March 9, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Unidentified Helicopter Gunships Bombard Al-Shabaab Bases In Southern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Wants To Resume Talks With Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia Says Weapons Seized By Australian Navy Headed For Militants (Hiiraan Online)
  • Al Shabaab Attacks Kismayo With Mortar Fire (Shabelle News)
  • Car Bomb Kills 4 Outside Police Academy In Somali Capital (Associated Press)
  • Five Al Shabaab Top Commanders Among 140 Fighters Killed In US Strike Somali Official Confirms (The Star)
  • Abyan Reports Being ‘Scared’ After Chris Kenny’s Nauru Visit Immigration Emails Reveal (The Guardian)
  • Is Islam Violent? (Daily Times)

March 9, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somali President Appeals For Unity Amid Security Challenges (Hiiraan Online)
  • Defence Minister In Talks With Leaders In Kismayo (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Premier Opens New Station For The Official News Agency (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Joins The World In Celebrating International Women’s Day (AMISOM)
  • Analysts See Long Fight Ahead Against Al-Shabaab (Voice of America)
  • Somali Prayer Dispute Reshapes US Town (The Telegraph)
  • Somalia On Steady Path To Realisation Of Gender Equality (Daily Nation)
March 9, 2016 | Morning Headlines

March 8, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Jubbaland Plans Anti-Al-Shabaab Offensive (Shabelle News)
  • Senior Government Officials In Somalia Urged To Minimize Trips Within Mogadishu (Somali Current)
  • Poor Women Eclipsed In Parity Discourse In Somalia says ‘Act For Somalia’ Organization (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Intelligence Cooperated With US For Al-Shabaab Hit (Associated Press)
  • Somalia’s Al-Shabaab: Toll Of US Airstrikes Exaggerated (Al Jazeera English)
  • 4 Single Mothers On Love Loss And Finding Strength (The Star2)

March 8, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • US Kills 150 Al Shabaab Militants In Somalia (The Telegraph)
  • Hiiraan Elders Snub New Round Of Inter-Regional State Formation Talks (Hiiraan Online)
  • Fugitive Former Warlord Abdinur Siyad Detained By Somali Security Forces (Goobjoog News)
  • Al Shabaab Commander Arrested In Qoryooley Town (Goobjoog News)
  • Australian Naval Vessel Seizes Weapons Cache Bound For Somalia (Deutsche Welle News)
  • Somali Women Seek More Political Participation As the Country Marks International Women’s Day(AMISOM)
  • EU Ambassador Unveils Model School In Kismayo (AMISOM/UNSOM)
  • Hydro Industries Brings Clean Water To Troubled Mogadishu (Wales Online)
  • In Somalia Al Shabaab Far from a Spent Force (The Atlantic Council)
March 8, 2016 | Morning Headlines

March 7, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

  • Loud Explosion Heard From Blast Near Somalia Airport (Horseed Media)
  • Former Somali Journalist Turned Politician Dies Aged 70 (Hiiraan Online)
  • Security Ministry Issues 30 Day Ultimatum To Unregistered Gun Holders In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Petroleum Director Says ‘Not Consulted On New Office’ (Garowe Online)
  • AMISOM Force Capture Al-Shabaab Commander In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Somalia Exports Livestock To Egypt (Africa Review)
  • Former Somalia Jihadist Finds Asylum In Qatar (Africa Review)
  • 4 Terror Suspects Picked By Kenyan Police For Joining IS (News Ghana)
  • Everything Must Go: Somalia Sells Its Dignity (Huffington Post)

March 7, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Despite Graft Allegations Somali President Assures Army’s Payments (Hiiraan Online)
  • Mogadishu Mayor Inspects Police Checkpoints In Mogadishu (Mareeg Media)
  • Puntland Probes Iranian Boat Escape (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia Leader Calls For Collaboration To Defeat Terrorism (Xinhua)
  • HMAS Darwin Seizes Huge Weapons Haul From Somalia-bound Fishing Boat (WA Today)
  • Profile: Al-Shabab Journalist Hassan Hanafi (BBC News)
March 7, 2016 | Morning Headlines

March 4, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Police Arrest Elderly Man Linked To Al Shabaab (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Minister For Commerce Meets Ethiopian Counterpart In Addis Ababa (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Exports Livestock To Egypt (VOA Somali)
  • Terrorists In Garissa University Attack Wanted Troops Withdrawn From Somalia (The Standard Kenya)
  • Cargill Beef Plant Rehires 10 Out Of 150 Somali Workers Who Quit Over An Alleged Prayer Dispute (The Denver Channel)
  • Somalia: Fatuma’s Family Escapes Hunger (ICRC)

March 4, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • East Africa’s EAC rejects Somalia’s Membership Bid Approves S. Sudan (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somali Defense Minister To Visit Kismayo (Shabelle News)
  • Djibouti Protests Tycoon’s Terrorism Corruption Acquittal By UK Court (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia Sentences Al- Shabaab Media Officer Arrested In Kenya To Death For Killing Six Journalists (The Star Kenya)
  • Making Waves In Somalia: Yasmin (BBC)
March 4, 2016 | Morning Headlines

March 3, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali PM Security Chiefs Grilled In Parliament Over Security Failures (Hiiraan Online)
  • Dhusamarreb Residents Return To Their Homes Amid Unstable Situation (Goobjoog News)
  • Erigavo Residents Take To The Streets Over Killing Of Saahil Regional Police Commandant (Hiiraan Online)
  • German Navy Ship Trains Somaliland Coast Guard ( Naval Today)
  • EU And UN Donate Equipment To Somalia Police Force (Relief Web)
  • Somalia’s First Independent Trust Fund Offers Hope To Unemployed Youth Raises Concerns Of Corruption (International Business Times)

March 3, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • 15 killed As Sufi Militia Recapture Town From Pro-govt Forces (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somali Premier Faces Parliament Over Security (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Marine Police Forces Capture Illegal Trawlers (Villa Puntland)
  • Will Elections In Somalia Be Realised In August? ( Somali Current)
  • Deported Somali Puts Up Fight At Michigan Airport But He’s Going Back Judge Says (Michigan Live)
  • Fadumo Dayib: Somalia’s Future President? (DW)
March 3, 2016 | Morning Headlines