December 5, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Mortar attack in Mogadishu’s Warta Nabadda district 05 Dec – Source: Radio Mustaqbal/Radio Risaala/Jowhar Online/Hiiraan Online – 122 words Al Shabaab fighters on Tuesday night fired several mortars at residential areas near the Somali presidential palace, Villa Somalia. Some of the residents closer to the palace said that the mortars were coming from different sides and […]

December 5, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

December 4, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

PRESS RELEASE AMISOM Vows to Help Somalia Enhance Security on Marka Road 04 Dec – Source: AMISOM – 243 words AMISOM is taking steps to enhance security along the road between the port city of Marka and Kilometre 50, following two failed attacks on a Somali government convoy. A convoy carrying Interior Minister Abdulkarim Hussein […]

December 4, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

December 3, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

3rd anniversary of deadly attack at Shamo-hotel in Mogadishu 03 Dec – Source: Radio Mogadishu/SNTV/ SONNA – 282 words Today is 3rd December, 2012 three year after the deadliest suicide bomb attack that occurred at SHAMO HOTEL in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia which killed over 30 people and injured 30 others. It was shocking […]

December 3, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

November 30, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

President Hassan Sheikh heading to Kenya 30 Nov- Source: Radio Mustaqbal/Shabelle/Raxanreeb Online- 81 words Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is on Friday heading to Kenyan capital city of Nairobi. The president is expected to meet his Kenyan counterparts Mwai Kibaki and discuss certain issues. Hassan’s visit is part of series of visits to the east African […]

November 30, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

November 29, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Military commander accuse Marka governor of alleged ties with al Shabaab 29 Nov – Source: Radio Mustaqbal/Gedo Online – 139 words The Commander of the Brigade three of the Somali military accused the governor of Marka city of Lower Shabelle Ahmed Moalim Abdirahman of having alleged links with the al Qaeda linked group of al […]

November 29, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

November 28, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Kenyan Police recover bag packed with hand grenades 28 Nov – Source: Standard – 280 words Kenyan Police in Mandera have recovered two hand grenades abandoned by suspected Somali militia believed to have crossed from the border town of Bulla-Xawa. The Somali border town was on the weekend invaded and briefly taken over by members of […]

November 28, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

November 27, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Heavy fighting erupts in Lower Shabelle region 27 Nov – Source: Radio Dalsan – 97 words Heavy fighting has reportedly erupted in Lower Shabelle region, pitting the Somali National Army and AMISOM against al Shabaab fighters. The fighting erupted in Janale district, claiming the lives of 3 people while dozens others were injured. Residents of Janale […]

November 27, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

November 26, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Somali President urges district commissioners, army officers to uphold the law 26 Nov – Source: Shabelle/Radio Mogadishu/Bar-Kulan/Hiiraan Online – 176 words Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the president of Somalia’s Federal government on Sunday met with security officials and district commissioners in Mogadishu to discuss security, sources at the presidency said. During the meeting which was held at […]

November 26, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

November 23, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Three arrested over Eastleigh blast 23 Nov – Source: Standard/Citizen TV – 344 words Police are holding three suspects in connection with the Eastleigh mini-bus blast that claimed ten lives. The suspects are believed to have been behind the delivery of the explosion that went off in the bus on Sunday killing ten and injured […]

November 23, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

November 22, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Businessman defrauds AMISOM soldier’s family of sh120m 22 Nov – Source: New Vision – 374 words The family of a soldier, who died while serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), has been defrauded of sh120m by a businessman in Masindi. Apparently, AMISOM paid sh124m to the family of David Kyaligonza alias Muswahili […]

November 22, 2012 | Daily Monitoring Report.