October 27, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • ISIS Militants Withdrew From Qandala Following Brief Takeover (Radio Kulmiye)
  • Highest Commander Of Djibouti Army Reaches Beledweyne (Radio Dalsan)
  • HirShabelle President Sacks Hiiraan Governor (Shabelle News)
  • Al-Shabaab Claim Raid But Saleh Blames Locals (The Star)
  • Kenya Unveils Security Measures Along Border (Xinhua)
  • AFDB Approves Somalia Infrastructure Fund (African Development Bank)
  • A Stray: Finding And Filming The Real Somali Immigrant Experience (BBC)

October 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • US Pledges To ‘Deliver Lasting Defeat On Al-Shabaab’ (Daily Nation)
  • Calm Returns To Afgoye After Al-Shabaab Raid (Shabelle News)
  • AMISOM Forces Seize Bomb Explosion Suspect In Beledweyne Hospital (Goobjoog News)
  • Prime Minister Meets US Delegation (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Minnesota Somali Groups Join To Speak With One Voice At Capitol (Star Tribune)
  • Somalia’s Poll Is Progressive (The Star)

October 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Suspected Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia (AP)
  • We Are Confident Elections Will Be Concluded In Time – Somali Polls Body (Goobjoog News)
  • We Are Not Part Of Federalisation Process In Somalia: Somaliland Foreign Minister Says (Goobjoog News)
  • Government Officials Accused Of Failing Mogadishu Security (Shabelle News)
  • Calm Returns To Galkayo (Jowhar.com)
  • 12 Killed In Mandera Overnight Attack By Al-Shabaab Gunmen (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia Kicks Off Fierce Lower House Election (Hiiraan Online)
  • Clashes In Galkayo Somalia Harm Civilians (Human Rights Watch)

October 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ugaas Hassan Ugaas Khalif Opposes HirShabelle State Formation (Hiiraan Online)
  • Suicide Car Bomb Kills Two People In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Fighting Escalates In Galkayo (Hiiraan Online)
  • Journalists Should Refrain From Exacerbating The Tensions In Galkayo (Radio Dalsan)
  • EU Refunds Kenya Sh198m For Somalia-based Troops (Daily Nation)
  • ‘We Had To Eat Rats’ Say Sailors Held By Somali Pirates For Four Years (The Guardian)
  • Female Genital Mutilation Continues In Somali Community In US (VOA)
  • Warlords And Business-Lord’s: Critical Challenges To 2016 Elections. (Hiiraan Online)

October 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Well Known Somali Elder Killed In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Hirshabelle President Reaches Beledweyne After Talks With Somalia’s President (Garowe Online)
  • Southwest Government Says It Will Tighten The Security  Of Lower Shabelle Region (Goobjoog News)
  • ‘Crusaders’ Member Alerted FBI To Group Accused In Kansas Plot Targeting Somalis (NBC News)
  • Somalia Police Officers Undergo Special Election Training (CCTV)
  • All In The Family: Politics In The South West State (Wardheer News)

October 20, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Heavy Fighting Erupts In Galkayo Town (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Parliament To Vote For Upper House Representatives (Jowhar.com)
  • Somaliland Group Protests Morgan’s Candidature In Puntland Senate Polls (Goobjoog News)
  • Italy Releases Somali Man After 18 Years In Prison (Shabelle News)
  • Al Jazeera Journalist Hamza Mohamed Freed In Somalia (Al Jazeera)
  • Kenya Accused Of ‘Dumping’ Somali Refugees Back Over The Border With No Support (The Guardian)
  • Somaliland Hopes Brexit Will Pave Way For UK To Grant International Recognition (The Guardian)

October 19, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Government Troops Retake Afgoye As Death Toll Jumps To 15 (Shabelle News)
  • Senatorial Elections Kick Off In Jubbaland State (Goobjoog News)
  • Mogadishu Based Newspaper’s Editor Freed After Days In Jail (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Inmates Offered Courses To Boost Skills Before Release (CCTV)
  • China Donates US$2M To WFP For Somalia Aid (Xinhua)
  • AMISOM Trains Somali Police Officers On Securing The Electoral Process (AMISOM)
  • Somalia’s Rocky Road To Democracy (BBC)

October 18, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Prime Minister Applauds HiirShabelle’s Newly Elected President (Goobjoog News)
  • No other administration other than Hirshabelle is allowed in the region – Hiiraan Governor (Radio Kulmiye)
  • Residents Flee Southern Somalia Village As Fighting Intensifies (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali-Americans Accuse Trump Of ’empowering’ Isis Recruiters (The Independent UK)
  • Somali Pirates Holding Five Kenyans 39 Seafarers For Ransom UN Chief Says (Daily Nation)
  • Has Shabaab Been Weakened For Good? The Answer Is ‘Yes’ And ‘No’ (The Conversation)

October 17, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Election For HirShabelle President To Be Held Today (Dhacdo.com)
  • Puntland Announces Revised Upper House Candidates List (Garowe Online)
  • Galkayo Religious Leaders Call For Cessation Of Hostilities (Goobjoog News)
  • Galmudug Shrugs Off UN’s Call To Remove Senator’s Name Over Questionable Record (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Is Obama’s Latest Victim As US Expands Army Presence (telesurtv.net)
  • Reject A President And Parliament Elected Through Bribe And Nepotism (Hiiraan Online)

October 14, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Heavy Fighting In Galkayo (Dhacdo.com)
  • HirShabelle Parliament Elects  Speaker (jowhar.com)
  • Galmudug Forces Take Over Godinlabe Village From Ahlu-Sunna: Residents (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Bombing And Ambush Kill At Least 13 Including Soldiers (Bloomberg)
  • Somalia: Bomb Attack Kills 7 Soldiers (Anadolu Agency)
  • Could Fadumo Dayib Become Somalia’s First Female President? (CBC Radio)