June 1, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabaab Commander Defects To Somali Forces (VOA News)
  • Gunmen Kill A Traditional Elder In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • Puntland Sends Stern Warning To Homes And Vehicle Owners (Goobjoog News)
  • The Country’s Revenue Sources Increased Says Minister of Finance (Jowhar.com)
  • Not Enough Funds To Fight Persisting Hunger In Somalia: WFP (South African Broadcasting Corporation)
  • Spreadsheet-Armed US Soldiers Bring Lessons To Somalia (Stars and Stripes)
  • Peter Power: Famine in Somalia – Are We Letting It Happen… Again? (The Irish Independent)

May 31, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Militia Leader Arrested In A Disarmament Operation In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
  • IDPs in Beledweyne Town Clamours For Help (Goobjoog News)
  • Cadaado Trip Reverberate Nationalism Sentiments Said Ahmed Madobe  (Goobjoog News)
  • Head Of The UN Environment Visits Somalia To Assess Impact Of Drought On The Environment (UNSOM)
  • World Bank Approves US$50 Million In Support Of Emergency Drought Response And Recovery (World Bank)
  • This Country Has Been Amazing For Us’: From Refugee Camp To Cornell To A Rhodes Scholarship (Washington Post)

May 30, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Galmudug and Puntland Leaders Agree To Jointly Work On Security Of The Region (Goobjoog News)
  • National Reconciliation Conference To Be Held In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • Jubbaland President Calls On Galmudug State To Reach Lasting Deal With Ahlu Sunna  (Goobjoog News)
  • Focus On Famine: Muslim Canadians Use Ramadan To Send Help To Victims (Toronto Metro)
  • Here Is How The Somali Diaspora Are Using Photography To Challenge Perceptions (Buzzfeed)

May 29, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmajo To Attend The Inauguration Ceremony Of Galmudug President (Jowhar.com)
  • Galmudug Forces Tighten The Security Ahead Of State President’s Inauguration (Goobjoog News)
  • Former Deputy Speaker Dies In Mogadishu (Jowhar.com)
  • Drought Displacement Impacting Somali Children (VOA)
  • Case of Iranian Fishermen Imprisoned by Somali Pirates Being Worked On (Islamic Republic News Agency)
  • Islamist Militants Bury a Man Neck-deep and Stone Him To Death For ‘Cheating On His Two Wives’ in Somali (The Daily Mail)
  • Al-Shabaab Remains A Threat As Attacks Increase (The East African)

May 26, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • High ‘Ranking’ Al-Shabaab Explosives Expert Among Terror Suspects Arrested (Capital FM)
  • Three Women Brutally Killed in Separate Incidents (Somali Update)
  • Al-Shabaab’s Increased Attacks In Mogadishu Is An Attempt To Disrupt Security Operations Minister Says (Hiiraan Online)
  • Africa Day Is Marked In Somalia With A Call For Increased Investment In The Country’s Youth (AMISOM)
  • Somali Fishermen Complain About Illegal Vessels (Al-Jazeera)
  • Aid Agencies Reach Somalia IDP’s With Cash Relief Programs (VOA news)
  • A Game Changer – The Prospects And Pitfalls of Mobile Money In Somalia (Blog/World Bank)

May 25, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Two Killed in a Renewed Inter-Clan Battle in Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • President Farmajo held meeting with Emir of Qatar in Doha (Garowe Online)
  • Al-Shabab Claims Somalia Kenya Attacks (VOA News)
  • Kenyan Police Nab 2 Suspects Over Attacks (Xinhua)
  • The Women Saving Somalia’s Animals From Drought (BBC)
  • U.A.E. May Fly Warplanes From Somalia As Africa Reach Grows (Bloomberg)

May 24, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Prime Minister to Visit Troops At Balli Doogle Airbase (Shabelle News)
  • Prime Minister Khayre: “We Will Not Accept Armored Vehicles In Mogadishu Streets” (Jowhar.com)
  • Banadir Regional Administration Appoints 15 District Commissioners (Jowhar.com)
  • AMISOM Supplies Water For Mogadishu Community (The Citizen)
  • Three Kenyan Police Killed In Landmine Attack Claimed By Al-Shabaab (Reuters)
  • Horn Of Africa: Ports In Puntland & Somaliland To Compete (African Business News)

May 23, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Condemns Manchester Terror Attack Says Ready To Stand By UK (Somali Update)
  • Fighting Between SNA And Al-Shabaab Kills At Least Two (Goobjoog News)
  • Measles Outbreak Kills 20 Children In Lower Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
  • UNICEF Seeks 148 Million USD To Help Somali Women and Children (Xinhua)
  • Suqia Provides Drinking Water to Over 90000 in Somalia (Emirates News Agency)
  • Improved Security Helps Aid Access in Southwest Somalia (VOA News)
  • Footprints: Turning away from home (Dawn)

May 22, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmaajo Briefly Meets Trump in Riyadh Appeals Backing (Somali Update)
  • Newly Formed  Political Opposition Coalition is Destructive Says Jubbaland (Hiiraan Online)
  • Prime Minister Concludes First Phase of Evaluating Cabinet Ministers (Jowhar.com)
  • IDPs Now Outnumber Refugees Globally But Attract Little Attention (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Reviews Anti-graft Law (Xinhua)
  • Worsening Somalia’s Drought: Blowback From US Policy (CounterPunch)

May 18, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Mogadishu Airport Loses More Than Half Million USD Each Month Due To Corruption Minister Says (Somali Update)
  • Somali Military Court Executes A Man Involved In Mogadishu Market Explosion (Radio Dalsan)
  • Security Forces Dismantle 26 Illegal Roadblocks In Lower And Middle Shabelle (Dhacdo.com
  • Somali Authorities Investigate Explosion That Killed Three Policemen (CGTN)
  • Somalis Needing Food Aid Increase To 6.7 Mln: UN (Xinhua)
  • Indian Navy Thwarts Pirate Attack Off Somalia (Maritime Executive)
  • The Rising Cost of Living in Somaliland: A Threat to Peace and Social Stability (Hiiraan Online)