March 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali And AU Troops Push Militants Out Of Fresh Areas In Bakol (Shabelle News)
  • Prime Minister Sharmarke Set To Visit Puntland (Wacaal Media)
  • US Congressmen In Push For Somalia’s State Rebuilding Aid (Hiiraan Online)
  • Puntland President Says The War Against Terror Is Not Over (Goobjoog News)
  • Diaspora Celebrate Alongside UK Ministers To Show New Narrative For Somalis (PR Newswire)
  • Ugandan Al-Shabaab Member Arrested At Namanga Border (Daily Nation)
  • Authorities Twin Cities Muslims Gather To Discuss Anxiety After Terror Attacks (Star Tribune)

March 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • UN Provides 11 Million USD For Drought Response In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Somali Federalization And Boundaries Commission Meet With Galmudug State Parliament (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Diaspora Donates Foodstuff To Armed Forces (Wacaal Media)
  • New Case Of Measles Reported From Northern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Kenyan Somali Leaders Condemn Brussels Attacks (Business Standard)
  • US To Supply Kenya With Five Helicopters For War On Al-Shabaab (The Star)
  • Djibouti Is Hot (Bloomberg)

March 23, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Government Denies Al-Shabaab In Control Of Lanta Buro Area (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Prime Minister In Talks With Elders In Beledweyne City (Shabelle News)
  • Hiiraan Administration Appeals For Urgent Aid As Drought Bites The Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Kenya Warns Over Incursion Of Fleeing Al-Shabaab Militants (Xinhua)
  • Mpeketoni Attack Suspects Dyana Salim And Mahadi Swaleh Freed (Daily Nation)
  • Mo Farah: Born In Somalia. Made In Britain (Eurosport)
  • Hmong Hip-hop Artist And Somali Journalist Are Among 2016 Bush Fellows (Twincities.com)

March 22, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabaab Commander Seized In Diinsoor (Shabelle News)
  • Acute Diarrhea Kills 43 About 2000 Infected In Jowhar and Jubbaland (Goobjoog News)
  • Fires At Two Mogadishu Hospitals Under Investigation As Possible Arson (Hiiraan Online)
  • Captured Al-Shabaab Fighters Claim They Were Lured For Education In Yemen (Goobjoog News)
  • Police Warn Of Possible Terror Attacks In Kenya After KDF Incursions In Somalia (The Star)
  • Somalia Hails UAE For Development Projects (Khaleej Times)
  • ‘We Are Demanding Change’: The Somali Woman Taking On International NGOs (The Guardian)

March 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Militants Overrun Military Base Killing At Least One (Reuters)
  • Fire Destroys Medical Supplies In Banadir Hospital (Goobjoog News)
  • Gunmen Open Fire On Civilian Car 5 People Dead (Shabelle News)
  • Somalia: Puntland Forces Kill 42 Al-Shabaab Fighters: State TV (Garowe Online)
  • KDF Military Fighter Jets Pound Al-Shabaab Camp In Sindigow Village Southern Somalia(Intelligencebriefs.com)
  • UAE Ambassador In Somalia Meets With UN Special Representative (Emirates News Agency)
  • The Fear Amongst Ourselves (The Maandeeq)

March 18, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Puntland Sufficient To Deal With Al-Shabaab Says Officer (Shabelle News)
  • ISWA To Recruit And Train More Police Officers (Wacaal Media)
  • Galmudug Administration Says Al-Shabaab Fighters Who Clashed With Puntland Did Not Come From Galmudug Areas (Goobjoog News)
  • Villagers Near Near Erigavo Forced To Buy Water On Credit (Radio Ergo)
  • African Force In Somalia Urges More Support for Al-Qaeda Battle (Bloomberg)
  • Turning The Tide For Africa’s Largest Coastline (The Goldman Environmental Prize)
  • Finding Somali Life in Minnesota (The New York Times)

March 17, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 20 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Somalia’s Puntland State (Xinhua News)
  • President Hassan Sheikh Lauds The Contribution Of Burundi As He Hosts Vice President (Wacaal Media)
  • Calm Returns To Nugal Region After Deadly Fight (Shabelle News)
  • Somalia On Alert Over Possible Attacks On Ports (Hiiraan Online)
  • Burundi Reaffirms Its Support To AMISOM (AMISOM)
  • 30 Al-Shabaab Killed In Two Clashes In Somalia Say Officials (New Vision)
  • Metro Transit Police Use Somali Language Lessons To Break Down Barriers (MPR News)
  • No More Pirates: Mpls. Actor Barkhad Abdi Lands The Good Guy Role (MPR News)

March 16, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabaab Releases Aid Workers Following Ransom (Shabelle News)
  • Security Operations In Wadajir Nets Over Ten Al-Shabaab Suspects (Goobjoog News)
  • NISA Says Al-Shabaab Plans To Attack Ports (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Forces Attack Alleged ISIL Militants In Nugal-Latest (Mareeg Media)
  • Bernie Sanders Turns Out The Somali Vote In Ohio (The Daily Beast)
  • Garissa Tops List Of 10 Most Corrupt Counties (the Star)
  • Seychelles President And New German Ambassador Discuss Trade And Tourism (Global Travel Industry News)
  • Reasons Why Puntland Should Confront A Resurgent Al-Shabaab Threat (Garowe Online)
  • Tasting the Best Somali Cuisine in Chicago (Eater)

March 15, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Militants Seize Small Port In Puntland Region (Reuters)
  • One Killed As Djibouti Somaliland Coastguards Clash Over Illegal Fishing (Hiiraan Online)
  • Security Operations In Bardale Town (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Rewarded Disable Man For His Outstanding Human Right Campaign (Mareeg Media)
  • Belgium Issues Heavy Sentence On Former Somali Kingpin (Times Live)
  • Somali Teen Shot By Police In The US Wakes Up From Coma (Associated Press)
  • Is The U.S. Now At War With The Al-Shabaab? Not Exactly (The New York Times)

March 14, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Militias Allied To Puntland And Galmudug Clash As Hundreds Are Displaced (Goobjoog News)
  • UN Envoy Pays First Visit To Somaliland (Mareeg Media)
  • One Killed And Eight Others Injured In A Grenade Attack In Qoryoley (Goobjoog News)
  • DRC Worker Arrested For Beletweyne Airport Blast (Shabelle News)
  • IGAD Validates Strategy Aimed At Addressing Climate Change (Capital FM)
  • AU Troops Urged To Improve Interaction With Local Communities In Somalia (CCTV)
  • FM Reiterates Kuwait’s Support To Somalia’s Fight Against Terrorism (Kuwait News)
  • Why Ambitious Young Somalis Join Al-Shabaab (Al Jazeera)