March 2, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Heavy Fighting In Central Somalia Kills Four In Dhusamarreb (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Troops ‘Kill’ 7 Militants In Southern Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
MP Raises Security Concerns Over 2016 Elections (Wacaal Media)
Federal Government Cabinet Introduces Raft Of Measures Aimed At Beefing Up Security Of Mogadishu(Goobjooge)
Six Militants Killed By Security Officers In Central Somalia (Xinhua)
Somalia Attacks Signal Escalation Of Al-Shabaab Offensive (The Guardian UK)

Four Somali Soldiers Killed In Roadside Bomb Outside Capital (Hiiraan Online)
Galmudug Forces Battle Al-Shabaab In Southern Mudug (Wacaal Media)
Karkaar Women Ask Jubbaland To Release Detained Elders (Wacaal Media)
Intelligence And Police Chiefs Turn Down Somali Federal Parliament’s Call (Goobjoog News)
Interim South West Administration Seeks AMISOM’s Intervention In Reconciling Warring Clans and Cushioning Communities Against Al Shabaab (AMISOM)
IOM Uses New Technology to Respond to Increasing Food Insecurity in Puntland Somalia (Relief Web)
Meet Ilhan Omar Who Could Be The First Somali- American Woman Elected To Public Office (Fusion.net)

Baidoa Blast Victims Airlifted To Mogadishu For Treatment( Bar- Kulan)
Governor Of Hiran Gives Updates On State Making Process For The Region (Hiiraan Online)
Mahaday Ready To Launch Major Offensive Against Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Dubai Police Help Somali Girlchild Held At Airport With Fake Papers Go Home (Emirates247)
Death Toll Rises To 30 In Somalia Twin Blasts (China.org)
Somali Dentist Helping Refugees In Oslo (UNHCR)

President Chairs An Emergency Meeting On Security (Shabelle News)
Erdogan Intends To Visit Somalia Again This Year (Garowe Online)
Somalia Announces Police Shake-up After Attacks (Mareeg Media)
6 Arrested In Al-Shabab Attack On Somali Town (VOA News)
US Police Shoot Somali Teen Refugee Triggering Protest (Al Jazeera English)
Weak Central Government Makes Security A Local Issue In Somalia (World Politics Review)

At least 30 Dead In Shabaab Bomb Attacks In Baidoa: Governor (Daily Nation)
Income Generating Project For The Youth Launched In Mogadishu (Radio Bar Kulan)
JICA Trains Somalis On Fishing (Goobjoog News)
Al-Qaeda Attacks In Somalia Mount As Leaders Urge Troop Support (Bloomberg News )
Regional Talks On Al-Shabaab Urge Resumption Of Military Operations (VOA News)
In Mogadishu Out Of Tragedy Always Comes Hope (Medium.com)

Death Toll in Mogadishu Blasts Up to 25 (VOA News)
AMISOM Summit Revitalizes Anti-militant Push In Somalia (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabaab Has Links With Pirates: Galmudug Commander (Goobjoog News)
Puntland President Abdiweli Meets With U.S Deputy Foreign Secretary In Washington DC (Villa Puntland)
SNA And AMISOM Troops Recapture Qoordhere From Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Somali Nationals Detained at JKIA A Week After Somali Delegates Netted There (Goobjoog News)
Uhuru Calls For More Funding For Al- Shabaab War In Djibouti Address (The Star Kenya)
Meet The Female Somali Military Captain Fighting Al – Shabaab (Newsweek)

Cabinet Meeting Focuses On Security (Garowe Online)
President Ahmed Madoobe Denies Claims Of Massacre In Gedo Region By Kenyan Forces (Jubbaland Media)
Grenade Bomb Blast Targets Kahda DC’s Office (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Says One-Man-One-Vote Not Possible in 2016 National Poll (Bloomberg News)
U.S. Court In Chicago: Somali Pirate Can’t Withdraw Plea (Chicago Tirbune)
More Phones Few Banks And Years Of Instability Are Transforming Somalia To A Cashless Society(Quartz Africa)

Somali Police Official:Mortar Attack Kills 3 In Capital (Associated Press)
Somali Military Court Sentences Alleged Al-Shabaab Members (Goobjoog News )
Four Al-Shabaab Commanders Killed In KDF Airstrike In Southern Somalia (Shabelle News)
Puntland Receives More Refugees From Yemen (Villa Puntland)
Parliament Speaker’s Attendance At Arab League Summit Was unlawful Says MP (Shabelle News)
Turkey’s Helping Hands Builds Maternity And Children’s Hospital In Somalia (Daily Sabah)
Somalia Organizes CAF License C Course ( CAF Online)
Somalia Sixth High-Level Partnership Forum (Today’s Zaman)

The Istanbul High-Level Partnership Forum Ends With Renewed Resolve To Support Somalia’s Growth Process (AMISOM)
Somali Government Beefs Up Airport Security Following Daallo Airline Attack (VOA Somali)
Italy Pledges Support For Somalia In Matters Security (Wacaal Media)
Somali President Sees Signs Of Hope As 2500 Jobs Created (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Appeals For Assistance To Drought Affected Families Shabelle Media Network)
Extreme Water Shortages In Parts Of Galgadud (Goobjoog News)
EAC Summit Pushed Forward As Members Mull Somalia South Sudan Inclusion (IPP Media)
Somali Women Can Be Agents Of Political Change And Promoters Of Peace And Security (UNSOM)
Politics Violence And Food In Somalia (Press TV)
Terrorism A Threat To African Businesses (IOL)

International Partners Meeting In Istanbul Have Warned Against Any Obstacles Towards The September Poll In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Allied Forces Seize Rebel-held Towns In South Central Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Health Ministry To Send Medical Teams To Drought-hit Areas (Villa Puntland)
500 Kwale Radicals Back From Somalia (The Star)
Somalia Has Seen Less Piracy Due To Improved Governance: Expert (Hellenic Shipping News)
Somalia Come Of Age As Somali Instructors Conduct CAF “C” License Course (Soka 25 East)
Abdi Latif Ega And The Rejection Of The ‘African’ Novel (Africasacountry.com)