November 9, 2018 | Morning Headlines

Car Bomb Explosion In Mogadishu Kills Hirshabelle Lawmaker (Halbeeg News)
Stop Meddling In South West Polls Civil Society Professionals Warn (Goobjoog News)
I’ve Resigned After South West MPs Were Compromised In Mogadishu – Sharif Hassan (Kismaayo.com)
Farmers In Baardheere Of Gedo Region Complain Of Farm Insect Diseases (Goobjoog News)
124 Somali Migrants Repatriated From Libya (Libya Express )
Balance Of Power Between Federal And State Governments Of Somalia (Hiiraan Online)

November 8, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

President Farmaajo Meets With Speaker Mursal Following The Resignation Of Sharif Hassan (Kismaayo.com)
Displaced Families From Clashes In Ethiopia Struggle In Rain-soaked Shanties In Sool (Radio Ergo)
Abdullahi Sheikh Hassan Steps Down As CIC Spokesman (Kismaayo.com)
Turkish Defense Minister Arrives In Somali Capital (Anadolu Agency)
AMISOM Concerned With Media Allegations On Civilian Deaths In Balaad (AMISOM)
How We Work To Solve Somalia’s Eviction Crisis (NRC)

Influential Somali Regional President Resigns Pulls Out Of Election Race (Hiiraan Online)
Over 100 Somalis From Libya To Arrive In Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
Somali Government And AMISOM Investigating Civilian Deaths In Mogadishu (252politics)
UN Mission Calls For Consensus On South West State Presidential Elections (UNSOM)
Ex-Somali Refugee’s U.S. Congress Win Sparks Debate In Former Home Kenya (Reuters)

Maiden Inter-State Security Council Opens In Kismayu (Goobjoog News)
“Election Should Take Place On Time” Somali Govt Warns Southwest State Leaders Amid Crisis (Hiiraan Online)
Ethiopian Troops Deploy In Sool Amid Deadly Clashes (Goobjoog News)
Study Finds ‘Significant Decline’ In FGM Rates In Girls (Daily Nation)
‘History Made’: Somali Ilhan Omar Palestinian Rashida Tlaib Become First Muslim Congresswomen (The New Arab)
Ten Years On Is Somali Piracy Still A Threat? (ISS Today)

Interior Ministry Tells South West State Leaders To Respect Election Schedule (252Politics)
State Law Empowers Us To Postpone Poll-S. West Elders (Goobjoog News)
Turkish Defense Ministry Delegation Set To Visit Mogadishu On Wednesday (252Politics)
U.A.E. Military Base In Breakaway Somaliland To Open By June (Bloomberg)
Excitement As Mogadishu Gets 4G Mobile Network (Daily Nation)
Trump’s Existential Threat Has Fueled The Rise Of Minnesota’s Somali Political Class (Quatrz Africa)

Kenya Calls On Somali Leaders To End Current Political Crises (Halbeeg News)
Ethiopian Airlines To Land In Mogadishu For First Time In Four Decades (Hiiraan Online)
Hospital Launches Blood Donor Database In Galkayo (Radio Ergo)
Cash Is Replacing Other Forms Of Aid Even In Conflict Zones (The Economist)
‘Stand-off’ Between Somalia’s Federal State Authorities Could ‘Paralyze’ Progress – UN envoy (UNSOM)
UN Migration Agency Brings Life-saving Health Services To Previously Inaccessible Areas Of Somalia (IOM)

President Farmaajo Once Again Lashes Out At The Regional State Leaders (Goobjoog News)
New UN Boss Meets With SW Presidential Hopefuls (Jowhar.com)
Somalia Signs 80M Grant Agreement With World Bank (Halbeeg News)
Somalia Seeks To Boost Fledgling Tech Sector (Voice of America)
In Baidoa UN Envoy Renews Call For Collaboration And Flags Need for Credible State Presidential Poll (UNSOM)
How The Journalist Captured For Two Years By Somali Pirates Survived His Ordeal (New Statesman)

Crucial Meeting To Discuss AMISOM’s 2018–2021 Concept Of Operations Opens In Nairobi (AMISOM)
Chief Minister Of Galmudug Welcomes President Farmaajo’s Invitation For Meeting To Resolve Political Tension (Jowhar.com)
Southwest President Fires Presidential Guard Unit (Horseed Media)
U.S. Escalates Number Of Airstrikes In Somalia Dozens Of Terror Militants Killed In October (Strategic Intelligence)
In Kismayo On First Regional Visit UN Envoy Encourages Somalis To Solve Problems Together (UNSOM)

Somalia Set To Mark Somber First Anniversary Of Deadliest Bombing (Hiiraan Online)
AU Envoy Visit To Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
Abdullahi Sheikh Hassan Appointed As CIC Spokesman (Jowhar News)
Court Orders Ugandan Born Terror Suspect To Be Deported To Kenya (Xinhua)
Four Girls Under 10 Have Died Recently From FGM It’s Time To Act (CNN)

AMISOM Leadership Assesses Troops Welfare (New Vision)
Solar-powered Irrigation Boosts Debt-ridden Somali Farmers In Beledweyne (Radio Ergo)
Two Injured In A Grenade Attack On The Residence Of A Women Leader (Jowhar News)
DP World Launches $442 Million Port Expansion In Somaliland (The National)
Mobile Money Transfers Have Taken Off In Somalia But There Are Risks (The Conversation)