September 29, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Explosion Hits Somali Capital Mogadishu Killing 3(Garowe Online)
  • Puntland Government Interferes In The Parliamentary Election Process (Garowe Online)
  • Fire Breaks Out At A Market In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Hassan Holds Talks With Egyptian Envoy (Jowhar.com)
  • UN Security Council Voices Regret Over Somalia’s Delayed Election Process (Xinhua)
  • KDF Soldier Tells Of Ordeal In The Hands Of Al-Shabaab In Lamu Attack (Daily Nation)
  • The Mayor of Mogadishu: What You Get When African Cliché Is Dropped (The Conversation)

September 28, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • At least 17 Somali Soldiers Killed In Inter-regional Fighting – Officials (Reuters)
  • Somali Government Condemns The Killing Of Somali Journalist In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Banadir Regional Administration Bans Fake Documents Locally Known As ‘Abdalla Shideeye’(Jowhar.com)
  • UN fears ‘manipulation’ As Somalia Delays Elections (Al Jazeera English)
  • US Airstrikes Take Out Al-Shabaab Commander In Somalia (VOA News)
  • Everyone Wants To See A Stable And Prosperous Somalia (Daily Nation)

September 27, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali President’s stay in office extended further as poll teams push vote to Nov 30 (Goobjoog News)
  • Hiiraan Elders Reject MPs Selection In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
  • Three Killed Ten Others Injured In Road Crash In Southern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Government To Review Contracts Of Companies Managing Mogadishu’s Air And Seaports (Jowhar.com)
  • Kismaayo Readies For The 2016 Electoral Process (New Vision Uganda)
  • Somalia Extends Election Dates By 30 Days (The East African)
  • Could Somaliland’s New Port Change The Country’s Future? (Daily Maverick)

September 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Top Federal Government Leadership Seeking Parliamentary Positions (Jowhar.com)
  • Somalia’s Legal Fees In Maritime Case Offset By UAE- Foreign Minister (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Intelligence Forces Seize Central Bank And Ministry Of Finance (Garowe Online)
  • Galmudug says 119 alleged Somali pirates in india are fishermen (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Misses Date Set To Start Elections (Daily Nation)
  • After Four Years In A Refugee Camp One 19-Year-Old Journeys Home To Somalia (Take Part/Hiiraan Online)
  • Abdi Warsame Is A Voice For Islam For Somalia And For Hope (Star Tribune)

September 23, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Women Will Get 81 Seats In The Next Parliament Somali President Affirms (Goobjoog News)
  • AU Pledges To Support Somali Women To Achieve Gender Equality (GoobJoog News)
  • Prime Minister Directs Government Agencies To Safeguard Candidates’ Rights
  • African Union Says EU Funds Secured For Its Mission In Somalia (Bloomberg News)
  • Kenya Pursues 50 Al-Shabaab Militants After Police Camp Attack (Xinhua)
  • I Grew Up In The World’s Biggest Refugee Camp – What Happens When It Closes? ( The Guardian)

September 22, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s President Calls To Adhere To Elections Roadmap (Garowe Online)
  • Mogadishu Airport Off-limits For 60 Days Somalia Warns Journalists Ahead Of Poll (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Presidential elections might be delayed source (Radio Dalsan)
  • Go Slow On Refugees’ Return To Somalia Kenya Urged (The Star)
  • Migrant Boat Carrying 600 Capsizes Off Egypt At Least 29 Dead (Goobjoog News)
  • Obama: Africa Wants Trade Not Aid (VOA)

September 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Kenya And Somalia Plan Free Visa Pact (Daily Nation)
  • 30% Representation Women In Parliament Will Be Guaranteed FEIT Says (Goobjoog News)
  • Prime Minister Sharmarke To Pitch For Vote In Bari Region Visit (Goobjoog News)
  • £100m Of UK Aid Budget To Be Spent Controlling Immigration From Africa (The Guardian)
  • Hawala Cash Likely To Finance Terror In Kenya And Somalia Say Rights Activists (The Star)
  • Racial Issues With Somalis Grow After Minn. Mall Attack (Associated Press)
  • Girls’ Basketball Bounces Back In Somalia (USAID)

September 20, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Electoral Security Committee Meets In Mogadishu (Jowhar.com)
  • ICJ DAY 2: Somalia To Counter Kenya’s Argument On Jurisdiction (Goobjoog News)
  • Ministry of Education  Signs Working Pact With Three Administrations (Goobjoog News)
  • UN Police Train Somali Police Force Officers On Gender-based Violence (UNSOM)
  • UN Says More Than Five Million Somalis Face Acute Food Shortages (Bloomberg)
  • Kenya: Deputy President Ruto Tells UN 100000 refugees processed for return to Somalia (Capital FM)
  • Allegations Of Abuse Corruption Cloud Election In Somalia (Foreign Policy)

19 September – Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Jowhar Meeting On The Verge Of Collapse (Shabelle News)
  • Price Of Fish In Mogadishu Markets Increases Due To Low Supply (Goobjoog News)
  • Former Mogadishu Mayor Dismisses Government Ban On Protests (Goobjoog News)
  • International Court To Hear Kenya-Somalia Border Dispute (BBC)
  • Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility For Killing Of Somali General (Bloomberg)
  • Minnesota’s Somali Leaders Condemn Stabbing As Report Identifies Suspect (The Guardian)
  • Kenya Or Somalia: Who Owns The Sea And What Lies Beneath? (Deutsche Welle)

September 16, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Senior Al-Shabaab Commander Killed In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Somali Forces Arrest Several People In Bakool Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Jubaland Orders Al-Shabaab Wives Out (Goobjoog News)
  • President Hassan Sheikh Launches His Presidential Campaign In Mogadishu (Jowhar.com)
  • A New Airport For Qabri Dahar (Wardheer News)