July 7, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Ethiopia To Support Somalia In Military Capacity Building (Ethiopian News Agency)
Lower Shabelle Administration Pardons Nine Inmates To Honor Eid Al-Fitr (Goobjoog News)
US Mission For Somalia Sends Message Of Peace To Somalia On The Occasion Of Eid Al-Fitr (Hiiraan Online)
US To Assist Kenya Repatriate Refugees Says World Understands Situation (Daily Nation)
Christmas Bomber Case Appeal Challenges NSA Surveillance (Associated Press)
African Union Troops To Start Pulling Out Of Somalia In 2018 (Daily Nation)

President Mohamud Extends Eid Al Fitr Message To Somalis (Shabelle News)
Wanlawayn District Gets New Market Solar-powered Street Lights Thanks To Norwegian Funding(Kismaayo News)
Land Housing Women’s Rights Vital To Somalia Stability: Aid Agency (Xinhua)
Somali Woman Defying Odds Runs For Top Spot In Next Month’s Polls (The Wilmington Journal)
Securing Somalia Whatever the Cost (Securing Somalia Whatever The Cost)

UN Begins Sorting False From Genuine Refugees In Dadaab (Daily Nation)
Somali President Calls For Peace (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Ends Suspension On Radio Daljir (Puntland Today)
Uganda Reconsiders Pull-out From Somali Mission (Voice of America)
Mogadishu Prepares For The End Of The Holy Month Of Ramadan (AMISOM)
Well Water Is Creating Lush Green Farms In Bakol’s Semi-arid Lands (ICRC)
East African Businesses Recruited To Open Streets Event In Minneapolis (Star Tribune)

Somali President To Name New Intelligence Chief Soon (Goobjooge)
Puntland Leader In Galkayo Amid Worsening Insecurity (Shabelle News)
Gas Replacing Charcoal For Cooking In Northeastern Somalia (Radio Ergo)
A Civilian Shot Dead In Clan Revenge Attack In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Jitters Over Somalia’s Proposed Law To Protect Women (Daily Nation)
Provincial Funding In Limbo As Edmonton’s Somali Community Identifies Root Causes Of Violence(Edmonton Sun)
Some Refugees Returning Home To Help Rebuild Somalia (WAMC)

Somalia Commemorates Its Independence Day (Goobjoog News)
US Removes Somali Businessman From Sanctions List (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland President Holds Security Meeting With Galkayo Security Officials (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Appoints 2016 Federal Electoral Implementation Team (Shabelle News)
Six Killed In Gun Attack On Two Buses In Kenya’s Mandera (Reuters)
Plan To Professionalise Somali Police (New Vision)
On The Path To Peace And Stability (Goobjoog News)

At Least 18 Killed By A Roadside Bomb In Somalia (Reuters)
Kenyan Air Force Jets Carry Out Airstrikes In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Administration Of El-Ali locality Claims Victory In Battle With Al-Shabaab In Hiiraan (Goobjoog News)
Somali New Zealanders Held Up By Customs – National MP (NZ Herald)
Step Back For Press Freedom In Somalia (Voice of America)
US Urged To Use ‘Soft Power’ In Somalia (Voice of America)
As Conflict Zone Gets Safer Somalis Go For 3D Movies And Pizza (Bloomberg)

Several Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed In Heavy Fighting In Bakool Region (Goobjoog News)
Fishing Vessel Rescues Comorian Sailors Off Jubaland (Garowe Online)
Elders Gathered In Las Anod town For Reconciliation Talks (Goobjoog News)
Corruption Accusations Against EU Somalia Envoy “Nonsense” (Garowe Online)
Missing Boys Found Unresponsive In Willmar’s Foot Lake (West Central Tribune)
Life Stories Of Heidelberg West’s Somali Community Feature In New Book (Herald Sun Leader)
From Williamsville South To The Diplomatic Mission Of A Lifetime Schwartz Tackles Challenge Of Somalia(The Buffalo News Agency)

US Somalia Launch New Chapter In Relations (Voice of America)
SNA Recaptures Gof-gaduud Village From Al-Shabaab Fighters (Goobjoog News)
Suspected US Surveillance Aircraft Crashes In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Traditional Elders Call For Immediate Cease-fire Between Warring Clans In Sool Region (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Moves On After Beach Attack (BBC)
Somalia Rides The Ups And Downs Of A Global Oil Crisis (Al Jazeera)
Kenya Clamps Down On Journalists Covering War On Al-Shabaab (The Guardian)

A City Council Member Shot Dead In Northern Galkayo (Shabelle News)
Somali Lawmaker Warns Of Worsening Security In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Tension High In Bosaaso (Jowhar.com)
East African Bloc Condemns Hotel Attack In Somalia’s Capital (Xinhua)
Somali Cabinet Minister Who Called Toronto Home Killed In Al-Shabaab Hotel Siege (CBC News)
Inside The Secret Somalia Rehab Camp For Former Shabab Members (The Star Canada)