January 24, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmaajo Wraps Up His Tour To Puntland And Galmudug (Hiiraan Online – Somali)
  • Somaliland Calls For An End To Inter-Clan Fighting In Sanaag (Radio Shabelle)
  • IMF To Accelerate Somalia Debt Relief (Radio Dalsan)
  • Germany Contributes EUR 25.6 Million Towards Urban Resilience in Somalia (Worldbank.org)
  • Guards Repel Pirate Attack On Cement Carrier (Maritime)
  • Exclusive: Somalia Lures Defectors In New Push Against Insurgents (Reuters)

January 23, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Farmaajo Declares That Adaado To Continue Hosting  Galmudug Parliament  (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia: Puntland Leader Names Director General Of Education Ministry (Garowe Online)
  • Banadir Region Employees Return To Work After Two Days (Jowhar.com)
  • Four Somali Suspects In Kenya 2014 Airport Blast Acquitted (AFP)
  • Experts Say Empowering Local Administrations Only Solution To Developing Somalia (Veonews)
  • Somali Citizens Count Cost Of Surge In US Airstrikes Under Trump (The Guardian)

January 22, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • I Was Sacked For Two Reasons Only Says Former Mogadishu Mayor (Goobjoog News)
  • Intense Clan Clashes In Sanaag Region Kills 17 People (Hiiraan Online)
  • Constitutional Affairs Ministry Organises Ceremony For University Students (Jowhar.com)
  • Foundation Stone Laid For Several Campuses Under Somali National University In Galmudug State  (Goobjoog News)
  • Rising Piracy On Indian Ocean Spells High Insurance Charges (The Daily Nation)
  • 58 Students Have Abandoned Varsities To Join Terror Groups (The Daily Nation)

January 19, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Exploitation Of Public Land Is Barred Government Assigns National Committee (Hiiraan Online)
  • Central Bank of Somalia And Somali Financial Institutions Take Steps To Modernize Banking Sector (Hiiraan Online )
  • Puntland State Assembly Holds An Emergency Session Over Tukaraq Location  (Goobjoog News)
  • International Partners Welcome Creation of Unified Galmudug State ( Somali Update)
  • Somalian Refugees Evicted From Temporary Shelters Without Notice (Church Times)
  • Horn of Africa Tensions ( Al Ahram Weekly )

January 18, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Tension As Somali Forces Close In On Al-Shabaab Stronghold (Shabelle News)
  • Minister of Internal Security Visits Balcad Town (Horn Observer)
  • Construction Of Barawe Air And Sea Port  Kicks Off (Dhacdo.com)
  • Somali Religious Scholars Conference Underway In Kismayo (Hiiraan Online)
  • Five Al Shabaab abductees On Police Radar After Escaping From Somalia (The Star Kenya)
  • Somali Fisherwoman Breaks Boundaries In Mogadishu (BBC)
  • Somalia To Probe Evictions Of Thousands Of Displaced Families (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

January 17, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Galmudug And ASWJ To Sign Their Merger Agreement In Dhusamareb Today (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia And Somaliland In War Of Words Over 252 Code (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland Accuses Somaliland Of Supporting Al-Shabaab (Hiiraan Online)
  • Kazakhstan To Provide Humanitarian Aid To Somalia (The Kazak Telegraph Agency)
  • More Airstrikes Less Aid Not Enough To Secure Somalia (The Hill)

January 16, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Denounces Ex-spokesman As Apostate Who Could Be Killed (Reuters)
  • President Farmaajo Set To Arrive In Dhusamareeb To Witness The Amalgamation Of Galmudug And ASWJ Administrations (Hiiraan Online)
  • Two Journalists Sentenced In Berbera For Mayor Defamation (VOA – Somali)
  • Somalia Turkey Ink Trade Deals To Boost Bilateral Ties (Xinhuanet)
  • Somali Wants to Attract Tourists (Deutsche Welle)
  • Why Grassroots Reconciliation Can Speed Up Rebuilding of Kenya’s Neighbour Somalia (The Star Kenya)

January 15, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 10 Somali Government Soldiers Killed In Middle Shabelle Fighting With Al-Shabaab (Radio Dalsan)
  • Gunmen Kill A Civilian Outside A Mosque In Afgoye (Radio Shabelle)
  • HirShabelle Federal MPs Pledge To Assist Security Forces In The State (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Jihadist Killed In Syria (Voice of America)
  • Kenya Says 1 killed As Suspected Al-Shabaab Attack Convoy (News24)
  • Somalia: Al-Shabab Demanding Children (Human Rights Watch)

January 12, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmaajo On His Way To Galkayo In His 6th Day Tour (Goobjoog News)
  • Explosion In A House In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • Indian Government Releases First Batch Of Somali Nationals From Its Jails (Horn Observer)
  • UN Agency Says 110000 Somali Refugees Repatriated In 3 Years (Xinhuanet)
  • Why Grassroot Reconciliation Can Speed Up Rebuilding Of Kenya’s Neighbour Somalia (The Standard)

January 11, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Farmaajo Heads To Bosaso On Day 5 Of Puntland Tour (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somaliland jails 3 Youths Over An Attack On A Japanese Photographer (Goobjoog News)|
  • Former Puntland Leader Appeals For Peace  (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia Launches Digital Counter-Extremism Center (VOA News)
  • Somaliland’s New President Has Work To Do (Daily Maverick)