April 20, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • State Forces To Be Integrated Into National Army And Police In 3 Months (Goobjoog News)
  • Speaker Calls The PM To Appear Before Parliament On The UAE Base (Jowhar.com)
  • Ten People Die Of Diarrhea In Gadoow In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Abu Dhabi Fund To Contribute $89m To Somalia Growth (Arabian Business )
  • Global Charity Says Malnutrition “Very Critical” In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Why Should Somalia’s Children Starve To Pay For A Debt Crisis They Didn’t Create? (The Guardian)

April 19, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • IED Explosion Targets Govt Convoy Near Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Gunmen Kill An Elder Injure Three Others (SONNA)
  • Hiiraan Governor Criticises National Drought Committee (Hiiraan Online)
  • Rain Gives Hope To Herders And Farmers in Parched Villages in Southern Somalia’s Bay Region (Radio Ergo)
  • Qatar Charity Launches Several Relief Projects In Somalia (The Peninsula)
  • Drought Affects Water Quality In Somalia(The Borgen Project)
  • Why Somalia Is Getting More Foreign Aid Than South Sudan (Daily Nation)

April 18, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • PM Names Ministerial Committee To Oversee Galmudug And ASWJ Talks (Jowhar.com)
  • Car Accident Near Bandiiradlay Town Injures Two (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Denies Reports Of Islamic State Capture Of Areas In Qandala (Hiiraan Online)
  • FGS Forces Conduct Security Operation In Leego (Goobjoog News)
  • Russia Calls On Loosening Of Arms Embargo On Somalia (Intelligence Brief )
  • Somalia Famine Fears “Threaten Years Of Progress” (South African Broadcasting  Corporation)
  • Somaliland’s Port Deal Sparks Land Rush (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
  • Terror Fight Near Key Africa Strait Seen Stymied By Pay Feud (Bloomberg)

April 17, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Tension Runs High In Qoryoley District (Shabelle News)
  • Lawmaker Claims Was Locked Out In House Committee Elections (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland President Criticises Turkish Aid Model In Somalia (Jowhar.com)
  • PM Hassan Kheyre Promises Government Will Invest In Agricultural Sector(Goobjoog News)
  • US Strikes ‘Kill More Than 100 Shabaab Terrorists’ In Somalia (Daily Nation)
  • Awqaf Donates Dh1m To Somalia Aid Campaign (The National UAE)
  • In Women’s Basketball Woodbury Coach Sees Hope For Somalia (The News & Observer)

April 14, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Dozens More US Troops Deployed to Somalia (VOA)
  • UN Estimates 337 People Killed And Injured In Somalia Since 2017 (Hiiraan Online)
  • Leaders Of Federal Government Regional Administrations To Meet In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
  • UN Estimates 337 People Killed And Injured In Somalia Since 2017 (Hiiraan Online)
  • Prominent Elder Killed In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Indian Seamen Travel Home After Somalia Piracy Ordeal (The Eastafrican)
  • Somali Drought Heightens Risk To Mothers During Pregnancy And Childbirth (Africa Newsroom)
  • Ports Politics And The Humbug of Farmajo’s Government (Wardheer News)

April 13, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmaajo Re-affirms Fight Against Graft Pledges Jobs For Youths (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali President Vows To Restore Mogadishu Security (Shabelle News)
  • Arrested Pirates To Be Arraigned In Court In Galmudug (dhacdo.com)
  • President Silanyo’s Advisor On Elections And Party Development Resigns  (Hiiraan Online)
  • President Farmaajo Vows To Defeat Al-Shabaab And Secure Somalia (AMISOM)
  • Captain Of Boat Seized By Somali Pirates Says Crew Held For 9 Days (VOA)
  • Three Conditions For Stable And Functioning Government In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)

April 12, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Government Forces Capture Several Militants In Lower Shabelle (Garowe Online)
  • Somaliland Arrests Members Of A Newly Formed Religious Group In Hargeisa (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somali Armed Forces Day Being Marked In Mogadishu (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali Pirate Leader Missing After Attempted Hijack(VOA News)
  • 9 Sailors Of Indian Ship Kidnapped By Somali Pirates Rescued (NDTV)
  • Remembering Somalia: Guns Poverty And Hospitality (Middle East Monitor)

April 11, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Security Minister Warns Police Officer Against Soliciting Bribes (Goobjoog News)
  • Galmudug And ASWJ To Hold Talks In Mogadishu (Markacadeey.com)
  • Southwest President Orders His Forces To Reopen Al-Shabaab Controlled Roads For Aid Access (Goobjoog News)
  • Inside Somaliland Where Drought Threatens Starvation (CTV News)
  • Somali Entrepreneurs Launch First Taxi Hailing App In Somalia (Biztech Africa)
  • Three Reasons For Optimism In Somalia (The Conversation)

April 10, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Military Academy Attacked 5 Dead (SBS News/Associated Press)
  • President Farmaajo Off To UAE As Pressure Builds Over Naval Base And Ports Deals (Goobjoog News)
  • Car Bomb Kills Government Worker In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • NISA UAE-Trained Forces Clash In Mogadishu (jowhar.com)
  • 13 People Killed In Clan Clashes In Sool Region (Goobjoog News)
  • China Navy Says It Foiled Pirate Attack On Ship Off Somalia (The Globe & Mail)
  • What Donald Trump Order On Somalia Means (Daily Nation)

April 7, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • New Mogadishu Air And Seaport Managers NISA Deputy Named (Jowhar.com)
  • Vegetable Prices Shoot Up In Mogadishu As Drought Ravages The Country (Goobjoog News)
  • Operations Against Al-Shabaab Underway In Lower Shabelle A Day After A Deadly Landmine Explosion(Hiiraan Online)
  • Al-Shabaab Commander Surrenders In Middle Shabelle Hours After President Farmajo’s Amnesty For Militants (Kismaayo24)
  • Displaced Pastoralists In Somalia Flee Drought (VOA)
  • Somali Journalist Kidnapped And Tortured Impunity Continues (Reporters Without Borders)
  • UN And EU Urge Vigilance As Somali Pirates Return (EuroAsia Review)