October 10, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Executes Five Men Accused Of Spying (Reuters)
  • Somali Military Court Jails Two Al-Shabaab Operatives (Halbeeg News)
  • Disabled Mobile Hawker Wins Respect Of Customers In Lasanod (Radio Ergo)
  • Strengthen Security In Mandera Ahead Of Exams Leaders Urge (The Star)
  • Dispatches From A Nomad: Somali Next Investment Haven? (The Star)

October 9, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali PM Flies To Saudi Arabia Amid Strain In Ties (Garowe Online)
  • Government Breaks Promises With Robow Says Former Defense Minister (Jowhar News)
  • Evicted Families In Burao Face Bleak Conditions On Land With No Facilities (Radio Ergo)
  • Small Actions Lead To Big Changes Says Social Media Influencer Jerome Jarre (Hurriyet Daily News)
  • Somalia: Chasing The Impossible Dream (Strategy Page)

October 8, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Britain Cautions Against Hasty Exit Of AU Troops From Somalia (Xinhua)
  • HirShabelle Lawmakers Drop The Motion Against Ware (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Militants Warn Education Organizations Over Somalia’s New Curriculum (Hiiraan Online)
  • AMISOM Police Hands Over Refurbished Police Station To Somali Police Authorities (AMISOM)
  • Islamic State A Threat Seven Years After We Went To Somalia (Daily Nation)

October 5, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Says ‘No’ To Al-Shabab Defector’s Run For Office (New York Times)
  • Prime Minister Khaire Meets With New UN Envoy (Jowhar News)
  • Senior Communication Advisor To Mogadishu Mayor Fired For Participating In The Launch Of Hassan Sheikh-Led Political Party (Radio Dalsan)
  • UPDF Court Martial Sits In Somalia (Monitor Uganda)
  • Secret US Base In Somalia Is Getting Some ‘Emergency Runway Repairs’ (Air Force Times)

October 4, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • HirShabelle Deputy President Declares Fresh Offensive Against Al-Shabaab (Jowhar)
  • SNA Conduct Military Operations In Lower Shabelle Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia And Saudi Arabia Ink Deal On Civil Aviation (Halbeeg News)
  • Kenya Defies Austerity Buys 12 US Helicopters (Daily Nation)
  • The Forgotten Lessons of Black Hawk Down (New York)

October 3, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • AMISOM Partners Meet To Devise Strategies on Countering Potent Threat From IEDs  (AMISOM)
  • Somalia Signs Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities (Shabelle Media)
  • US Suspected Drone Hit Al-Shabaab Bases In Middle Shabelle (Halbeeg News)
  • ISIL Claims Killing Two Foreigners In Bosaso (Mareeg News)
  • Report: Uganda Less Vulnerable To Al-Shabaab Terrorists (Chimp Reports)
  • Seeking An Enduring Solution To Seemingly Intractable Problem: Another Look At Somalia (Euraasia Review)

October 2, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • US Airstrike Kills 9 Al-Shabab Militants In Somalia (Voice of America)
  • EU Says Its Mission In Somalia Will Continue Despite Al-Shabaab Attack (Halbeeg News)
  • Deadly Clashes Erupt In Parts Of Middle Shabelle Between Local Militias And Al-Shabaab (Jowhar News)
  • Chinese Embassy In Somalia Hosts Reception To Mark China’s National Day (Xinhua)
  • Somalia Urges Iraq To Probe Ship With Smuggled Charcoal (Xinhua)
  • Botched Somali Military Op That Shook US And World Led To Black Hawk Down (Daily Telegraph)

October 1, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Car Bomb Hits EU Convoy In Somalia No Casualties – Police (Reuters)
  • President Farmaajo Is Ready For Talks With Somaliland – Deputy Prime Minister (Jowhar)
  • Allied Forces Launch Joint Operations Against Al-Shabaab In Hiiraan Region (Halbeeg News)
  • Haysom’s 1st Take: Unity Between FGS And FMS Key To Progress In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Army Kills 5 Al-Shabab Militants In Southern Region (Xinhua)
  • My Sister Was Crying And Screaming And I Was Too’: FGM Survivor Fighting To End Practice That Left Her Unable To Have Children (The Independent)

September 28, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Security Operations Underway In Bosaso And Garowe (Hiiraan Online)
  • Minister Beyle “Somalia Owes 4.5 Billion US dollars” (Jowhar.com)
  • Somaliland Government To Build Hospital For The Armed Forces (Somaliland Standard)
  • Al-Shabaab Youths Get State Amnesty (The Star)
  • Calls For Greater Support To Somalia Voiced At UN General Assembly (The National)

September 27, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Defense Minister To Be Grilled Over SNA Atrocities (Halbeeg News)
  • Security Forces Block Roads In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Ethiopia To Ink Transportation Deal (Somaliland Standard)
  • 500 Surgeries To Remove Cataract In Somalia Within Blindness-fighting Program Adopted By MWL (Riyadha Daily)
  • Somali Airbase To Have Runway Repaired (Jane 360)
  • Horn Of Africa Still At Risk From Violent Extremism (The Epoch Times)