January 11, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Parliament Set To Pick Its Speaker (Garowe Online)
  • An Elder Says “No-confidence Vote” Could Further Destabilize Galmudug (Goobjoog News)
  • International Community Representatives To Witness Parliamentary Speaker Elections (Jowhar.com)
  • Al Franken Lays Into Trump For Attacking Minnesota’s Somali-American Community (Thinkprogress.org)
  • Amid Dwindling Donor Support One Million Displaced Somali Refugees Grow Hopeless UN Agency Warns (UN News Centre)
  • From Refugee To Immigration Minister: Ahmed Hussen Appointed Cabinet Role (The Globe and Mail)

January 10, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Galmudug Parliament Votes To Sack President Abdikarim Guled (Kismaayo24)
  • Al-Shabaab Commander Surrenders In Southern Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Ahlu Sunna Announces They Will Form Own Parliament (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somali Police In Baidoa Demolish Business Centres Along The Busy Roads (Goobjoog News)
  • Africans Citizens Stranded As Somalia Issues Tough Immigration Measures (Radio Dalsan)
  • Qatari Emir Receives Message From Somali President (Emirates News Agency)
  • An Interview With Shiekh Noor A. Qassim (Wardheer News)

January 9, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Candidates of Second Deputy Speaker of Lower House To Conclude Their Campaign Speech Today (Goobjoog News)
  • Galmudug President Responds To No-confidence Motion Against Him (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali Government Pledges To Properly Regulate Private Security Forces In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Africa And Asia To Receive Emergency EU Humanitarian Assistance (Reliefweb)
  • Traditional Musician Stirs Hope Among Residents Of Mogadishu (CCTV)
  • Rising Somalia Moots Plan To Recognize Top Businesses (Mediamax Network)

January 6, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Security Operation In Jalalaqsi Nets Several Al-Shabaab Suspects (Goobjoog News)
  • Michael Keating Holds Talks With Ugaas Hassan Ugaas Khalif (Garowe Online)
  • Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid And Former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed Meet In Nairobi (Jowhar.com)
  • Police Escort Travellers Going to Mandera As Security Measure (Daily Nation)
  • A Seat At The Table: The Fight For Gender Parity In Kenya And Somalia (World Policy Journal)

January 5, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • UN Envoy Reaches Beledweyne Town (Garowe Online)
  • Presidential Candidate Sheikh Sharif Receives Warm Welcome In Kismayo (Jowhar.com)
  • Outgoing Somali Prime Minister meets Somaliland MPs in Mogadishu (Puntlandi.com)
  • US ‘Gravely Concerned’ By Reports Of Intimidation In Somali Elections (Sputnik)
  • Baidoa Residents To Benefit From A Well Rehabilitated By AMISOM Troops (AMISOM)
  • Somali Camps: Places Of Desperation (Business Live)

January 4, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Security Beefed Up In Mogadishu Two Days After Deadly Al-Shabaab Terror Attack (Jowhar.com)
  • Four Killed In Clash Between Al-Shabaab And Gov’t Forces In Jowhar (Goobjoog News)
  • Bodies Of Two Caucasian People Washed Ashore In Marka Town (Jowhar.com)
  • Al-Shabaab Suspects Nabbed In Somali Capital Over Soldier’s Death (Xinhua)
  • ‘The Ruined City Of Mogadishu Had A Hellish Feeling’: Helping Somalia’s Sick (The Guardian)

January 3, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Sets 11th January For The Election Of Lower House Speaker (Goobjoog News)
  • An Event In Support Of President Hassan Sheikh’s Re-election Bid Held In Mogadishu (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali Domestic Workers To Arrive In Saudi Arabia (Xamarcade.com)
  • Uganda Chief Of Defence Forces Urges Speedy Security Sector Reforms In Somalia (AMISOM)
  • Mogadishu Bombings Hot On The Heels Of Terror Attack In Istanbul (ATC News)
  • Somali Refugee In Milwaukee Self-publishes Book On Life Ordeal (USA Today

January 2, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Suicide Car Bomber Outside Mogadishu Airport Kills 3: Police (Associated Press)
  • Jubbaland Vows To Fight Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Prime Minister Tours Newly Built Senate House Building In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Group Publicly Executes An official In Southern Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • US Supports Ugandan Troops In Somalia (New Vision Uganda)
  • Arkansa National Guard Soldiers Depart For Somalia Horn of Africa (Thv11.com)
  • How The US War On Piracy Brought One Somali To A West Virginia Prison (The Guardian UK)

December 30, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Parliament To Select Parliament Leadership Election Committee (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland President Heads To Bosasso Amid Lax Security (Garowe Online)
  • Calm Returns To Afgooye Following Yesterday’s Heavy Fighting (Hiiraan Online)
  • UNHCR Says Over 38000 Somali Refugees Repatriated From Kenya (china.org.cn)
  • Somalia Inaugurate First Ever Regional Football League (Soka25east.com)
  • A Year Of Opportunity And Vulnerability For Somalia (Africa Up Close)

December 29, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • National Leadership Forum Ask Amendments To Article 72 Of The Constitution (Goobjoog News)
  • Gunmen Shot Dead An Elder Involved In Election (Garowe Online)
  • Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) Has Announced Holding Election For Nullified Seats (Dhacdo.com )
  • UN Chief Welcomes Inauguration Of Somali Parliament (china.org)
  • Suspects  In Secret Contact With Terrorists Says State (Daily Nation)