May 4, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Seasonal Rains Bring Hope And Disease To Drought-Ravaged Somalia (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
  • ASWJ Distances Itself  From Elections In Galmudug (Jowhar.com)
  • President Farmaajo Orders Probe Into Killing Of Minister Cuts Short Ethiopia Visit (Goobjoog News)
  • US Appears To Be Ramping Up Efforts To Strike Terror Group Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Fox News World)
  • Somalia Pledges To Enhance Safety Of Journalists (China.org)
  • Digital Delivery Using Technology To Reach Those In Need In Somalia (WFP-Africa Exposure)

May 3, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Two Soldiers Suspected To Be Linked To Al-Shabaab Detained In Villa Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Veteran Lawmaker Ahmed Xaaf Wins Galmudug Presidential Seat (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali President To Pay His 6th Visit To Ethiopia (Shabelle News)
  • How The Real-time Tracking Of Market Prices In Somalia Helps Us Respond To Drought (The World Bank)
  • Journalists In Somalia Appeal For Protection Against Violent Crimes (UNSOM)
  • Picking Up The Cold War Pieces: Somalia Ethiopia Sudan (Euro Asia Review)

May 2, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Acute Malnutrition Surges In Somalia Children -UNICEF(Reuters)
  • Prosecutor General Accuses PM Of Violating Law In Management Of Public Finance (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Engages Government Forces In A Fierce Battle (Jowhar.com)
  • President Farmaajo Defend His Foreign Trips (Dhacdo.com)
  • Lamu Al-Shabaab Recruits Suspected To Be Spies Murdered In Somalia (The Star Kenya)
  • Dutch Police Arrest Suspected Member Of Al-Shabaab Network (Associated Press)
  • People Are Looking Death In The Face While We Turn The Other Cheek (Huffington Post)

May 1, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • German Foreign Affairs Minister Lands In Mogadishu(Dhacdo.com)
  • Somalia To Commemorate Labour Day (Goobjoog News)
  • As Ramadan Approaches PM Says Mogadishu Security First Priority Of Government(Somali Update)
  • Former Information Ministry Director Denies Allegations(Radio Mustaqbal)
  • Indonesian Navy Foils Attempt To Smuggle Eight Somali Refugees(The Star Online)
  • UAE Doctors Offer 2000 Volunteer Hours To Serve Somali Poor (Emirates News Agency)
  • The “Good Pirates” Of Somalia (Salon)

April 28, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Children Face Increased Violence And Exploitation As Famine Looms In Drought-Stricken Somalia (Save the Children)
  • Ministry of Interior Calls On Galmudug And ASWJ To Resolve Their Differences (Jowhar.com)
  • Elder Assassinated In North Of Galkayo (Dhacdo.com)
  • Government Forces Kill Driver Of Suspicious vehicle (Radio Mustaqbal)
  • Somalia: $100 Cash Grants Will Help 55000 Families Overcome Drought (African Press Organisation)
  • Slow Food In Somalia: An Expanding Network Of Gardens (Slow Foods)
  • In Somalia New Law Could Finally Give Rape Survivors A Voice (News Deeply)

April 27, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Kills Senior National Security officer – Police (Reuters)
  • Somalia -Turkey Sign Bilateral Agreements(Dhacdo.com)
  • Galmudug Assembly Vows To Go On With Elections (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali Pirate Gets Life In Prison For Attack On US Naval Ship(VOA)
  • Somalia Envoy Urges Protection Of Businessmen In S. Sudan(Sudan Tribune)
  • ‘I Don’t Have A Place In My Heart For Somalia Right Now’(The Daily Wildcat)

April 26, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Officials: Mogadishu Flights Safe from Laptop Attacks (VOA)
  • Five Suspected Al-Shabaab Members Arrested In Bosaso Explosives Seized (Goobjoog News)
  • Demonstrations Against Federal Government Due To Take Place In Hirshabelle State(Jowhar.com)
  • More Than 200 Police Recruits Graduate In Jubbaland State(AMISOM)
  • UNSOM Hosts Workshop On Somalia’s New Policing Model(UNSOM)
  • Anti-terrorism Laws Have ‘Chilling Effect’ On Vital Aid Deliveries To Somalia (The Guardian UK)

April 25, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Five Die Of Hunger As Drought Bites In Hiiraan (Goobjoog News)
  • Galmudug And ASWJ Talks In Mogadishu Stall (Jowhar.com)
  • Airstrikes Hits Gedo Town(Hiiraan Online)
  • UNICEF And Partners Conduct Lifesaving Vaccination Campaign (Relief Web)
  • US Offers Training As Somalia Fights For Security(VOA)
  • Curbing Resurgence Of Somali Piracy(Daily Nation)

April 24, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Military Court Executes 4 Al-Shabaab Members In Baidoa (Goobjoog News)
  • Mayor Thabit Surprise Meet The People Visit Of “Insecure” Huriwaaa District (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland Forces Starts Security Operation In Galgala (Radio Mustaqbal)
  • Pentagon Warns Ships As Pirates Again Prowl Waters Off Somalia (The New York Times)
  • Somalia Drought Fuelling Piracy – US Africa Command Head (BBC)
  • Target Somalia: The New Scramble For Africa? (BBC)

April 21, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Huge Fire Breaks Out In Mogadishu’s Bakara Market (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Appreciates The UAE For Rescuing  To The Drought Victims  In The Country (Radio Mustaqbal)
  • Turkey Donates Millions Of Dollars To Somalia For Budgetary Support (Jowhar.com)
  • HirShabelle Welcomes Khat Traders (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somali Villagers Fear Dying Of Thirst As Cas To Buy Water Runs Out In Mudug (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Somalia’s First Ever Cheese-Maker(BBC)
  • Drought Casts The Shadow Of Death (The Times UK)