December 14, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali President Pays A Courtesy Call To The UAE Embassy In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • Jowhar’s Security Improved Significantly Official Says (Goobjoog News)
  • Presidential Candidate Abdirahman Farole Denies Reports About His Withdrawal From The Race (Jowhar.com)
  • Puntland Certifies Newly Elected Federal MPs Senators (Garowe Online)
  • American Community Of Somali Expatriates Unite Against Violence (VOA)
  • The Islamic State Is Losing in Africa (Foreign Policy)
  • Looming Closure Of Dadaab Puts Orphans Children From Mixed Marriages In Limbo (The Star)

December 9, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Political Leaders OK Presidential Polls For Dec. 28 (Associated Press)
  • Saudi Arabia Bans Somali Livestock Again (VOA Somali)
  • Somalia’s Acting Foreign Minister Receives Credentials From Yemen Envoy (Hiiraan Online)
  • One Of Somalia’s Two Female Presidential Candidates “To Pull Out” (BBC)
  • 10 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Southwest Somalia (China.org)
  • Does the Kenyan FM’s Call For Self-Determination Translate To Support For Somaliland (Somalia Newsroom)

December 8, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • National Leadership Forum Enters Second Day (Jowhar.com)
  • Voting For Somaliland’s Upper House Seats Postponed (Jowhar.com)
  • Puntland Police Chief And Head Of UN Police Meet In Garowe (Hiiraan Online)
  • Fighting Near North Somalia Port Town Displaces 25700: UN (Xinhua)
  • AMISOM And Somali Government To Join Hands To Tackle Use Of Child Soldiers (AMISOM)
  • Puntland: In A Time Of drought Somali Families Forced To Separate To Survive(Daily Maverick)

December 7, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ex Supreme court chief: Electoral commission ignores PM decisions (Shabelle News)
  • President Hassan Sheikh Asks Newly Elected MPs In Jubbaland To Back His Re-election Bid (Jowhar.com)
  • At Least 6 Dead 10 Injured In Buurhakaba Explosion (Shabelle News)
  • President Hassan Visits Military Barracks In Kismayo For Integration Purpose (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland To Show Off Qandala Operations Successes (Puntlandi.com)
  • South West Concludes Elections For The House Of The People (AMISOM)
  • How To Fight Corruption In Somalia (wardheer News)

December 6, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Lower House Polls For Somaliland Finally Kick Off In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • There Are Obstacles In The Ongoing Election: President (Shabelle News)
  • Southwest Concluded Lower House Elections (Garowe Online)
  • Religious Scholars Condemn Recent Killing Of A Cleric In Mogadishu (Halgan.net)
  • African Union Seeks Speedy Determination Of Compensation Cases From Troop And Police Contributing Countries To AMISOM (AMISOM)
  • University Students Exchange Views On Somalia’s 2016 Electoral Process (UNSOM)

December 2, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Confusion Over Venue Of Parliamentary Elections For Somaliland Seats (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali Forces Kill Several Al-Shabaab Fighters In Bakool Region (Goobjoog News)
  • HirShabelle Presidents Meets With AU Special Representative To Somalia (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali PM Reaches Kismayo Set To Meet With Newly Elected MPs From Jubbaland  (Xamarcade.com)
  • Kenya-Somalia Fence To Keep Away Unwanted Elements Says Mandera Governor Ali Roba (Daily Nation)
  • From Somalia to U.S.: Ohio State Attacker’s Path to Violence (New York Times)

December 1, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali President Leaves For Addis Ababa (Jowhar.com)
  • Asho Haji Elmi Accuses Galmudug Head Of State Guled (VOA Somali)
  • Clan Elder Denies He Was Arrested By NISA (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Somali Election Process Drags On (VOA)
  • Halimo: Somali Single Mother Refugee And Person Living With HIV (IOM)

November 30, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Security Officials Met In Mogadishu Ahead Of Mogadishu Upper And Lower House Elections (Dhacdo.com)
  • Somali Federal Parliament Secretary Explains Registration Procedure For The Newly Elected MPs(Kismaayo News)
  • Police Defuse Landmines In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Regrouping In Somalia To ‘attack Kenya’ Police Warns (Daily Nation)
  • Concern Over Safety Of Elders In Somalia Electoral Process As Premier Writes To Concerned Authorities (Nep Journal)
  • The Child of Somali Immigrants Who Makes OSU And The USA Proud (The Daily Beast)

November 29, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Transport In Mogadishu Set To Be Paralyzed As Motorists Strike (Dhacdo.com)
  • Security Forces Storm Mogadishu’s Simad University (Jowhar.com)
  • Italian President Receives Credentials From New Somali Ambassador (Dhacdo.com)
  • The EU Is Continuing Its War With Somali Pirates (The Journal.ie)
  • Thirsty Somalis Trek 60 Km For Water As Drought And Conflict Bite (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
  • Somaliland Diaspora: Predatory Political Parasites (Hiiraan Online)

November 28, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Security Forces Impound Explosives In Hiiraan (Jowhar.com)
  • Egypt Sends 15 Teachers To Somalia As Part Of Education Sector Development(Goobjoog News)
  • Jostling Disputes Mar Selection Of Delegates For Northern Regions (Jowhar.com)
  • Passengers Stranded At JKIA After Somalia Airplane Crash Landed On Runway (The Star Kenya)
  • Obama Expands War With Al Qaeda To Include Shabab In Somalia ( New York Times)
  • War On Terror Being Won By Brain Power Not Gunpowder Say Security Bosses (Daily Nation)