July 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Leaders Introduce Mandatory Application Fee For Legislative Candidates (Goobjooge)
  • Somali Women Advocate For Greater Political Participation In Upcoming Legislative Elections (AMISOM)
  • SNA And Jubaland Forces Attack Buuloguduug; Al-Shabaab Destroys Wirkoy Bridge (Hiiraan Online)
  • Puntland Parliament Sacks High Court Judges (Garowe Online)
  • Washington State Woman Arrested for Funding Al Shabaab Terror Group  (Breitbart News)
  • Dar es Salaam Aware And Ready For Any Terrorist Threat Says Mahiga (Daily News)
  • Somalia Women Want Tougher Laws On Sexual Violence (Al Jazeera)
  • Campaign For House Seat Divides Minnesota’s Somali Community Even As It Confirms Political Stature (Minn Post)
  • Is Somalia Set for Another Breakaway State? (Somalia Newsroom)

July 20, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Concerns Grow Over Electoral Process Delay (Puntlandi.com)
  • Federal MP Claims Elections Being Deliberately Delayed (Goobjoog News)
  • Troops Cordoned Off Deva Hospital Linked To Failed Turkish Coup (Shabelle News)
  • Burundian Battalions Conclude Successful Year-long Tour Of Duty In Somalia (AMISOM)
  • 34 Kenyans Secretly Abducted By Police In Hunt For Terrorists – Human Rights Watch (The Star)
  • IOM Opens Youth Job Centre In Borama Somaliland (IOM)
  • Somali Migrant Returns Home After Losing Hope In Europe (Radio Ergo)

July 19, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Boost For AMISOM As AU Adopts Peace Fund To Finance Peace Operations (Goobjoog News)
  • AMISOM’s New Force Commander Formally Assumes Office (AMISOM)
  • AU To Train Somali Troops Before AMISOM Pull Out In 2018 (Goobjoog News)
  • Galmudug Leader Undergoes Successful Heart Surgery In India (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somali Police Says Sorry To Journalists For “Sniffer Dog Mistake” (Radio Dalsan)
  • Joint Forces Recapture Village In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Stranded In Somaliland – Part 1 (News Deeply)
  • Stunt Or Stand For Democracy? Villa Somalia’s Response To The Failed Coup In Turkey (Somalia Newsroom)

July 18, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • New Battle Group From Uganda Deploys In Somalia (AMISOM)
  • Somali Legendary Singer Passes Away (Goobjoog News)
  • The Award I Won Is An Honor For All Somali Women Says Fadumo Dayib (Goobjoog News)
  • The Departure Of Nile Organization Will Not Affect Ongoing Projects – Somali Government (Jowhar.com)
  • SUPKEM Wants Refugees Handled With Dignity (Hivi Sasa)
  • Somali Police Force Launches Community Policing Song (AMISOM)
  • Voter Registration Begins In Sanaag Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland And Somaliland Forces Clash In Sanaag (Shabelle News)
  • Somalia New Law Seeking To Empower Women Facing Stiff Opposition (CCTV)
  • New Generation New Hope (Wardheer News)

July 15, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Goobjoog Media Group Pioneers Presidential Debate In Somalia As It Marks 4th Anniversary (Goobjoog News)
  • Galmudug Says It Will Flush Al-Shabaab Out Of Mudug (Shabelle News)
  • Stakeholders Agree on National Security Policy for Maritime Security (Kismayo News)
  • Somali Remittance Firm Calls On New British PM To Support Africa (The Star)
  • AU delegation Assesses Somalia’s Readiness Ahead Of Polls (CCTV)
  • African Union Urge Policy Makers To Speed Continental Trade Deal  (Xinhua)
  • Somali Intellectual Disconnect (Hiiraan Online)

July 14, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Security Forces Foil Attempted Car Bombing At Popular Hotel (Hiiraan Online)
  • An Elderly Man Beheaded In Hiiraan Region (Shabelle News)
  • Al-Shabaab Leader Cautions Against Participating In The Upcoming Elections (Radio Dalsan)
  • Suspected Islamist Recruiter Kills Four At Kenyan Police Station: Officer (Reuters)
  • Somalo-Jewish Relations: Blasphemy Or Real Politic (Wardheer News)

July 13, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Technical Committee To Oversee Banadir Regional Council Election Named (Hiiraan Online)
  • Police Warned Residents Of Warsheikh Against Clan Fighting (Goobjoog News)
  • MP Calls For Evacuation Of Somalis In South Sudan (Shabelle News)
  • Phone Network Back In Several Towns In Gedo After Two Days Of Blackout (Goobjoog News)
  • Ethiopia: METEC Signed MoU With Somalia (Ethiopian News Agency)
  • IOM Identifies Over 430000 Internally Displaced In Somalia (Reliefweb)
  • Somali Girls Risk Becoming Child Brides If Forced To Leave Dadaab – Malala (The Star)

July 12, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Mohamud: I am Hopeful That The Somali People Would Give Me Another Chance (Marka Cadeey)
  • Hobyo Administration Expresses Concern Over Increased Illegal Fishing (Goobjoog News)
  • Spy Device Crashes In Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
  • Coast Guard Boss To Head EU Mission In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Threat Strands Riders In Mandera Kenya (The Star)
  • Member States Health Experts Prepare The Ground For IGAD Health Ministers Meeting (IGAD)
  • PM Should Have Visited Somalia During African Tour: Chennithala (Manorama Online)
  • Stateness First! Democratization Without State Is Putting The Cart Before The Horse (Wardheer News)

July 11, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 8 Somali Soldiers Killed In Suicide Car Bomb Attack At Base (Associated Press)
  • Somali Cleric Association Call For Protest To Denounce Madina Attack (Goobjoog News)
  • AU Forces In Somalia Move On Al-Shabaab Held Town (Shabelle News)
  • Two Arrested For Impersonating As New Somali Police Commissioners (Radio Dalsan)
  • Trial To Begin For Pair Accused Of Fundraising For Al-Shabaab (ABC News)
  • 2016 Paralympic Games: Somalia’s Farhan Hadafo In Historic Qualification (CCTV)
  • Journalists Arrested Radio Station Closed In Crackdown On Media Freedom (IFJ)
  • Involve Local Communities In Refugee Repatriation Drive (Standard Digital)

July 8, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Government Forces Recapture Villages Near Qansah Dheere (Goobjoog News)
  • Galkayo Council Dissolution Stirs Protest Amid Lax Security (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Police Nab Several People In Operation In Adado (Goobjoog News)
  • Israel To Help Kenya Build Border Wall To Prevent Al-Shabaab Threats (The Algemeiner)
  • AU asks Kenya Uganda and Ethiopia To Honour Aircraft Pledges (The Star)
  • Drought-hit Kenyan Herders Turn To New Money-maker: Hay (Reuters)
  • A Rise That Is Visible To Only A Few (The Africa Report)