April 2, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

AMISOM Troops Successfully Repulse Al-Shabaab Terrorists Following Simultaneous Attacks On Three AU Bases In The Lower Shabelle Region (AMISOM)
Deputy Speaker Of Somali Parliament Suspends House Secretary General Over Impartiality (Halbeeg News)
Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 3 Civilians In Central Somalia (Shabelle News)
AU And UN Special Envoys On Funding Consultations For AMISOM Make An Assessment Visit To Somalia (AMISOM)
Jawari Must Confront Disaffected MPs (Hiiraan Online)

The Motion Still Stands To Be Voted Says Deputy Speaker Mudey (Hiiraan Online)
Rival Somalia Government Soldiers Clash In Day 2 Fighting In Jowhar (Radio Dalsan)
East Africa Bloc Calls For Inclusive Power Sharing In Central Somalia (Shabelle News)
Aid Agencies Switch To Cash-based Cards In Somalia (TRT World)
Agriculture ‘Key To Reviving Somali Economy’ (Public Finance International)
Somalia: How Farmajo Fragmented His Fragile State (Wardheere News)

Somalia: Political Crisis Deepens As Motion Against Speaker Lapses (Garowe Online)
Heavy Fighting Erupts In Mogadishu As Gunmen Attack Army Base (Shabelle News)
Somali Forces Confiscate Weapons And Illicit Drugs During Operation In Wadajir (Halbeeg News)
Somalia Moves To Develop An Inclusive National Action Plan To Prevent And Counter Violent Extremism (AMISOM)
UN Security Council Makes ‘Historic’ Warning On Climate Threat To Somalia (Climate Home News)

National Security Council Meeting Set For Baidoa Today Cancelled (Goobjoog News)
Somali Regional MP Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Conference On Violent Extremism Kicks Off In Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
UN Expects Sharp Rise In Somalis Seeking To Leave Dadaab (Daily Nation)
Somalia Calls For UN Action Against UAE Base In Berbera (Al-Jazeera News)
Bardera Vegetable Glut Brings Relief To Households And Pain To Small Farmers (Radio Ergo)

Former PM Calls For Dialogue To Resolve Escalating Political Row In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
The Secretary Of State For Foreign Affairs Is Looking For Thorny Files With The UAE Ambassador (Halbeeg News)
Galmudug And ASWJ Assemblies Unified In A Ceremony In Dhuusamarreeb (Hiiraan Online)
Qatar Condemns Mogadishu Car Bomb Explosion (Qatar Penisula)
Missing Somali Students Surrender To Dhaka Police (Dhaka Tribune)
Investing In Somalia: The Oil And Gas Sector (Goobjoog News)

Somaliland Cancels Planned Talks With Somalia As Berbera Row Bites (Goobjoog News)
Somalia and Kenya To Start Talks On Security Wall Construction (Halbeeg News)
Two Dead 3 Wounded In Separate Explosions In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Model School Opened In Somalia (Gulf Times)
Raw Video: Several People Dead After Two Mogadishu Car Bombings (VOA)
Has Anything Changed In Somalia In The Last Decade (Wardheer News)

Somali Parliamentary Defence Committee Issues Security Warning Over The Political Dispute In The Country (Radio Dalsan – Somali)
Waddani Opposition Party Loses Confidence In The Electoral Commission (Hiiraan Online – Somali)
Nine People Hospitalised In Mogadishu After Inhaling “Poisonous” Gas (Radio Dalsan)
Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemns Terrorist Bombing In Mogadishu (Saudi Press Agency)
UAE Condemns Mogadishu Terror Blast (Emirates News Agency)
Mr. President You CAN Fix The Army (Umadda Media)

Deadly Car Bomb Blast Rocks Somalia’s Capital Mogadishu (Al-Jazeera)
Somalia Invites Four African Presidents To Visit Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
Four Killed In A Clan Revenge Attack In Laanta Buuro Lower Shabelle
East African Ministers Work To End Somalia’s Refugee Crisis (Xinhuanet)
Genel Might Starting Drilling In Somaliland in 2019 – CEO (Reuters)
Invisibilia: They Risked Their Lives To Bring Music Back (National Public Radio)

Heads Of Al-Shabaab Fighters In Bay And Gedo Regions Defect To Somali Government (Halbeeg News)
Senate Seeks Farmaajo & Khaire To Order Withdrawal Of Military Police Before Jawari Motion (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia Appends Signature To The Continental Trade Bloc AfCFTA (Goobjoog News)
AU Stresses Intelligence Sharing To Foil Attacks In Somalia (Xinhuanet)
Somalia: Flowing Water Brings Livestock Herders Together (ICRC.com)
My Libyan Trip: A Journey Into A New Reality (Hiiraan Online)

Breaking: Rival Government Forces Clash In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Government Forces Apprehend Senior Al-Shabaab Officer (Halbeeg News)
Council Of Interstate Cooperation (CIC) Baidoa Meeting Postponed Due To Political Crisis (Jowhar.com)
Fighting Leaves Six Al-Shabaab Fighters Dead In Southern Somalia (Xinhuanet)
New Ambassador To Somalia Appointed (Gulf Times)
In Somalia Women Defy Strict Rules To Play Football (The Daily Mail)