November 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • FIEIT And IEDRM Planning Serious Actions Against Electoral Fraud (Garowe Online)
  • Conflict Resumes On The Outskirts Of Beledweyne (Hiiraan Online)
  • Puntland President Is Set To Visit China (Garowe Online)
  • Jubbaland State Concludes Final Phase Of Lower House Elections (AMISOM)
  • Women Candidates Triumph On The Seventh Day Of Voting As Balloting Enters Last Leg In South West State (AMISOM)
  • Hennepin County Gallery To Feature Somali Culture (Star Tribune)

November 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 11 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
  • 7 Killed In Fighting Between Herders And Al-Shabaab Over Livestock (VOA Somali)
  • An Elder Gunned Down In Lower Shabelle Province (Shabelle News)
  • Fear Of Cholera Outbreak Prompts Somaliland To Turn Away Yemen Refugees (Hiiraan Online)
  • Lower House Elections For Somalia’s Federal Parliament Reach The Halfway Mark As Thirteen More MPs Are Elected In Four States (UNSOM)
  • How To Hold An Election Somali-style (BBC)
  • Watch The Trailer For The New Mo Farah Documentary ‘No Easy Mile’ (The Telegraph)
  • In Somalia Voting Under Way But Democracy Delayed (France24)

November 23, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • FIEIT Suspend The Parliamentary Seat Of Jidle Subclan Assigns Committee To Probe The Dispute (Goobjoog News)
  • Tough Contest Expected In Lower House Election In Puntland Former Federal Minister Won The First Seat (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Religious Council Calls For Aid As Drought Hits Parts Of The Country (Goobjoog News)
  • Students Scamper For Safety As Gunmen Storm School And Fire Shots In Kenya (Daily Nation)
  • Kismayo Under Pressure As Somali Refugees Return From Kenya (VOA)
  • Unicef Awards 13 Year Old Somali Refugee That Speaks 6 Languages (IBNA)
  • World’s Biggest Camel Producer Targets Middle East Asia Exports (Bloomberg)

November 22, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Voting Continues In Four States Two Ministers Remain Suspended (Goobjoog News)
  • Attorney General Takes Over Investigation Of Jowhar Election Dispute (Hiiraan Online)
  • Two Militants Surrender To Jubbaland Security Forces In Kismayo (Dhacdo.com)
  • International Community Urges Somali To Ensure Free Fair Polls (CCTV)
  • AU Military Officers Meet In Somalia Over Counter-terrorism Strategy (Xinhua)
  • Voting Under Way But Is It Really An Election? (Al-Jazeera English)
  • Denmark Pulling Out Of The Fight Against Somali Pirates (CPH Post)
  • Somalia Fighting Not Only Al-Shabaab But Islamic State Too (Mail & Guardian Africa)

November 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabaab Executes Alleged Tanzanian Spy In Southern Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Newly Elected MP Dies Of Heart Attack In Garowe (Puntlandi.com)
  • HirShabelle State To Resume Voting For Lower House Representatives Following Temporary Suspension Of Polls (AMISOM)
  • 20 Suspected Al-Shabaab Members Arrested In Somali Capital (Xinhua)
  • Vote Buying Takes Center Stage In Somalia Parliamentary Elections (Africa News)
  • Do Amina A Favour Forget About Dadaab For Now (The East African)

November 18, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • AU Special Representative For Somalia Commends Somalia’s Peaceful Polls Role Of AMISOM And Somali National Security Forces (AMISOM)
  • Galmudug Leaders Accused Of Fueling Abudwak Unrest (Shabelle News)
  • UAE’s Somalia Envoy Sets Up Base In Nairobi Kenya (Jowhar.com)
  • Somalis Positive Hopeful Of Female Presidential Candidate (CCTV)
  • African Union-backed Amisom Troops To Start Exiting Somalia In 2018 (Daily Nation)
  • A Rare Ray Of Light From Somalia (The Economist)

November 17, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Another 17 MPs Elected To The Lower House During Voting In Galmudug HirShabelle And South West States (UNSOM)
  • Police Officer’s Residence Comes Under Grenade Attack (VOA Somali Services)
  • Plans To Evacuate Fighting Forces From Galkayo At Standstill (Jowhar.com)
  • African Union Mission In Somalia Requests For 9000 More Soldiers Ahead Of 2018 Exit Plans (The Standard)
  • United Nations Support Office In Somalia Constructs Fully Equipped Hospital For AMISOM (UNSOS)
  • Can Local Muscle Defeat Somalia’s Al-Shabaab? (BBC)
  • This Teen Is The First Somali-American To Compete For Miss Minnesota USA (The Huffington Post)

November 16, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • AU Somali Forces Capture Village In Central Region (Xinhua)
  • Ahlu Sunna Wal jama’a Speaks About Shutting Down Radio Galgaduud (Baidoa News Agency)
  • Explosions Clashes Continue In Tiyeglow (Hiiraan Online)
  • Former Information Minister Elected As Lower House Member of Parliament (Shabelle News)
  • Kenya Extends Deadline For Dadaab Refugee Camp Closure By Six Months (CCTV)
  • The Next Election To Pay Attention To Is In Somalia (MPR)
  • 20000 Somali Kids ‘Out Of School’ Due To Hostilities – UNICEF Concerned (Africa News)

November 15, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ahlu Sunna Shuts Down Radio Galgaduud In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Lower House Elections Continue In Jubaland 5 Members of Parliament Voted In (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Auto Rickshaw Driver Killed In A Gang Style Shooting In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Intense Lobbying For Amina’s AU Job Bid Enters Second Leg (The Star)
  • Government Officials Coercing Refugees Back To War-torn Somalia (Amnesty International)

November 14, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Huge Explosion Heard In Burhakabo Police Station (Shabelle News)
  • Key Meeting Convened On Construction Of Garowe Airport (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Ambassador To UN Presents His Credentials To Ban Ki-moon (Radio Dalsan)
  • EU To Pay Stipends To Frontline Police Officers (CCTV)
  • UN Envoy Urges Somalia’s Regional States To Stick To Ceasefire Deal (Xinhua)
  • Fight Al-Shabaab But Don’t Terrorise Mandera – Roba (The Star)
  • Should The Somalilanders In Mogadishu Parliament Quit? (Wardheer News)