April 8, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Four People Arrested In Mogadishu As Mortar Shells Hit City (Shabelle News)
Governor Of Benadir Region Refuses To Implement Orders From The Auditor General’s Office On Collection Of Rates (Goobjooge.com)
Somalia Finance Minister Attends Arab League Summit (Radio Muqdisho)
Somali Piracy Is Down Not Out( AFP/Daily Nation)
UK ‘Secretly Aiding’ Terror Attacks In Yemen (The Star)
Kenyans’ Goodwill Biggest KDF Asset (Daily Nation)
Puntland And The Somali Government Reach an Election Deal. What’s Next? (Somalia Newsroom)

Puntland Leader Defends Move To Back Down In Poll Row (Garowe Online)
Mogadishu Mayor Issues Three Day Ultimatum (Goobjoog News)
Somali And AU Troops Take Village From Al Shabaab (Shabelle News)
President Kenyatta Wants AMISOM Elevated To UN Mission Status (Capital FM)
UN Takes On ‘Violent Extremism’ Seen As A Cause Of Terrorism (ABC News)
Laptop Shows Suspect Visited Shabaab Websites Ahead Of Westgate Attack (Capital FM)
Leftist Norwegian Politician Gets Raped By A Somali Begs For Him Not To Be Deported (The Daily Caller)
“It’s An Assault On Our Civilization On Our Humanity” (The New York Times)

Somalia Egypt Seek New Military Cooperation Joint Development (Hiiraan Online)
Gunmen Attack Army Chief Residence In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Puntland President Explains Circumstances Under Which His Government Accepted 4.5 (Jowhar.com)
Somali Forces Retake Several Settlements Under Mahaas And Moqokori (Somali National News Agency -SONNA)
Thousands May Die In Parched Somalia UN warns (Shabelle News)
Galmudug Appeals For Urgent Humanitarian Aid As Drought Continues To Wreak Havoc (Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Al-Shabab Is Wounded But Resilient (Star Tribune)
Man-eating Crocodile Killed In Somalia (Ghana News Agency)
Djibouti Women In Paris On Hunger Strike (AFP)
Mombasa Queries Anti-terrorism Plan To Evict Airport Squatters (The Star)
Interview-British FGM Survivor Hopes Her Memoir Will Help End “This Barbaric Abuse” (Reuters)

Somali Lawmaker Injured Guards Killed In Al-Shabaab Shooting (Bloomberg)
Heavy Rain Pounds Mogadishu Roads Flooded And Transport Hindered (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Lawmakers Boycott Garowe Agreement (Shabelle News)
Djibouti Expels BBC Journalists Ahead Of Presidential Elections (Hiiraan Online)
African Union Says 6 Al-Shabaab Commanders Killed In Somalia (Bloomberg)
Somali Leaders Plan To Revise Election Model (VOA)
Interview-British FGM Survivor Hopes Her Memoir Will Help End “This Barbaric Abuse” (Reuters Africa)

Al-Shabaab Admits To Be Behind Puntland Attack (VOA Somali)
Bosasso Police Arrest A Man Over Al-Shabaab Links (Goobjoog News)
Federal MP Calls On Puntland To Protect Life And Property Of Southerners In Puntland (Goobjoog News)
Naval Flotilla Dispatched To Gulf of Aden (Financial Tribune)
El-Adde Major’s Kin Finally Get Body For Burial (Daily Nation)
Ethiopia Beat Somalia In Addis Ababa (Confederation of African Football)
Misleading Puntland And Holding Somalia Hostage: The Hypocrisy Of Abdiweli Gaas (Mareeg Media)

Puntland Issues Security Measures After Attack (Shabelle News)
Security In Mogadishu Is Deteriorating Former Mogadishu Mayor Says (Goobjoog News)
New Commander Named To Head Kismayo Police (Wacaal Media)
Italy Crushes Huge £3.6million Haul Of Ivory With A Steamroller After Finding Links Between Somali Terror Group Al-Shabaab And The Illegal Elephant Tusk Poaching Trade (Daily Mail)
UN And AU-backed Training For Somali Recruits Commence (Sudan Tribune)
Leaders Observe Minute Of Silence For Fallen Soldiers (Daily Nation)
Development courses launched in Jubbaland State (Soka 25 East)

Suicide Bomber Strikes While Hugging Official In Somalia’s Puntland (Reuters)
Somali PM Condemns Murder Of Turkish Doctors (Shabelle News)
Somalia Set To Issue National Biometric IDs Amid Security Challenges (Hiiraan Online)
One Injured As Gunfire Erupts In Beledweyne (Shabelle News)
Origin Of Weapons Stash Not Known (Yahoo/AAP)
Turkey Confirms Azerbaijani Citizen Dead In Drive-by Somalia Shooting (Trend News Agency)
Nairobi Reality Distorted In Fiction Film About Drone Attack On Al-Shabaab (Daily Nation)

Somalia Hails Seizure Of Arms Ship By French Navy (Hiiraan Online)
Government Asks Public To Help Restore Mogadishu Peace (Shabelle News)
IGAD Pledges Support For Bossaso Airport Expansion (Goobjoog News)
Leego Village Under Heavy Mortar Fire (Shabelle News)
Huge Weapons Seized As UPDF Deploys New Group In Somalia (Daily Monitor)
Somali Students Join Campaign Against Violent Extremism (AMISOM)
Declare KDF Exit From Somalia In State Of The Nation Address MP Tells Uhuru (The Star)
Al-Shabaab Have Suffered Heavy Losses In Recent Weeks (CCTV)
I Opened The First Psychiatric Hospital In Somalia (BBC)
Somalia’s Sufi Revival (Al Jazeera)

Weapons Shipment Heading for Somalia Seized (World Maritime News)
NISA Launches Sweep Operation Seize Car Bomb (Shabelle News)
Somali Parliament Speaker Opens Federal Parliament Action Plan Preparation Meeting In Uganda(Goobjoog News)
Puntland Trucks Water To Drought Affected Areas (Goobjoog News)
Djibouti Guelleh In Final Campaign On Eve Of Presidential Election (Hiiraan Online)
Suspected Al-Shabaab Foreign Fighters Arrested In Central Somalia (Xinhua)
Ray Of Hope In Jubaland As New Leaders Finally Take Full Control Of The Region (The East African)
Somalia’s Forgotten Soldiers (Al Jazeera)
Can Drone Strikes Defeat Al-Shabaab? (Al Jazeera)

Security Forces Flush Out Al-Shabaab Kill 115 In Central Somalia (Xinhua)
AMISOM Says Repulsed Attack On The SNA Camp (Mareeg Media)
Somali-Canadian Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Somali President Welcomes Agreement Between Jubbaland And Gedo Regions (Goobjoog News)
Canada: Edmonton Police Renew $440K In Cold Case Rewards (CBC News)
Fact Check: Why No Somali Death Notices In Newspaper? (SC Times)
With All These Shenanigans Is There Any Hope For Somalia? (Daily Nation)