August 30, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Arrives In Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
  • Relocate To Somalia Or Cease Operations Somalia Tells Nairobi Based Organisations (Goobjoog News)
  • Security Minister Mogadishu Mayor And Army Commanders Tour Mogadishu Stadium (Dhacdo.com)
  • British Military Reaches Somalia Training Milestone (Force Network)
  • US Military On Track To Match Record 2017 For Airstrikes In Somalia (Long War Journal)
  • Jubbaland Residents Agree To Promote Community Policing To Counter Violent Extremism (AMISOM)

August 29, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • SNA Kills Russian Al-Shabaab Fighter In Lower Shabelle Region (Halbeeg News)
  • Plans To File A Motion Of No Confidence Against HirShabelle Leader Gain Ground (jowhar.com)
  • Somali Government Hosts Conference On Proposed Currency Printing (Halbeeg News)
  • UK Govt: Somali Heritage Teens Abused in Forced Marriage Detention Centres (Breitbart News)
  • After Years Of Military Control Somali National Stadium Returns To Sports (CNN)
  • Crowdfarming Is Being Used To Bring Somalia’s Livestock Market Into The Digital Economy (Quartz Africa)

August 28, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • AMISOM Hands Over Somalia National Stadium (Shabelle Media)
  • Peaceful Demonstrations As AMISOM Vacates Mogadishu Stadium (Dhacdo.com)
  • HRW And ONLF Welcome Arrest Of Ex-leader Of Ethiopia’s Somali State (Halbeeg News)
  • Troubling Trend Sees Evictions In Somalia Double (Norwegian Refugee Council)
  • AMISOM Announces Changes In Security Protocol And Access To The Halane Base Camp (Kmau Updates)
  • Transformation Euphoria In The Horn Of Africa (LSE – Centre for Africa)

August 27, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • National Electoral Commission Registers More Political Parties (Jowhar.com)
  • Parts Of Mogadishu Streets Locked Down (Shabelle Media)
  • Somaliland Release Two Ministers Of Ethio-Somali Region Detained In Hargeisa (Halbeeg News)
  • Somali Police Department Names Its First Female Brigadier General (CTGN Africa)
  • Somali Soldier Kills A Civilian Driver In Beledweyne Town (Risk Map)
  • Somaliland Farmers Losing Out To Cheap Food Imported From Ethiopia (Radio Ergo)

August 24, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • SNA Detains 11 Al-Shabaab Suspects In Southern Somalia (Halbeeg News)
  • AVIC Officials Meet With Somali Government To Discuss Construction Of New International Airport (Hiiraan Online)
  • SNA Officers Conclude Training Course In Baidoa Town (Halbeeg News)
  • Ethiopian Contingent Of AMISOM Engaged In Commendable Mission: Sector Chief (Fana Broadcasting Corporation)
  • The Heroic Hawa Abdi One Of Somalia’s First Female Obstetricians Who Saved Thousands During The Civil War (Face2Face Africa)

August 23, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somaliland Cracks Down On Illegal Tree Cutting As Charcoal Traders Say They Have No Alternative Work (Radio Ergo)
  • Somali President Attends Tearful Burial In Mogadishu (Caasimada Online)
  • Two Former Ministers Of Ethio-Somali Region Detained In Somaliland (Halbeeg News)
  • Haki Africa Calls For Speedy Completion Of Border Wall To Tame Terrorism (The Star)
  • Mothers Suffer As Hospitals In Boni Closed After Shabaab Attacks (Daily Nations)

August 22, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Five Al-Shabaab Suspects Killed In Clashes With SNA In Marka Town (Halbeeg Online)
  • Regional Director Of Chinese Aerospace And Defence Conglomerate Arrives In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • Banadir Region Administration Distributes Wheelchairs To Some Of The Physically Disabled People In The Community (Mareeg Online)
  • US Airstrike On Al-Shabaab In Somalia Kills 2 Militants Africom Says (Defence Post)
  • UN Urges Somalia To Enhance Efforts To Achieve Gender Parity (CTGN Africa)

August 21, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmaajo Addresses The Nation On Eid Celebrations (Hiiraan Online)
  • NISA Arrests A Man For Allegedly Impersonating Senior Intelligence Official (Halbeeg News)
  • With Prayers Sacrifices Muslims In Somalia Celebrate Eid-Al-Adha (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia Shakes Up Its Education System After Years Of Being Wrecked By Conflict (Their World)
  • Somali Women Call For Inclusion In Post Conflict Reconstruction Process (Xinhua)
  • My Friend Mohamed The Dry Cleaner Of Mogadishu  (BBC)

August 20, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • President Farmajo Meets His Predecessor In Ankara (Halbeeg News)
  • Somalia’s Supreme Court Chief Suspends Judges (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Refutes Reports Of Peace Deal On Tukaraq Tension (Halbeeg News)
  • Qatar Funds Diplomatic Institute Project In Somalia (Gulf Times)
  • As Somalia Marks World Humanitarian Day UN Calls For More Protection Of Aid Workers (UNSOM)
  • Going “Full-Circle” In Somalia (LSE – Centre for Africa)

August 17, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somalia To Register Foreign Nationals In The Country (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somali Military Court Sentences Soldier To Death Over Murder (Halbeeg News)
  • Ahmed Madoobe Warns The Federal Government Against Interference Of His Administration (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Militants Blamed For Wave Of Killings In Somalia (CGTN)
  • Online Business Thriving In Somalia (Africa News)
  • Annual Book Fair Enters Third Day (AMISOM)