March 9, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ministers’ Accounts Frozen Following PM Khayre´s Orders (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland Asks EU To Reinforce Efforts Against Illegal Foreign Fishing (Goobjoog News)
  • A Team Of Health Practitioners Jetted Off To El-Barde To Control Severe Diarrhea Outbreak In The Area (VOA Somali)
  • Inside Somalia’s ‘Nightmare’ Hunger Crisis (CNN)
  • Somalia Joins The World In Marking International Women’s Day (AMISOM)
  • New Banknotes For Somalia (BBC)
  • The Somali Constitutional Review Process. Taking Stock. (IDEA)

March 8, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Celebrates Women’s Day (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali President Meets With Army Chiefs To Address Insecurity (Garowe Online)
  • We Need To Know If Direct Elections Will Happen Before 2019: Speaker Jawaari (Jowhar.com)
  • US Travel Ban A Blanket Condemnation Of Somalis: President Farmaajo (Goobjoog News)
  • Aid Agencies Working To Stave Off Catastrophic Famine In Somalia (VOA)
  • Encouraged By Colleagues A Woman Heads Mogadishu Rehab Centre (ICRC)

March 7, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • UN Chief In Somalia On Emergency Visit To Focus On Famine (Associated Press)
  • We will Re-operate No: 50 Airport South West President Said (Jowhar.com)
  • Puntland Gets Trucks With Funds Intended To Help Drought Victims (Garowe Online)
  • Cholera Outbreak Has Claimed 289 Lives 875 Infected In Somalia Since January (Goobjoog News)
  • Trump’s New Travel Order: Sudan Somalia And Libya Remain Banned (Bernama)
  • AMISOM Strengthens Capacity Of Somali Stakeholders In Conflict Negotiation And Mediation (AMISOM)
  • Famine Stalks Somalia Again (Al Jazeera English)

March 6, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Embassy Official Says UAE Ambassador Has Not Been Recalled (Hiiraan Online)
  • President Gaas Speaks On Alleged Reshuffling Of His Administration (Hiiraan Online)
  • Galmudug Police Force Down Their Tools Over Unpaid Salaries (Dhacdo.com)
  • Puntland Seizes Illegal Fishing Vessel (Goobjoog News)
  • Drought Threatens To Drive Famine In Somalia As Hunger Kills More Than 100 (NPR News)
  • Special Forces May Soon Join The War Against Al-Shabaab (Daily Nation)

March 3, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Three Teachers At Dadaab Refugee Camp Kidnapped By Suspected Al-Shabaab Men (Goobjoog News)
  • Vehicle Full Of Explosive Intercepted In Galkayo (Baidoa News)
  • Government Forces Conduct Security Operations In Baidoa (Goobjoog News)
  • US Steps Up In Somalia As Al-Shabaab Proves A Stubborn Foe (The Washington Post)
  • Protesters Reject Creation Of UAE Military Base In Somaliland (Middle East Monitor)
  • Geopolitical Time Bomb: Chaos In Somaliland Could Trigger Regional Conflict (Oilprice.com)

March 2, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • African Union Warned It Faces Donor Fatigue As Mission Reviews Budget (Xinhua)
  • Former President’s Close Allies May Feature In New Cabinet List (Jowhar.com)
  • MPs Call On The New PM To Form An Effective Cabinet (Shabelle News)
  • AMISOM Public Information Officers Urged To Embrace Modern Technology To Counter Al-Shabaab propaganda (AMISOM)
  • Fighting To Survive Famine In Somalia (Al Jazeera)
  • The Fate Of Fragile Somalia Is Now In The Hands Of A Remarkably Young Diverse Parliament (Quartz)

March 1, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Hassan Ali Khaire Confirmed As Prime Minister By Parliament Vows To Tackle Corruption (Hiiraan Online)
  • Galmudug Sets Date For The Presidential Election (Goobjoog News)
  • Top Army Officer Escapes An ‘Assassination Attempt’ (Shabelle News)
  • Former Lawmaker Wants Ministers Not Picked From Among MPs (Goobjoog News)
  • Unidentified Warplanes Have Bombed An Al-Shabaab Convoy In Gedo Region Of Southern Somalia (Strategic Intelligence News)
  • What Somalia Can Teach Kenya On Elections And Power Transitions (Africa Blogging)

February 28, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Drought Response High Level Meeting Opens In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland MPs Preparing A Vote Of No Confidence Against Puntland President (Radio Mustaqbal)
  • Mudug Regional Court Chief Injured In Galkayo City (Garowe Online)
  • Galmudug Plans To Hold Presidential Election Soon (Goobjoog News)
  • Top AMISOM Officials Meet To Review Budget And Future Plans (AMISOM)
  • US To Boost Somali Military Operation Against Al-Shabaab (The Star Kenya)
  • Why You Should Invest In Somalia (Rising Powers)

February 27, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Massive Fire Broke Out At Bakara Market In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • HirShabelle President Calls For An End To Clan Fighting (Shabelle News)
  • DP World Layoffs Hundreds From Port In Somaliland (All East Africa)
  • UN Relief Chief Visits ‘Hot Spots’ Across Yemen Somalia And Kenya (Xinhua)
  • Traders Stop Miraa Export To Mogadishu Over Tax Dispute (Daily Nation
  • Somali President Seeks Saudi Intervention Over UAE Naval Base Pact With Somaliland (Goobjoog News)

February 24, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • King Salman Welcomes Somali President (Arab News)
  • Local Administration In Gedo Region Vows To Eliminate Al-Shabaab From The Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Mogadishu Residents Welcome New PM (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Suspected Al-Shabaab Members Kidnap Two Aid Workers In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • IEBC Ex-chair Issack Hassan Now Lead Elections Consultant In Somalia (The Star Kenya)
  • What’s Next For Somalia (The Brookings Institution)