February 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

High Level Partnership Forum To Be Concluded In Istanbul Today (Goobjoog News)
Unidentified Dead Body Spotted In Northern Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Somali Federal Parliament Speaker Set To Attend Arab League Countries Parliament Speaker’s Conference In Cairo (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Changes Flight Route After PM Delegation Delay In Kenya (Radio Dalsan)
Arms Embargo Restricting Somalia’s Security (Andolu Agency)
Winnipeg Students Take The Stage To Raise Money For Somali Refugees (CBC News)
Turkey Always Backs Somalia: Turkish Presidency Spokesman (Andolu Agency)
Doctors Urge ‘Compromise’ On Female Genital Mutilation (CNN)

The Sixth High-Level Partnership Forum On Somalia Opens In Istanbul Turkey (AMISOM)
Somali Women And Youth Empowering Conference Concluded In Istanbul Today (Goobjoog News)
SNA And AMISOM Forces ‘Repel’ Militants In Attack (Shabelle News)
Somalia Passes Law On Anti-money Laundering Terrorism (Xinhua)
Muslim Council Of Elders In UAE Seeks Peace In Somalia (The National UAE)
Aid Cuts Trigger Health Crisis In Somalia (Voice of America)
Conservation: Meet The Antelope Flourishing Under Community Conservation (Capital FM)

Wanted Al-Shabaab Operative Arrested At A Mogadishu Hotel (Radio Muqdisho)
Somali PM Vows ‘Decisive’ Response Over Kenyan Airport Detention (Hiiraan Online)
Amisom Forces Impose Curfew In Leego Following Intelligence Reports Of Imminent Attack (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Police Arrest Several Suspects In Galkayo Security Operations (Wacaal Media)
Turkey Keen To Enhance Investments In Somalia (World Bulletin)
KDF Soldier Declared Dead But His Phone Still Rings (The Standard)
A Portrait Of Fadumo Dayib The Hope Of Somalia’s Future? (Global Risk Insight)

Pro Al-Shabaab Elder Defects To Somali Government (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland Court To Decide Lost Boy’s Parentage Case (Hiiraan Online)
Hundreds of Somali Youth Languishing In Indian Jails For Piracy Related Cases To Be Arraigned In Court Today (Wacaal Media)
Meeting Held For Speakers Of Federal State Assemblies Concluded In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Istanbul Set To Host Global Meet For Humanitarian Aid To Somalia (Daily News)
Joy As Somali Pirate Kidnap Victim Arrives Back In Kenya (News 24)
US Policies Do More Harm Than good in Somalia (Al Jazeera)

Sixth High Level Partnership Forum To Kick Off In Turkey Tomorrow (Goobjoog News)
Puntland President Will Not Attend Istanbul Conference But Will Instead Head To Washington (Jowhar Online)
Galmudug Commends Herdsmen Who Confronted Al-Shabaab In Mudug (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Marks International Mother Language Day (Garowe Online)
Amisom To Rely More On Air Strikes As EU Reduces Funding (Daily Nation)
How KDF Raid Took Out Shabaab Chiefs (Daily Nation)
Global Unity Crucial To Eradicate Piracy Off Somali Coast – Experts (Coastweek Online)
Fact Check: How Somali Names Are Chosen (St. Cloud Times)

Masked Gunmen Rob Dahabshiil Bank (Goobjoog News)
Ahlu Sunna Bans Former Somali Ambassador To Ethiopia To Reach Dhusamareeb Town (Radio Dalsan)
Somali President Becomes First to Congratulate Yoweri Museveni After Disputed Election Victory (Somali Update)
Somali Government Hands Over Rescued Doctor To Kenyan Embassy In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somali Prime Minister Detained In Nairobi (Daily Nation)
Interview: Global Unity Crucial To Eradicate Piracy Off Somali Coast: Expert (Xinhua)
Memorable Working Tour At Somalia’s Oasis Of Peace (The Citizen)

26 Members Of Al-Shabaab Nabbed In NISA Operation (Wacaal Media)
Somali Premier Lays Foundation Stone For A New Prison In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
EU Puntland Launch Key Livestock Development Project In Garowe (Wacaal Media)
Somali President Offers Condolences to Turkey’s Erdoğan Following Terrorist Attacks in Ankara (Somali Update)
KDF Kills 53 Al-Shabaab Terrorists (Daily Nation)
Kenyan Police Nab Student On Way To Join Islamic State (Xinhua)
Life At Mogadishu’s Largest Orphanage (TRT World)

Al-Shabaab Denies Kenyan Claims Spy Chief Killed In Air Strike (Toronto Star)
President In Central Somalia After Dispute Disrupts Jowhar Convention (Garowe Online)
Somali Regional Forces Foil Attempt To Assassinate Jubbaland Minister (Hiiraan Online)
Kenyan De-radicalization Teacher On $1 Million Prize List (Goobjoog News)
Somali Security Police Nab 300 Suspects In Operation (Xinhua News)
U.S. Restricts Visa-Free Travel From Libya Somalia Yemen (Washington Examiner)
Somalia Halts Campaign On Foreign Languages (Xinhua News)
Fighting Foreign Languages Serves Not To Preserve Somali Language But Exposes A Leadership Bereft Of Ideas (Goobjoog News)

AMISOM Forces Kill Dozens Of Al-Shabaab Fighters In Burhakabo Bakool Region (Goobjoog News)
The Heads Of States To Deliberate Somalia Entry Into EAC Bloc (Goobjoog News)
Federal Parliament To Initiate Referendum Over Amended Clauses In The Constitution (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Says Deputy Al-Shabaab Commander Killed In Somalia (Bloomberg)
Boutros-Ghali: Outspoken Diplomat (New York Times)
Puntland Warns Of Seismic Survey Offshore Somalia (Garowe Online)

Somali Government Arrests Two Al-Shabaab Ring Leaders In Dinsoor Town (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Denies It Directed MPs To Go Through Airport Checks After Plane Bombing (Hiiraan Online)
Kenyan Doctor Held For 18 Months Rescued In Galmudug Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Somali Police Chief Arrives In Beledweyne On Troop Visit (Shabelle News)
Kenya To Tackle Radicalisation With New Prison For ‘Extremists’ (Reuters)
Ethiopia Puntland To Strengthen Regional Security Infrastructural Cooperation (The Ethiopian Herald)
Tell Us Names Number Of KDF Soldiers Killed In El Adde Attack Raila Asks Uhuru (The Star)
Why It’s Important To Honor Home Languages In Schools (The Seattle Globalist)