September 2, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Government Declares New Offensive Against Al-Shabaab (Radio Kulmiye)
  • Respected Cleric Calls For End To Galmudug-Puntland Border Hostilities (Goobjoog News)
  • Dahabshil Accountant-General In South And Central Somalia Killed In Las-Anod (Goobjoog News)
  • A Major Question Is How Prepared Are The Somalia’s Security Institutions In Particular The Somali National Army Is To Take Over After AMISOM? (NTV)
  • Who Is The US-Designated ‘Terrorist’ Leading ISIS In Somalia? (NDTV)
  • Action Urged On Humanitarian Situation In Somalia S. Sudan (Xinhua)
  • Question And Answer With Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (The East African)

September 1, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Four People Killed And Four Others Injured In Clan Clashes In Sool Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Blamed For Killing Elder In Beledweyne (Shabelle News)
  • No Collaboration Among Government Security Agencies: MP (Shabelle News)
  • Victims Of Mogadishu Attacks To Be Airlifted To Hospitals Abroad (Radio Dalsan)
  • Lycoming College To Present Sociologist’s Presentation On Somalia (Northcentral PA)
  • Meat For Mecca: Somaliland Exports Livestock For The Hajj (Voice of America)
  • Somalia’s Central Bank: Where There’s Smoke There’s Often Fire (Wardheer News)

August 31, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Puntland Reveals Plotters Of Galkayo Bombings (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Vice President Urges Somali Leaders To Jointly Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
  • Two Vehicles Transporting Ballot Papers Hijacked In Sool Region (Goobjoog News)
  • What Next For Somalia?: Women’s Role In Somalia’s Future (NTV Radio)
  • AMISOM Police Holds Sensitization Meeting On Countering Violent Extremism (AMISOM)
  • Turkey Condemns Somalia Terrorist Attack (Anadolu Agency)
  • Somaliland And Khaatumo Talks Herald The Demise Of The Union (Wardheer News)

August 30, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Gunmen Attack Hotel Near Presidential Palace (Newsweek)
  • Amid Controversy Somalia Names New Member To Elders Picking MPs (Hiiraan Online)
  • Al-Shabaab’s Education Leader Surrenders To Government In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Walls Hinder Somalis’ Fight Against Al-Shabab (VOA News)
  • Somalia Blocks Returnees Cites Inadequate Humanitarian Support (VOA News)
  • The Fragile Balance Between Life And Death During Somali Drought (ICRC)

August 29, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Interim Southwest Administration President Offers Amnesty To Al-Shabaab Fighters (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Armed Chief Closes Training For Hundred Of Commandos (Goobjoog News)
  • Deadly Explosion Reported In Baardhere (Garowe Online)
  • MP Voices Concern Over Money Theft At Central Bank (Shabelle News)
  • Kenyan Muslim Cleric Killed By Explosive Devices Near Somali Border (Xinhua News)
  • Somali Ambassador To Bahrain Presents Credentials To Foreign Affairs Minister (Gulf News)
  • Africa Japan In Pledge To Fight Terrorism And Piracy (Daily Nation)

August 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Death Toll In Somalia Beach Restaurant Attack Rises To 10 (Reuters)
  • Somalia Stops Registration Of New Universities (Goobjoog News)
  • At Least 13 Injured In Bardere Cafe Bombing (Shabelle News)
  • Somalia’s Federal Electoral Body Says 2016 Electoral Process Remains On Course (UNSOM)
  • Moms Speak Out Against Terror Recruitment (Fox News)
  • UNSOM Trains Journalists On Election Reporting In Baidoa (UNSOM)
  • UPDF Wins Hearts And Minds In Somalia (Daily Monitor

August 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ex Vice President Buried In Mogadishu (Shabelle/Goobjoog News)
  • An Elder Calls On Government To Respect Media Freedom (Shabelle News)
  • Renegade ASWJ Militia Leader Defect To Galmudug (Radio Kulmiye)
  • AMISOM SNA Pledge Unity In War Against Al-Shabaab (AMISOM)
  • Somalia Is At A “Good Turning Point” Says UNDP Head Helen Clark (UNSOM)
  • Somalia’s Digital Battleground (Warisboring.com)

August 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Regional Troops Clash With Al-Shabaab In Southwest Somalia (Voice of America)
  • Senior Al-Shabaab Official Killed By Somali Forces In South Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Petitions For International Recognition (Hiiraan Online)
  • 1 Killed In Blast At Minister’s Residence (Shavelle News)
  • Walking The Road With Somali Police (AMISOM)
  • Al Shabaab Fighters Are After Me Says Ex-terror Suspect (Standard Digital)
  • Dadaab Power Station To Spur Garissa Growth (The Star)
  • President’s Trip To Jigjiga: Lessons To Be Learned (Wardheer News)

August 23, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • US To Provide Sh19bn For Dadaab Closure And Electoral Reforms (Business Daily)
  • Puntland President Visit Sites Of Galkaayo Suicide Bombings (Goobjoog News)
  • Clan Clashes Leave One Dead Near Afgoye District (Shabelle News)
  • Galmudug’s SEIT Starts Delegate Registration For 2016 Elections (Goobjoog News)
  • Full Video: US Secretary of State John Kerry’s Press Conference In Nairobi Kenya (NTV)
  • Three Men On Way To Join Al-Shabaab Intercepted (Daily Nation)
  • Kerry Tells Kerry It Will Start Withdrawal From Somalia In 2018 (Bloomberg)
  • INTERVIEW: Our Territorial Integrity Is Incontestable But Our Foreign Policy Responsive To Global Dynamics – Somali Foreign Minister (Goobjoog News)

August 22, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Traders Importing Expired Food Will Be Prosecuted Somali Attorney General (Goobjoog News)
  • Two Hurt As Blast Hits Army Checkpoint In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Jubbaland President Urges Somali Leaders To Jointly Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
  • US Condemns Al-Shabaab Bombings In Somalia (Voice of America)
  • Detectives Arrest KDF Soldier Four Others Suspected Of Selling Explosives (Daily Nation)
  • Repatriation Of Somali Refugees From Kenya Uncertain Says Interior Minister (Bernama)
  • Soccer Team Helps Unite Maine City (The Boston Globe)