June 3, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Erdoğan In Somalia Opens Africa’s Largest Turkish Embassy Other Projects (Daily Sabah)
  • National Consultative Forum Concludes As Leaders Agree To Hold Next Session In Baidoa (Puntlandi.com )
  • NISA Investigating Mobiles Phones Used By Al-Shabaab Militants In Mogadishu Hotel Attack (Radio Dalsan)
  • Kenyan Government Welcomes Death Of Garissa Attack Mastermind (Goobjoog News/VOA)
  • International Community Condemns Mogadishu Hotel Bombing As Death Toll Rises To 16 (Xinhua)
  • Kenya’s Plan To Shut Dadaab Refugee Camp Criticised (Al Jazeera English)
  • ISIL Case Trial Triggers Fear In A Community (Star Tribune)
  • Somalia Hopes For Better Future Despite Attacks (BBC News)

June 2, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 20 Killed In Hotel Siege In Somali Capital (Bernama News Agency)
  • President Hassan Condemns Hotel Ambassador’s Terror Attack (Jowhar.com)
  • Slain Somali Lawmakers Among Most Educated MPs (Goobjoog News)
  • Turkey: EU Cut In Funds For AU Troops In Somalia A Mistake (Shabelle News/AP)
  • Somalia Ends Operation To Secure Hotel Bombed By Al-Shabaab (Reuters)
  • Schools Ruined By War Under Repair (Africa Review)
  • He’s Accused Of War Crimes In Somalia Now He Works As Security At A US Airport(CNN)
  • Cold Specks Is Reconnecting With Her Somali Roots (Okay Africa)

June 1, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Suspected U.S. Troops Attack Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Security Operation In Qoryooley Nets Several People (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali President Wants Total Ban On Miraa In The Country (Shabelle News)
  • Erdogan Expected In Mogadishu For Embassy Opening (Radio Dalsan)
  • AMISOM Opens New Training Facility For The Somali National Army (AMISOM)
  • Kenya Announces Dadaab Refugee Camp Will Close By November (BBC)
  • Breakaway Somaliland Dreams Port Will Boost Independence (AFP)

May 31, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Wabari  District Worker Gunned Down In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • US Plans To Deport Illegal Somali Immigrants – Envoy (Hiiraan Online)
  • SNA And Al-Shabaab Battle Outside Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Military Colonel Mohammad Kariye Arale Denies That He Was Arrested By Ethiopian Troops(Goobjoog News)
  • Repatriation Of Refugees To Be Humane – Amina (The Star Kenya)
  • Man Threatens Staff At Nauru Processing Office (Radio New Zealand)
  • Securing The Seas (Splash247)

May 30, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Leaders To Wrap Up NLF On 2016 Elections (Shabelle News)
  • Several Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed In Heavy Fighting In Bakool Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Ahlu Sunna: No condition On Galmudug Talks (Shabelle News)
  • Food Aid Distributed To Over 2000 People In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Dar­-based Trader Eyes Presidency In Somalia Poll (The Citizen Tanzania)
  • KCB And CBA Take First Steps To Enter Somalia (The StarKenya)
  • DP World Eyes Further Africa Expansion Following Somaliland Deal (Arabian Business)
  • A Week In The Life Of Michael Keating ( World Today Magazine )

May 27, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Over Thirty People Arrested In Security Operation In Burdubo Town (Goobjoog News)
  • Government Ministers Start Mediation Efforts To Stop Beledweyne Conflict (Shabelle News)
  • Afgooye Children Get Their School Back As Army Leave (Radio Ergo)
  • Somali Traditional Elders To Forge Unity Vow To Be Proactive In Peace And development Efforts(Goobjooge.com)
  • Uganda Police Commended For Role In Somalia (New Vision Uganda)
  • Nothing to Go Back to – From Kenya’s Vast Refugee Camp (Human Rights Watch )
  • One Woman’s Mission To Promote Traditional Music In Somalia (CCTV)

May 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Marks Africa Day In Pomp (AMISOM)
  • Rickshaw Driver Murdered Near Police Checkpoint In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • MP Calls For The Arrest Of NISA Soldiers Accused Of  Torturing Govt Official (Shabelle News)
  • Uganda To Give Verdict On 2010 Shabaab Bombing Suspects (The East African)
  • African Force Says 80% of Somali Regions Seized From Militants (Bloomberg News)
  • Police Arrest Two Suspected ISIS Terrorists Foil Attacks In Nairobi Mombasa (Daily Nation )
  • Teaching Anti-Extremism In Kenya  (The New Yorker)

May 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Six Al-Shabaab Killed In Fighting Between Clan Militias And Al-Shabaab Officials Say. (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Security Minister Outlines Security Plan For Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Galmudug Signs Deal With An Iraqi Firm For The Construction Of Hobyo Seaport (Goobjooge.com)
  • Two Dead As Govt Troops Exchange Gunfire In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • KDF Troops Kills 21 Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Daily Nation)
  • AU Special Representative for Somalia Calls For A Step Change In Tackling Al-Shabaab (AMISOM)
  • Somalia Reaps Rewards Of Ankara’s Investment (Financial Times)

May 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Prime Minister Calls for Humanitarian Aid As Clashes Ravage Beledweyne (Goobjoog News )
  • Mogadishu And Istanbul Mayors Discuss Construction Of Mogadishu’s Wadnaha Street (SONNA)
  • Jubaland Head Of State Appeals To Warring Sides Fighting In Beledweyne Hiiraan Region (Jowhar.com)
  • Consultative Conference To Take Place In Garowe (Goobjoog News)
  • Closing Dadaab Will Dishonour 2013 Deal On Refugees Kenya Told (The Star Kenya)
  • Somaliland: 25 Years As An Unrecognised State (Al Jazeera News)
  • INTERVIEW-Kenya Will Close World’s Biggest Refugee Camp This Year (Reuters)

May 23, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Throws Parliament Off Balance Draws Support And Ire Of MPs (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland President Set To Return To Garowe Today (Villa Puntland)
  • Four Killed In Clan Clashes In Abudwak Town (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Elections on Track for August Despite Opposition (VOA News)
  • Operation Linda Boni A success Says Lamu Administrator (Daily Nation)
  • UAE ambassador To Somalia Meets Puntland President (WAM News Agency)
  • Meet Kenya’s Home Guards Hunting For Al-Shabaab (New Zealand Herald)