia Calls For Joint Efforts In The Fight Against Al Shabaab (AMISOM)
Al-Shabaab Commander Killed In Raid In Lower Jubba (Goobjoog News)
Al Shabaab Kidnaps 3 Aid Workers In Gedo Region (Shabelle News)
Puntland VP Holds Emergency Security Meeting (Garowe Online)
Insects Destroy Vegetable Farms In Hiiraan (Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Pull Out From Puntland Port Minister Says (Bloomberg)
Student Claims He Suffered Racial Abuse By Police Had No Option But To Admit To Charges (Independent Online)
Fighting Terrorism With A Lean Purse (National Mirror)

Somali Militants Seize Small Port In Puntland Region (Reuters)
One Killed As Djibouti Somaliland Coastguards Clash Over Illegal Fishing (Hiiraan Online)
Security Operations In Bardale Town (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Rewarded Disable Man For His Outstanding Human Right Campaign (Mareeg Media)
Belgium Issues Heavy Sentence On Former Somali Kingpin (Times Live)
Somali Teen Shot By Police In The US Wakes Up From Coma (Associated Press)
Is The U.S. Now At War With The Al-Shabaab? Not Exactly (The New York Times)

African Union Special Envoy For Somalia Holds Security Meeting With Somalia President (AMISOM)
EU Launches 9 New Projects In Support Of Civil Society And Human Rights In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Security Operations In Afgoye And Barawe Towns Net Several People (Goobjoog News)
Somali Oil And Gas Company Rejects Links With Al-Shabaab (Radio Dalsan)
Kuwait Pledges To Support Somalia In The Fight Against Terrorism (Goobjoog News)
Spotlight: Kenya Somalia In Joint Efforts To Curb Terrorism Along Border (Xinhua News)
I Will Sit Down With Al Shabaab As President Fatuma Dayib (All Africa News)
Somalis Remanded In Custody After Pleading Not Guilty To Attempted Thefts From Vehicles In Gozo(Independent Online)
How The Famous Cardiff City Shirt Is Helping To Change The Lives Of Desperate Orphans In War-ravaged Somalia (Wales Online)

Militias Allied To Puntland And Galmudug Clash As Hundreds Are Displaced (Goobjoog News)
UN Envoy Pays First Visit To Somaliland (Mareeg Media)
One Killed And Eight Others Injured In A Grenade Attack In Qoryoley (Goobjoog News)
DRC Worker Arrested For Beletweyne Airport Blast (Shabelle News)
IGAD Validates Strategy Aimed At Addressing Climate Change (Capital FM)
AU Troops Urged To Improve Interaction With Local Communities In Somalia (CCTV)
FM Reiterates Kuwait’s Support To Somalia’s Fight Against Terrorism (Kuwait News)
Why Ambitious Young Somalis Join Al-Shabaab (Al Jazeera)

Amid Attacks Somali Parliament Seeks Better Welfare For Armed Forces (Hiiraan Online)
Seven People Die Of Diarrhoea 34 Others Recuperating In Sanguni Town Middle Jubba (Goobjoog News)
Somali Court Sentences 5 To Death Over Twin Deadly Blasts (Hiiraan Online)
Count Us Out Of State Formation Process Elders In Hiiraan And Middle Shabelle Declare (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Still Poses Big Threat To Region Say Experts (Daily Nation)
KDF Soldier Hangs Himself After Somalia Mission (The Standard)
AMISOM Acting Force Commander Tours Recently Liberated Towns In Forward Operation Bases(AMISOM)
Normalcy Returns To Biyo-Adde A Month After Liberation From Al-Shabaab (AMISOM)
Money Dead Bodies And The Allure Of Peacekeeping (The EastAfrican)

Hand Grenade Attack Kills Four And Injures Two Others In Garbaharey Town (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Militants Execute Man Over Alleged Army Membership (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Signs Air Transport Deal With Saudi Arabia (Goobjoog News)
Somali Militant Denies He Was Killed In US Airstrike (Hiiraan Online)
Imam Arrested In Italy Suspected Of Planning Rome Terror Attack (Religion News)
Judge In San Antonio Sends Somali Accused Of Terror Links To Prison For Lying (My San Antonio)
Another View: United States Should Abandon Unsuccessful Effort In Somalia (Press Herald)

Resource Shortage For AMISOM And SNA Derailing War On Al-Shabaab – Africom (Goobjoog News)
Somali Special Force Played Key Part In Awdhigle Operation US Official (Radio Dalsan)
Landmine Blast Wounds Policeman In Bardere City (Shabelle News)
President Of Puntland Urges The General Public To Help Those Affected By Current Droughts (Wacaal Media)
6 Somali Groups Get Grant To Fight Terrorism Recruitment (Associated Press)
Somali Terror Suspect ‘Just Awaiting Order’ Says Prosecutor (Ansa Online)
QC Renovates Seven Wells In Somalia (The Peninsular)
Elephant Back To Somalia For First Time In 2 Decades: Conservationists (Xinhua)
Why Didn’t A Kenyan Make This Film About Shabaab In Nairobi? (Daily Nation)

Police Arrest Four Linked To Al Shabaab In Baidoa (Shabelle News)
President Mohamud: Invest In Science And Technology To Compete Favourably Globally (Goobjoog News)
Somali Forces In Early Morning Battle With Al-Shabaab In Shabelle Region (Jowhar Online)
Cyprus Police On Trail Of Busting A Trafficking Ring (SigmaLive)
Garissa Attack Suspect Took Photos Of The Dead (The Standard)
Africa Failing In Shabaab War Says US Army Chief (The EastAfrican)
Somali Spokesman: Al-Shabaab Raid Successful (CNN)
The Terror Never Stops In The War On Terror (BusinessDay Live)

Raso Drone Airstrike Killed Senior Al-Shabaab Fighters Including Foreign Fighters (Goobjoog News)
Germany Donates €2.5 Million To Assist IDPs In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Democratization Back On Agenda In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Somali Commissioner Meets His Italian Counterpart In Rome (Goobjoog News)
Italy Arrests Somali Cleric Over Alleged Plans For Rome Attack (Reuters)
Somalia Marks International Women’s Day (UNSOM)
Prosecutors: Drop Charges In Somali Sex Trafficking Case (Star Tribune)
Despite US Airstrikes Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Militia Is Rising Again (The Orange County Register)