June 15, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Soldiers End Deadly Restaurant Siege By Extremists In Somalia (Associated Press)
  • Road Linking Barawa Town To Ethiopia To Be Built (Goobjoog News)
  • Row Emerges Between IS-Affiliated Group In Somalia (Jowhar.com)
  • Clashes Between Al-Shabaab And Somali Government Forces Erupt In The Outskirts Of Bal’ad(Jowhar.com)
  • Somali Survivors Tell Of Restaurant Siege By Rebels (Associated Press)
  • How Are Young People Involved in Government-Led Development In Somalia?(World Bank)

June 14, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • 50 Al-Shabaab Militants Defected To Somali Government Since President Farmaajo’s Amnesty Offer (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali And Ethiopian Prime Ministers Discuss Their Bilateral  Ties In Ethiopia (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Militants Raid SNA Base Near Beledweyne (Shabelle News)
  • MPs And Cabinet Members Instructed To Register Security Guards In Two Weeks (Dhacdo.com)
  • Somali Expelled From Quran Competition In UAE (Anadolu Agency)
  • Record Hunger In Horn of Africa Pushes Development Banks To Step In (VOA News)
  • Al-Shabaab And The Battle For Somalia (Center For Security Policy)

June 13, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabaab Fighters Surrender Themselves To Hiran Administration (Goobjoog News )
  • Mogadishu City Beats Mombasa Sharks 83-62 In Its First Africa City Challenge Game (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland Galmudug Minister Meet In Galkayo (Dhacdo.com)
  • Halt The Fight Pleads New Commissioner Of Hiran  (Goobjoog News )
  • After India Somalia Sign Treaty ‘Pirates’ Can Hope To Go Home (The Indian Express)
  • Malnutrition Disease And Food Insecurity – A Perfect Recipe For Disaster For Somalia’s Children (Daily Maverick)

June 12, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Special Forces Destroy Al-Shabaab Base (China.org.cn)
  • Sweeping Security Operations In Progress In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Saudi Foreign Minister Set To Arrive In Mogadishu Today (Jowhar.com)
  • India: Somali Parents Wants Their Children Released (Goobjoog News)
  • Senior Diplomat: Somalia Will Not Sever Ties With Qatar (Anadolu Agency)
  • Kenya Foils Terror Attack Planned By Somali Militants (Reuters)
  • My Blueprint For A Modernised Financial System In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
June 12, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

June 9, 2017 – Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s President Vows Revenge On Al-Shabaab After Deadly Attack (Reuters)
  • Puntland Speaks Out On Dawn Attack At Af-Urur Military Camp (Garowe Online)
  • Third Electoral Delegate Gunned Down In Mogadishu In Three Days (Dhacdo.com)
  • Steps To Remove Roadblocks Coming Soon Says President Sharif (Goobjoog News)
  • UNHCR Repatriates 66807 Somali Refugees From Kenya (Xinhua Net)
  • Somalia: A Generation At Risk (International Rescue Committee)
  • Treat Returning Kenyan Al-Shabaab Fighters As Assets (Daily Nation)

June 8, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabaab Fighters Attack Puntland Military Base In Af Urur Near Bosaso (VOA Somali)
  • Mayor Of Mogadishu Chairs First Banadir Security Board Meetings (Jowhar.com)
  • The Youth Are The Backbone Of The Nation Says PM Kheyre (Goobjoog News)
  • Delegate Shot Dead In Mogadishu’s Bakara Market (Dhacdo.com)
  • Al-Shabaab Fighters Storm Military Base In Somalia (BBC News)
  • Strengthened Efforts To Serve The Somali Girl Child (UNFPA Somalia)

June 7, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • ISIS Fighter Surrender To Puntland Authorities (Garowe Online)
  • Federal Government Departments To Be Opened In Kismayo Says President Farmaajo (Kismaayo News)
  • PM Khayre Intervenes In Dispute Between Mogadishu Port Management And Businessmen (Jowhar.com)
  • AMISOM Concludes Security Training For Somali Police Officers (AMISOM)
  • Police Arrest Five En-route To Somalia To Join Al-Shabaab (Daily Nation)
  • The Making Of A Climate Outlaw (Foreign Policy)

June 6, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmajo Set To Visit Kismayo Today (Jowhar.com)
  • One Person Killed In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Large Delegation Of Ministers Scheduled To Travel To Saudi Arabia For Bilateral Talks (Jowhar.com)
  • Federal Government To Take Over Seaport And Airport Of Kismayo (Jowhar.com)
  • President Farmajo’s 100 Days In Office Amid Al Shabaab Continued Terror Attacks (Bernama.com)
  • Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water (Forbes Africa)

June 5, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Minister Defends Stabilization Operation Cites Killings In The Capital (Dhacdo.com )
  • District Official Attacked At His Residence In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
  • Government Forces And AMISOM Prepare Offensive Against Al-Shabaab In Lower Shabelle (Jowhar.com )
  • Hirshabelle Leaders Appeal To Puntland State (Goobjoog News)
  • Turkish Humanitarian Aid Ship Leaves For Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
  • Rising Deportations To Somalia Raise Concerns In Minnesota  (Star Tribune)

June 2, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Hundreds Arrested In Large Mogadishu Security Sweep (Shabelle Media)
  • Somaliland: Journalist Detained for Asking Minister a Question at Press Conference (Somali Update)
  • Clashes Between Jubbaland Forces And Al-Shabaab Reported In Areas Near Kismayo (Hiiraan Online)
  • FAO Reaches Milestone In Massive Famine-Prevention Campaign In Somalia (FAO)
  • Somalia AU Seek To Prevent Recruitment Of Child Soldiers (Xinhua)
  • Hijab-Wearing Model Halima Aden Covers Vogue Arabia (Yahoo News)