December 28, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Jubbaland Security Forces Set To Launch Major Offensive On Al-Shabaab In The Regions (Goobjoog News)
  • New Parliament Assumes Legislative Authority Says Federal MP (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia’s Presidential Candidates Express Concern Over NLF Decision To Increase The Senatorial Seats(Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia’s First Female Presidential Aspirant Assumes Watchdog Role After Pullout (Africanews)
  • Women’s Workshop In Somalia Lifeline To Community (Daily Sabah)
  • After Decades Of Violence Can Somalia Ever Hold A Free Democratic Election? (Los Angeles Times)

December 27, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia To Swear In New Parliament (Goobjoog News)
  • Allied Forces Raid Al-Shabaab Base Near Kismayo Town (Shabelle News)
  • Banadir Wins Womens Inter-regional Basketball Tournament (Hiiraan Online)
  • Four Of The 11 Nullified Parliamentary Seats To Be Re-Contested (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Seizes Somali Herders’ Livestock (VOA)
  • ‘It Was A Deception’: Ex Somali Refugees Regret Coming Home (Associated Press)

December 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Puntland President Distributes The Newly Added 3 Senatorial Seats Among Clans In Northern Puntland (Goobjoog News)
  • Drones Bomb Al-Shabaab Bases In Southern Of Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
  • Gunmen Kill 5 Pastoralists Outside Kismayo City (Shabelle News)
  • Six Soldiers Killed As Rival Somali Forces Clash In Hawadley (Goobjoog News)
  • UN Gives Sh300m To Help Refugees Survive In Somalia (Daily Nation)
  • Al-Shabaab Militants Shoot Prosecutor Dead In Somalia’s Puntland (Xinhua)
  • Somalia: Our Sense Of Place In The World And Beyond (Hiiraan Online)

December 23, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Two Killed In Clashes Between Puntland And Galmudug In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Vice President Backs Somaliland Elders’ Request For Additional Parliamentary Seats (Garowe Online)
  • Government Security Forces Carry Out Operation In Bardhere  District (Shabelle News)
  • High Demand Threatens Frankincense Trade In Somaliland (VOA)
  • UK Invests £1.5m To Support Nationwide Somalia Infrastructure Fund (GOV.UK)
  • “I Live In Mogadishu” By Justin Brady (OCHA Somalia )

December 22, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Leaders To Wrap Up National Leadership Forum In Mogadishu ( Shabelle News)
  • Foreign Envoys Say Failure To Fix Somali Poll Malpractices Will Implicate Legitimacy Of The Upcoming Government (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Upper House Election To Take Place On Saturday (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Clerics Condemn Somali Female Basketball Tournament (Hiiraan)
  • Two Hundred Youths Recruited To Undergo Police Training In Jubbaland State (AMISOM)
  • An Empowering Force For Somali Women (South West Journal)

December 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Senior Al-Shabaab Leader Surrenders To Jubaland (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Launches Sweep In Bosasso After Killings (Shabelle News)
  • Three Remain Missing As Commercial Boat Capsizes In Northeast Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Presidential Candidate Calls For End Of Electoral Fraud (Shabelle News)
  • US Legislator Arrives In Somalia Meets President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud And Praises Country’s Achievements On Women Representation (Radio Dalsan)
  • AMISOM To Hand Over University To The Somali Government (AMISOM)
  • Somalia Warns of Famine (VOA)
  • What’s Next For Dadaab: Refugees Face An Impossible Choice (News Deeply)

December 20, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Police In Preparation To Mark 73rd Anniversary (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Sacked Mudug Region Police Commissioner (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia Appoints New Ambassador To Sweden (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia’s Former Prime Minister Returns To Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Waqle-Ajuran Clan Accuses South West State President Of Electoral Fraud (Shabelle News)
  • Somaliland And Northern Regions Elect Seven Candidates To The House Of The People (AMISOM)
  • AU Probes Death Of Six Civilians In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Six Journalists Killed In Africa In 2016 Watchdog Says (VOA)

December 19, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • FIEIT Nullifies Friday Voting Results Elections To Resume Today In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Property Destroyed As Huge Fire Engulfs Baardheere Market (Shabelle News)
  • Mayor Of Mogadishu Meets Newly Elected Members of Parliament (Hiiraan Online)
  • State To Review Refugees Register To Weed Out Fraudsters (Daily Nation )
  • Somalia Saves Uganda And Tanzania From Going To War (Daily Monitor)
  • Defending Somalia: Then And Now (Wardheer News)

December 16, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Fears Of New Attacks In Mogadishu (Dhacdo.com)
  • Jubbaland Trains Police To Beef Up Security In Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
  • Warsheekh Experiences A Boom In Tourism As Hundreds Of Visitors Flock To Its Beaches And Historic Sites (Radio Dalsan)
  • 6 Al-Shabaab Suspects Arrested In Somali Capital (china.org.cn)
  • Senior AMISOM Military Officers Undergo Training On Human Rights And Child Protection (AMISOM)
  • Somali Refugees Live In Alarming Conditions In Yemen (Xinhua)

December 15, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Suicide Car Bomb Explodes At Checkpoint In Mogadishu (Reuters)
  • Security Operation Carried Out In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • Parliamentary Swearing-In  Ceremony Is To Be Delayed (Jowhar.com)
  • Puntland President Calls For Support Amid Ongoing Drought (Garowe Online)
  • Southwest And Puntland Election Commission Boycotts The IEDRM Decision  (Jowhar.com)
  • UAE Among Largest Supporters Of Development In Somalia Says President Sheikh Mohamud (Emirates News Agency)
  • FIFA Grassroots Program For Somalia Comes To An End (Soko25east)
  • Childbirth Challenges In The Conflict Zone (ECNS)