May 19, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Over 30000 Somalis Return From Conflict-hit Yemen: UNHCR (Xinhua)
  • Hiddig: There are no dissident MPs (VOA Somali)
  • President Silanyo Says Removal of Somalia’s Arms Embargo Can Create Problems (Goobjoog News)
  • Crown Prince Orders Delivery Of Ramadan Food Baskets To Somalis (Asharq Al-Awsat)
  • From Somalia To America And Finding A Home In Minnesota (Keyc News)

May 17, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Two Somali Soldiers Die Trying To Defuse Car Bomb  (Reuters)
  • Delegates Flee Mogadishu After Militant Killings Increase (Dhacdo.com)
  • Bay Region Administration Plans To Open Roads Blocked By Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
  • Cholera Outbreak Compounds Hunger Crisis In Southern Somalia (VOA News)
  • Bomb Blast Injures 7 In Southwestern Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
  • Somalia Needs More Action Less Lip Service (Institute For Security Studies)

May 16, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Francisco Madeira:  AMISOM Has Not Failed (VOA Somali Service)
  • Al-Shabab Kill Chief Abduct Two Reservists in Mandera (Shabelle News)
  • New Deputy Director Appointed For Villa Somalia (Jowhar.com)
  • Prime Minister Khayre Meets Norwegian Foreign Minister In Doha (Jowhar.com)
  • Art for Peace in Somalia: Young people Use Street Art to Promote Peace in Mogadishu (Bartamaha)
  • Somali Authorities Probe Suspected Bombers (The East African)
  • Somalia Gets $1.3b For Economy and Security (The East African)
  • How American Special Operators Gradually Returned To Somalia (The Atlantic)

May 15, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • A Forum Of 88 Members Of Parliament Announced In Nairobi (Jowhar.com)
  • Government Workers Given A Day Off To Celebrate 15 May (Hiiraan Online)
  • Minister of Information Opens Editorial Guidelines Training to Somali Journalists (Jowhar.com)
  • Puntland Vice President suspends Director of Immigration Department (Garowe News)
  • 17 Dead From Hunger Near Mogadishu Amid Drought (Shabelle News)
  • Three Tales Of Mogadishu: Violence A Booming Economy … And Now Famine (The Guardian)
  • A Journey To Somaliland: Africa’s Self-made Country (Rudaw)
  • A Crucial Lifeline is Restoring Dignity For Drought-affected Families in Somalia (ICRA.org)
  • After Conference There Is Ray Of Hope For Somalia (The Standard)

May 11, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • World Leaders Urged to Cancel Somalia’s $5.3bn Debt Amid Threat of Imminent Famine (International Business Times)
  • First Phase Of London Conference Kicks Off Today (Garowe Online)
  • Qatar – Somalia Talks (Hiiraan Online)
  • Egypt’s Army Sends Food and Medical Aid to Somalia in Drought Relief (Ahram News Agency)
  • British UN Leaders To Address Somalia Humanitarian Crisis  (Associated Press)
  • An Enterprising And Humanitarian Policy For Somalia (Daily Sabah)

May 12, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • The Pentagon Would Consider Sending More US Troops To Somalia (Military Times)
  • A Prominent Elder Killed in Mogadishu (Garoweonline)
  • Judicial Service Council Fires Officials For Corruption (Shabellenews)
  • Government Asked to Bring Former NISA Chief Before Court (Shabellenews)
  • Last Minute Effort to Avert Famine: An International Conference on Somalia in London (Africanews Room)
  • Turkey Pledges More Support For Somalia At London Summit (Daily Sabah)
  • Did Somalia Lose A Future President? (Al-Ahram)

May 10, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Arrives In London For Somalia Conference (Shabelle News)
  • Federal Indirect Electoral Team Sued Over Bribery Charges (Somali Update)
  • Federal Member States Agree To Share Fishing Revenues (Garowe)
  • President Uhuru Kenyatta Heads To London For Forum On Somalia (Daily Nation)
  • The Plight Of The Somalis (PressTV)
  • Somaliland Students Rely On Food Aid (Al Jazeera English)
  • The U.S. Made A Critical Mistake During Somalia’s Last Famine. Will We Repeat It? (Washington Post)

May 9, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmaajo Departs For Britain Ahead Of May 11 London Conference (Goobjoog News)
  • Prime Minister Closes Media Stakeholder Meeting In Mogadishu (Radio Mustaqbal)
  • President Warns Against Illegal Checkpoints (Goobjoog News)
  • EU Naval Force Hosts Somalia Prime Minister Aboard Counter-piracy Operations Ship (AMISOM)
  • Four Arrested As they Tried To Travel To Lybia To Join ISIS(Daily Nation)
  • Abu Dhabi Cooperative Society Donates AED650000 To ERC’s Aid Campaign In Somalia(Emirates News Agency)
  • Securing Progress In Somalia( The Interpreter)

May 8, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmajo Reaches Afgoye District (Shabelle News)
  • In Controversial Move Puntland President Plans to Expand the State Parliament Seats (Garowe Online)
  • NISA Officer Hurt in Car Bomb Explosion(Shabelle News)
  • Preliminary Delegation Of The Federal Government Arrives In London(Jowhar.com)
  • Pentagon Names U.S. Navy Seal Killed In Somalia Since 1993 (Newsweek)
  • Thousands Seek Aid Amid Somaliland Drought(Al Jazeera English)
  • Quarter Century After Black Hawk Down U.S. Boosts Somalia Role (Bloomberg)

May 5, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Auditor General Nur Farah Dismisses Sack By Cabinet Says Only Parliament Can Fire Him (Goobjoog News)
  • Ethiopia And Somalia’s Assigned A Committee Over Shabelle River Disputes (Radio Dalsan)
  • Authorities Plans To Drive Out Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
  • Tankers: IMB Piracy Report Marks First Somali Hijackings After 5 Years (S&P Global Platts)
  • Sheer Resilience Enabling Drought Victims Cope With Life In Somalia (AMISOM)
  • EU Force Maintains Pirate Watch Off Somalia (VOA)