November 7, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 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)

November 6, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • CIC Welcomes Resignation Of South West Polls Committee (Goobjoog News)
  • Political Uncertainty In South West As Polls Committee Resign (Goobjoog News)
  • Deaf Children In Burao Face A Bleak Future Without A Secondary School (Radio Ergo)
  • In Galkacyo UN Envoy Urges Regional Leaders To Continue Political Dialogue And Collaboration (UNSOM)
  • Jambojet To Fly To Mogadishu And Bujumbura (Capital FM)
  • Somali Refugees Are Too Often Left Out Of Mental Health Discussions – Here’s Why I Want That To Change (The Independent)

November 5, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • AMISOM Develops Document To Guide Transition And Exit Plan (AMISOM)
  • Senate Warns Against Interference In S. West State Polls (Goobjoog News)
  • Two Soldiers Sentenced To Death For Killing Colleagues (252Politics)
  • U.S. Military Says Kills 4 Al-Shabaab Militants In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Need For  Peaceful Resolution In Tukaraq Among Topics UN Envoy Discussed In Visit To Puntland And Somaliland (UNSOM)
  • Criticism On Somalia Leadership Disservice To Progress Reforms (The Star)

November 2, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 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)

November 1, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 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)

October 31, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Recent Outcome Of CIC Meeting In Garowe Is An Unattainable Dream – Puntland Deputy President (Hiiraan Online)
  • President Farmajo Jets Off To South Sudan (Halbeeg News)
  • SNA-AMISOM Forces Seize Daynunaye Town Bay Region (Goobjoog News)
  • The Military Establishment Shouldn’t Interfere With The SW Elections Warns Military Commander (Hiiraan Online)
  • Once A Refugee Somali-American Appears Headed To U.S. Congress (Reuters)
  • Unregistered Somali Refugees In Kenya Unable To Access Basics In Dadaab Camps (Radio Ergo)

October 30, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 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)

October 29, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Statement From President Farmaajo Wasn’t Communicated To Us Officially Reacts CIC Spokesman (Jowhar.com)
  • Puntland’s Army Chief To Run In Next Year’s Presidential Election (Hiiraan Online)Federal Parliamentarians Accuse President Farmaajo Of Meddling In The Southwest State Election (Radio Dalsan )
  • Somali Medical Pioneer Continues Battle To Stop FGM (Voice of America)
  • Kenyan Somalis Are Pawns In Al-Shabaab’s Reign Of Terror (The Start)

October 26, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Plane Airlifts 22 People Injured In Sool Clashes To Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • Government To Fast-track Formation Of Judiciary Commissions (Jowhar News)
  • Somali Foreign Minister Meets Qatari Ambassador In Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
  • Somalia’s High Tech Summit (Deutsche Welle)
  • Somaliland Seeks Ties With Kenya In Education Agricultural Sectors (Daily Nation)
  • Between A Rock And A Hard Place In The Somali Region (Hiiraan Online)

October 25, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Regional Leaders Form New Political Party And Joint Army (Hiiraan Online)
  • No Operations Beyond Midnight Mogadishu Mayor Orders Restaurants In Lido Beach (Goobjoog News)
  • Finance Ministry Directs Regional States To Submit Proposals For Funds From Federal Government (Halbeeg News)
  • Kenyans Look For Best Way To Fight Al-Shabaab (Voice of America)
  • AMISOM Holds Training Workshop On Peace And Unity For Somali Leaders From The Lower Shabelle Region (AMISOM)
  • Northeastern Counties Grapple With Al-Shabaab Attacks (The Citizen)