April 6, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Sanbaloolshe Returns To Intelligence Mogadishu Mayor Axed In Security Shake-up (Goobjoog News)
  • Bodies of Somali Refugees Killed In Yemen Attack Yet To Be Buried As Families Seek Answers (Goobjoog News)
  • Turkey Condemns Bomb Attack In Somali Capital (Shabelle News)
  • Bomb Blast Near KM-4 Junction In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
  • Galmudug Wraps Up Registration Of Candidates Vying For The Region’s Presidency (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali Prime Minister UAE Ambassador Discuss Relief Efforts In Dealing With Severe Drought Crisis (Emirates News Agency)
  • UPDF Soldiers Given Medals In Somalia(Daily Monitor)
  • President Trump Must Rethink Decision To Escalate U.S. Military Involvement In Somalia (Cleveland.com)

April 5, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Car Bomb Rams Cafe In Somalia’s Capital Killing Seven: Officials (Reuters)
  • New Security Minister Tours Parts Of Mogadishu To Assess Security Situation (Jowhar.com)
  • 24 Hours Rains Quench Thirst Of Residents In Some Areas In Harardhere (Goobjoog News)
  • Parliament To Debate A Motion About UAE-Somaliland Military Base Deal (Jowhar.com )
  • Puntland To Enroll New SNA Recruits To Be Trained in Mogadishu (Jowhar.com )
  • Diarrhoea Outbreak Response Hampered By Administrative Dispute In Northern Somalia (Radio Ergo)
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  • Union Hails Uganda For Its Contribution In Stabilizing Somalia (AMISOM)
  • Multi-million Dollar Deal For Somaliland’s Historic Port Sparks Land Rush (Reuters)

April 4, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • SRSG Michael Keating Visits Hargeisa (Jowhar.com)
  • Gunmen Kill Trader In Wardhiigley District (Goobjoog News)
  • Journalist In Somaliland Set To Appear In Court For Supporting Somali President (Goobjoog News)
  • Speaker Jawari Cautions MPs Against Absenteeism (Hiiraan Online)
  • AMISOM And Federal Government Of Somalia To Open Main Supply Routes To Ease Access To Humanitarian Aid (AMISOM)
  • Refugees From Somalia Lose Refugee Status (Norway Today)
  • Testing The Waters: Somaliland Dives Into The International Arena (The Messenger)

April 3, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Puntland VP Decries Inequitable Resource Distribution By Federal Government (Jowhar.com)
  • Puntland Minister Suspended Over Corruption Allegation (Garowe Online)
  • Garissa University Marks 2nd Year Since Deadly Al-Shabaab Attack (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Calls For Economic Investments To Beat Al-Shabaab (The New Arab)
  • Qatar Charity To Aid Famine-hit Somalia (New Arab)
  • WhatsApp Groups Address Food Crisis In Somalia (Borgen Project)

March 31, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Cabinet First Meeting Discusses Drought And Security (Hiiraan Online)
  • Hirshabelle Claims Parts Of Mogadishu As Its Territory  (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland Ministers Held Cabinet Meeting Endorse Deal With Chinese Company (Garowe Online)
  • Suspected Al-Shabaab Hijack A Vehicle In Mandera (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali School Paves Way For Students To Get Into Harvard MIT (CBC Radio)
  • Minorities In Somalia Urge Government To Implement Laws Barring Social Discrimination (AMISOM)
  • Somalia And Kenya Must Grow Their Promising Partnership (Daily Nation)

March 30, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Newly Endorsed Cabinet To Have First Meeting To Discuss Two Key Issues (jowhar.com)
  • Farmajo Tells Arab League Leaders Terrorism Is Somalia’s Biggest Threat  (Hiiraan Online)
  • President Farmaajo Meets With King Of Jordan (Garowe Online)
  • National-level Project To Improve Vocational Skills Launched In Kismayo  (Hiiraan Online)
  • Kenya Says Direct Flights From Somalia To Boost Ties (Xinhua)
  • Somalia’s Drought Threatens Half The Population (UN Dispatch)
  • Somalia’s Stabilisation Is On Course In Spite Of Monumental Challenges (The Eastafrican)

March 29, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Mogadishu-Nairobi Direct Flights Resume (The Eastafrican)
  • Somalia’s Federal Parliament Approves New Cabinet (Garowe Online)
  • A Military Officer Killed In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali PM Visits IDP Camps Outside Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Somalia Holds High-Level Conference On Social Inclusion (AMISOM)
  • Somalia Faces Major Cholera Outbreak (Al Jazeera)
  • Toronto TV Host Finds Resilience In Drought-Stricken Remote Areas Of Somalia (CBC News)

March 28, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s President Farmaajo Jets Off To Jordan For Arab League Summit (Garowe Online)
  • Explosion In Mogadishu Kills Three Suspected Militants (Jowhar.com)
  • President Farmaajo Urges Citizens To Work With Security Forces In The Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Hospital Cares For Malnourished From Drought (VOA)
  • Finland Allocates $20 Million To Famine-hit African Countries (Africa News)
  • For One Somalia-Born UK Citizen Brexit Is a “Point of No Return” (Global Voices)

March 27, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmaajo Asks Parliament To Approve New Cabinet As MPs Fault Line Up (Goobjoog News)
  • ISWA To Have A Prime Minister After Federal Cabinet Is Approved Says President Sharif Hassan (Jowhar.com)
  • Journalist To Face Trial On Three Charges In Somaliland (Goobjoog News)
  • KDF kill 31 Al-Shabaab Terrorists In Badhaadhe Somalia (The Standard)
  • Turkey Distributes Humanitarian Aid In Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
  • New Leader Must Now Drive Somalia’s Rebirth (The Standard)

March 24, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Kenya Somalia Agree To Open Two New Border Posts Relaunch Direct Flights (Bernama)
  • ISWA Parliament Drops Impeachment Motion Against President Sharif Hassan (Hiiraan Online)
  • A Court In Puntland Upholds Sentence Of Seven Al-Shabaab Suspects (VOA Somali)
  • Security Council Adopts Resolution 2346 Authorising Mandate Extension For UNSOM (Emirates News Agency)
  • Costa Rica Detains Somali With Alleged Terrorism Links (Reuters)
  • Eastleigh: What’s In A Name? (The Star)