August 19, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • U.S. And Kenya To Discuss Somali Political Transition (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Interior Minister Calls on Ahlu-Sunna To Come To The Negotiating Table (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Reshuffles Cabinet To Appease Sool (Garowe Online)
  • Somali President Bids Burundi Envoy Farewell (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia’s State-level Electoral Bodies Briefed On Procedures Of 2016 Electoral Process (UNSOM)
  • Sir Mo Farah? Mo Farah set to be awarded knighthood after heroics at Rio 2016 Olympics (Metro)
  • Hodges Offers Leadership With Proposed Funding For Somali Youth Programs (Star Tribune)
  • Hanging By A Thread: Somalis Traumatic Past and Uncertain Future (Hiiraan Online)

August 18, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • AU Somali Forces Kill 3 Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Book Lovers And Critics Throng Mogadishu For Literary Festival (Goobjoog News)
  • Deadly Confrontation Between Al-Shabaab And Lower Jubba Clan Militia Leaves 5 Dead (Radio Kulmiye)
  • Soma Loses U.K. Court Bid To Force SFO To End Corruption Probe (Bloomberg)
  • Ilhan Omar Offers Answers To Questions About Her Marital History (Star Tribune)
  • Somalia: One Man’s Terrorist Is Another Man’s Carpenter (The Guardian)

August 17, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Hires Lawyers For Its Citizens Accused Of Piracy In India (Goobjoog News)
  • Khatumo State In Talks With Somaliland (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Plans To Impose Ban On Cutting Trees (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Recruiters In Kenya Target New Regions (Daily Nation)
  • Challenges Facing Somali Athletes In Rio (Al Jazeera)
  • Second Book Festival To Open In Mogadishu Founder Says 2015 Fair Inspired New Writers (Goobjoog News)

August 16, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Government Confirms Sakoow Raid Affirms Key Al-Shabaab Leaders Felled (Goobjoog News)
  • Tension Rises High In Central Somalia Between Two Rival Clans (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Commandos Destroy Al-Shabaab Base In Southern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • President: Somalia Standing On Its Feet Again (Shabelle News)
  • Marriage Discrepancy Clouds Ilhan Omar’s Historic Primary Victory (Star Tribune)
  • Toronto Activists Demand Justice For Abdirahman Abdi (Ottawa Citizen)
  • In Somalia Al-Shabaab Allegedly Loses Its Leader (Stratfor)

August 15, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Faces Security Challenges From Local Politicians Says President (Shabelle News)
  • AMISOM And Government Soldiers Launch Operations In Lower Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
  • Nasteho Indho’s Upcoming Concert In Hargeisa Cancelled (Hiiraan Online)
  • AMISOM Nigeria Police Contingent Undergo Induction Course (AMISOM)
  • Yemeni Refugees Caught Up in Somaliland’s Struggle for Nationhood (News Deeply)
  • America’s Shrinking Small Towns See Hope In Refugees (The Seattle Times)

August 12, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somali Cabinet Endorses New Policy On Al-Shabaab Defectors (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Attacks Somali Military Base In Southern Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia Ethiopia Discuss Regional Security (Radio Kulmiye)
  • After Big Win Former Somali Refugee Now The Favorite To Win Minnesota State Senate Seat (New York Times)
  • 12 Sentenced To 5 Years For Piracy (Pulse Magazine)
  • Did BBC Radio Presenter Go Too Far With ‘Racist’ Somali Olympic Sailing Team Joke? (The Mirror)

August 11, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Commandos Apprehend Top Al-Qaeda/Al-Shabaab Leader In Galkayo (Goobjooge.com)
  • Two dead Four Injured In Somali Army Base Attack (Shabelle News)
  • Hiiraan And Middle Shabelle State Formation Conference To Be Moved To Mogadishu (Jowhar.com)
  • IMF Sees Financing For Somalia If Government Sticks To Reforms (Business Times)
  • Somali Women Vow To Push For Gender Equality In The Next Election (AMISOM)
  • The Harrowing Lives And Deaths Of Muslims Victimized By Islamist Extremism (Washington Post)

August 9, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Mogadishu Port Remains Closed Over Tariff Dispute (Jowhar.com)
  • Galmudug Plans To Impose Ban On Cutting Trees (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Says It Doesn’t Recognize Ali Khalif As Khatumo President (Shabelle News)
  • KNCCI And Somalia Trade Lobby Sign Deal (The Star Kenya)
  • AMISOM And Aid Agencies Resolve To Work Together In Somalia (AMISOM)
  • This Somali Chef Shows the Potential in Toronto’s Food Scene (Torontoist)

August 8, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Forces Conduct Operation To Clean Up Roadblocks In Lower Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
  • Four Govt Soldiers Injured In Mogadishu Blasts (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Boundaries Review Commission Says It Will Resolve Regional State Boundary Disputes (Goobjoog News)
  • Galmudug President Joins NLF Talks In Mogadishu (Kulmiye Radio)
  • Somali Minister Survives Assassination Attempt (VOA)
  • Police Intensify Search For Ex-Recce Officer Planning Terror Attack (The Star Kenya)
  • Al-Shabaab Remains A Potent Threat To Somalia (CCTV)
  • Donald Trump’s Comments About Minnesota Somalis Met With Outrage (Star Tribune)

August 5, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Coalition Of Political Parties Calls For The Formation Of Interim Government (Jowhar.com)
  • Somali Elder Killed Outside Mosque Near Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Galmudug Is Ready To Implement 30 Percent Quota For Women- Minister (Goobjoog News)
  • Turkey’s Impartiality Questioned In Matters Somalia – Somaliland (Qurbajoog.com)
  • AMISOM Troops To Enhance Cooperation With Somali National Army In The Fight Against Al-Shabaab(AMISOM)
  • Ex-Recce Officer ‘could be planning’ Terror Attack (The Star Kenya)
  • Meet Fadumo Dayib The Woman Risking Everything To Become Somalia’s First Female President ( Mic Network)