October 13, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • National Leadership Forum Meeting Fails To Take Place (jowhar.com)
  • Puntland Leader Re-nominate Upper House Candidates (Garowe Online)
  • Puntland President Appoints New Minister  (Garowe Online)
  • Rape Militia And Health Fears Mean Somali Refugees Want To Stay In Kenya – Charity (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
  • Kenya: “Dagahaley Is The Place I Know As Home” (Medecin Sans Frontieres)
  • The Known Unknowns About The Somalis (Hiiraan Online)

October 12, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Federal Government Proposes The Deployment Of SNA In Galkayo ( jowhar.com)
  • Fears Of Clashes In Galkayo As Puntland And Galmudug Deploy Forces (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia To Mark 62nd Anniversary Of The National Flag Day (Goobjoog News)
  • Kenya Enhances Security Along Somali Border (Xinhua)
  • Maritime Agency Calls For Tough Actions To End Piracy Off Somalia (Business Daily)
  • Will Somalia’s Elections Change The War On Al-Shabaab? (The National Interest)

October 11, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Two Killed In Clashes Between Puntland And Galmudug In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • International Community Raises Red Flag Over Candidates Lists Delay (Goobjoog News)
  • Hiiraan State To Be Formed In Beledweyne (Jowhar.com)
  • International Lobby Wants Kenya To Remove Deadline For Dadaab Closure (Daily Nation)
  • AU Mission Mulls Compensation For Civilian Harms In Somalia ( (Xinhua)
  • “With Dadaab Closing We have No Option But Return To Somalia” (Equal Times)

October 10, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somaliland Politicians And Elders Boycott Electoral Process (Garowe online)
  • Fire Destroys Houses In Mogadishu’s Wadajir District (Goobjoog News)
  • Elders In Galkayo Agree On A Ceasefire (Jowhar.com)
  • President Welcomes The Formation Of HirShabelle Parliament (Jowhar.com)
  • Kenya Forcing Refugees Back To Somalia: NGO (AFP /Yahoo News)
  • County Urges Shabaab Returnees To Surrender For Rehabilitation (Daily Nation)
  • Educating the Horn: Paving A Path To College For Somali Youth (Seattle Globalist)

October 7, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Six Killed In Clash Between Galmudug And Puntland Forces In Galkayo (Goobjoog News)
  • AU Hails Southwest For Timely Electoral Process Preparations (Goobjoog News)
  • Keating Meets Women And Elders In Garowe (Garowe Online)
  • AU Mission Denies Bombardment Kills Civilians In S. Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Split-second Decision To Hide Saved Us From Al-Shabaab Say Lucky Survivors (Daily Nation)
  • Promoting Birth Spacing To Save Lives (UNFPA Somalia)

October 6, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Civil Society Groups And Committee of Elders In Hiiraan Warn Of Election Fraud (Hiiraan Online)
  • Roadside Blast in Qansax Dheere Town Kills Soldier (Shabelle News)
  • Some Of Al-Shabaab Prisoners To Be Transferred To Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
  • President Gaas Unveils Multi-Party System Roadmap In Garowe (Jowhar.com)
  • Six killed In Mandera Shabaab Attack 27 Rescued (Daily Nation)
  • Press Freedom Bodies Call For Inquiry Into Somali Journalist’s Murder (The Guardian)
  • The Trek Towards Fistula Repair (UNFPA Somalia)
October 6, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

October 5, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Over 10 Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed In An Operation at K50 (Jowhar.com)
  • I Was Not In Baidoa For Election Campaigns says President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Jowhar.com)
  • Senior Al-Shabaab Commander Killed In Southern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Gold Star Awards 2016: Teenager Fahma Mohamed Honoured For Tireless Campaign To End FGM(Bristol Post)
  • Kenyan Police Nab Suspected Al-Shabaab Member In Mombasa (Xinhua)
  • Delayed Elections Sabotage Somalia’s Democratic Dreams (Fair Observer)

October 4, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Grenade Explosion In Kismayo (Garowe Online)
  • Puntland President To Name Upper House Nominees (Garowe Online)
  • Minister Denies Allocation Of Public Land To EU (Jowhar.com)
  • Quarter of Somalis In Dadaab Refugee Camp ‘willing’ To Leave Soon (Daily Nation)
  • More Federal Money for Somali Refugees In Maine (Breitbart.com)
  • Chasing Mirages Across Somalia (The Huffington Post )

October 3, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Forces Kill Several Al-Shabaab Fighters In Southern Somalia Recover Weapons (Goobjoog News)
  • Parliamentary Poll Might Not Take Place Due To Dispute Over Delegate Selection Lawmaker (Goobjoog News)
  • Police Recruits Graduate In Kismaayo (Goobjoog News)
  • Deputy PM Convinces Hiiraan Clan Elders To Join Jowhar Conference (Jowhar.com)
  • Kenyans Posing As Refugees In Dadaab – Agency (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia: Suggestions For Credible Electoral Process For The Upper House (Hiiraan Online)

September 30, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • US To Probe Somali Airstrike Claims (Goobjoog News)
  • Prosecutor: India Did Not Torture Somali Prisoners (Shabelle News)
  • Second phase of Hiiraan/Middle Shabelle State-making process kicks off in Jowhar (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Mortars land in several Wadajir neighborhoods (Jowhar.com)
  • Somalia: Galmudug Accuses Puntland Of Duping US Into Bombing Its Soldiers (The East African)
  • Can Neighborhood Watch Ease Somalia’s Insecurity? (theglobalobservatory.org)