November 11, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • French President Receives Credentials From Somali Ambassador (Jowhar.com)
  • Somaliland Announces Publication Of A Comprehensive Foreign Policy (Somaliland Informer)
  • Somalia Urges Continued International Support For Fighting Piracy (Radio Dalsan)
  • Cord Leaders Call On Uhuru To Withdraw Kenyan Troops From Somalia (Daily Nation)
  • People In War Zones Feel Needs Not Being Met By Humanitarian Organisations (The Guardian)

November 10, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Unidentified Fighter Jets Bomb Al-Shabaab Base In Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Forces Attack Qandala From The Sea (Jowhar.com)
  • Corruption Overshadows Galmudug Lower House Election (Shabelle News)
  • Mayor Of Mogadishu Hands Over Money To Hodan District Administration (Shabelle News)
  • UNSC Condemns Piracy Off Somalia (Kuwait News Agency)
  • Trump’s Victory Triggers Anxiety Among Minnesota Somalis Other Immigrants (Star Tribune)

November 9, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Hirshabelle Upper House Elections Commence In Jowhar (Goobjoog News)
  • Two Military Officers Gunned Down In Beledweyne (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali President Praises Lower House Elections in Baidoa and Kismayo (Jowhar.com)
  • Ilhan Omar Of Minnesota Becomes First Somali-American Legislator (Identity.mic)
  • Anti-government Clan’s Support For Islamic State Faction in Puntland Unlikely To Contribute To Increased Somalia-based Piracy (IHS)
  • Somalia Will Strike It Both Good And Bad If It Finds Offshore Oil (Mail & Guardian Africa)

November 8, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Lower House Voting Kicks Off In Jubbaland And Southwest States (Goobjoog News)
  • Intense Battle Flares Up Again In Galkacyo (Shabelle News)
  • UN Expresses Concern Over Galkayo Peace Deal Collapse (Goobjoog News)
  • Elasha Biyaha District Commissioner Survives Assassination Attempt (Shabelle News)
  • Civilians Must Be Spared From Fighting (ICRC)
  • IFJ Mourns Death Of Radio Journalist In Central Somalia (IFJ)
  • Raysut Cement Somaliland Plant Plan ‘Progressing Well’ (Trade Arabia)
  • The Need For Somaliland Drought Mitigation Policy (Wardheer News)

November 7, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Lower House Elections Need To Be Completed In The Next 3 days FIEIT Says (Dhacdo.com)
  • UPDATE: 29 Die In Renewed Fighting In Galkayo (Hiiraan Online)
  • Residents Flee Somali Town Of Galkayo In Fear Of New Clashes (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia’s President Rejects Allegation That Government Took Part In Galkayo Fighting (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia Leads In Offering To Vote For Amina In AU Post (Capital FM)
  • Why Trump Warned About ‘Somali Refugees’ — And Why It Could Backfire (The Washington Post)
  • Kenyans Again Deny UN Report Of Illegal Charcoal Trade In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • ISIS’s Somali Franchise Seizes Qandala: Background And Significance (Bellingcat.com)

November 3, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Puntland Prepares To Assault ISIS Affiliates In Qandala Foreign Warships Fires Them (Goobjoog News)
  • 20 Arrested In Mogadishu Security Operation (Dhacdo.com)
  • Interview with HirShabelle President (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Somali PM: Elections Will Take Place As Scheduled (Jowhar.com)
  • Three Men Charged In Alleged Hate Crime Against Somali Man (NBC News)
  • US Supports Media Representatives on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists(United States Mission To Somalia)
  • Rival Terror Groups — ISIS And Al-Shabaab — Descend on Somalia Making Life Even More Perilous for Christians (Christian Today)
  • The Perpetual Transition In Somalia (Institute for Security Studies)

November 2, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • ISIL Surrogate Still In Control Of Somali Town A Week After Capture – Official (Goobjoog News)
  • MP Calls Puntland President For Clarity On Financial Donation (Garowe Online)
  • Warring Regions In Somalia Agree To Immediate Ceasefire In UAE Sponsored Talks (Goobjoog News)
  • Suspected U.S. Jets Bomb Al-Shabaab Base Near Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • California Cabbie Who Aided Terror Group Returned To Somalia (Associated Press)
  • Abu Dhabi Meeting: A Quest To Steal Somalia’s Election And Maritime Territory (Wardheer News)

November 1, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Turkey Announces $4m Support To Somalia Polls Budget (Goobjoog News)
  • Daesh Fighters Are Present In Qandala Says The Town’s District Commissioner (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali Women Fight For Promised Share Of Parliamentary Seats (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland’s SIEIT Shed Light On The Delayed Parliamentary Election (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Man Jailed In Danish Explosives Case (CPH Post)
  • Somalia’s Southwest State Ready For Upcoming Lower House Elections – FIEIT Chairman (AMISOM)
  • Evangelicals Reach Out To Muslims Somali Population (SC Times)

October 31, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Police In Southwest State To Provide Security For Candidates In Somalia Polls (Goobjoog News)
  • Newly Appointed Hiiraan Governor Promises Salaries For Soldiers (Hiiraan Online)
  • Two Killed In Mortar Shell Attack In Southern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Police Detain Kenya-bound Ship From Kismayo Port (The Standard)
  • Police Call Attack On Somali Man A Hate Crime (The San Diego Union Tribune)
  • Somali Americans: Searching For Identity Finding ISIS (CBS News)

October 28, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Electoral Disputes Body Says It Has Received Over 1200 Complaints To Date (UNSOM)
  • Somalia Formally Joins Indian Ocean Rim Association (Goobjoog News)
  • 85000 People Displaced In Galkayo Says NGO (Jowhar.com)
  • AU Calls For Aid For Somali Town Recaptured From Al-Shabaab (Xinhua)
  • Kenya Imposes Month Long Curfew In Mandera After Terror Attack (Xinhua)
  • Somali-American Guilty Of Supporting ISIS To Appear On 60 Minutes (CBS News)
  • Islamic State in Africa Tries to Lure Members From Al-Shabaab (Wall Street Journal)