February 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Cabinet Meeting Focuses On Security (Garowe Online)
  • President Ahmed Madoobe Denies Claims Of Massacre In Gedo Region By Kenyan Forces (Jubbaland Media)
  • Grenade Bomb Blast Targets Kahda DC’s Office (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Says One-Man-One-Vote Not Possible in 2016 National Poll (Bloomberg News)
  • U.S. Court In Chicago: Somali Pirate Can’t Withdraw Plea (Chicago Tirbune)
  • More Phones Few Banks And Years Of Instability Are Transforming Somalia To A  Cashless Society(Quartz Africa)

February 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • The Istanbul High-Level Partnership Forum Ends With Renewed Resolve To Support Somalia’s Growth Process (AMISOM)
  • Somali Government Beefs Up Airport Security Following Daallo Airline Attack (VOA Somali)
  • Italy Pledges Support For Somalia In Matters Security (Wacaal Media)
  • Somali President Sees Signs Of Hope As 2500 Jobs Created (Hiiraan Online)
  • Puntland Appeals For Assistance To Drought Affected Families Shabelle Media Network)
  • Extreme Water Shortages In Parts Of Galgadud (Goobjoog News)
  • EAC Summit Pushed Forward As Members Mull Somalia South Sudan Inclusion (IPP Media)
  • Somali Women Can Be Agents Of Political Change And Promoters Of Peace And Security (UNSOM)
  • Politics Violence And Food In Somalia (Press TV)
  • Terrorism A Threat To African Businesses (IOL)

February 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • High Level Partnership Forum To Be Concluded In Istanbul Today (Goobjoog News)
  • Unidentified Dead Body Spotted In Northern Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Federal Parliament Speaker Set To Attend Arab League Countries Parliament Speaker’s Conference In Cairo (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali President Changes Flight Route After PM Delegation Delay In Kenya (Radio Dalsan)
  • Arms Embargo Restricting Somalia’s Security (Andolu Agency)
  • Winnipeg Students Take The Stage To Raise Money For Somali Refugees (CBC News)
  • Turkey Always Backs Somalia: Turkish Presidency Spokesman (Andolu Agency)
  • Doctors Urge ‘Compromise’ On Female Genital Mutilation (CNN)

February 23, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Wanted Al-Shabaab Operative Arrested At A Mogadishu Hotel (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Somali PM Vows ‘Decisive’ Response Over Kenyan Airport Detention (Hiiraan Online)
  • Amisom Forces Impose Curfew In Leego Following Intelligence Reports Of Imminent Attack (Wacaal Media)
  • Puntland Police Arrest Several Suspects In Galkayo Security Operations (Wacaal Media)
  • Turkey Keen To Enhance Investments In Somalia (World Bulletin)
  • KDF Soldier Declared Dead But His Phone Still Rings (The Standard)
  • A Portrait Of Fadumo Dayib The Hope Of Somalia’s Future? (Global Risk Insight)

February 22, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Sixth High Level Partnership Forum To Kick Off In Turkey Tomorrow (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland President Will Not Attend Istanbul Conference But Will Instead Head To Washington (Jowhar Online)
  • Galmudug Commends Herdsmen Who Confronted Al-Shabaab In Mudug (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Marks International Mother Language Day (Garowe Online)
  • Amisom To Rely More On Air Strikes As EU Reduces Funding (Daily Nation)
  • How KDF Raid Took Out Shabaab Chiefs (Daily Nation)
  • Global Unity Crucial To Eradicate Piracy Off Somali Coast – Experts (Coastweek Online)
  • Fact Check: How Somali Names Are Chosen (St. Cloud Times)

February 19, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • 26 Members Of Al-Shabaab Nabbed In NISA Operation (Wacaal Media)
  • Somali Premier Lays Foundation Stone For A New Prison In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • EU Puntland Launch Key Livestock Development Project In Garowe (Wacaal Media)
  • Somali President Offers Condolences to Turkey’s Erdoğan Following Terrorist Attacks in Ankara (Somali Update)
  • KDF Kills 53 Al-Shabaab Terrorists (Daily Nation)
  • Kenyan Police Nab Student On Way To Join Islamic State (Xinhua)
  • Life At Mogadishu’s Largest Orphanage (TRT World)

February 18, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • AMISOM Forces Kill Dozens Of Al-Shabaab Fighters In Burhakabo Bakool Region (Goobjoog News)
  • The Heads Of States To Deliberate Somalia Entry Into EAC Bloc (Goobjoog News)
  • Federal Parliament To Initiate Referendum Over Amended Clauses In The Constitution (Wacaal Media)
  • Kenya Says Deputy Al-Shabaab Commander Killed In Somalia (Bloomberg)
  • Boutros-Ghali: Outspoken Diplomat (New York Times)
  • Puntland Warns Of Seismic Survey Offshore Somalia (Garowe Online)

February 17, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Troops ‘Repel’ Major Militants Attack On Town Near Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
  • Al-Shabaab Kills Young Man In Buloburde District After Being Hostage For Five Months (Goobjoog News)
  • Slow Internet Casts Doubt On Somaliland’s Voter Registration Process (Hiiraan Online)
  • Jubbaland Parliament Passes 2016 Budget (Goobjoog News)
  • Leaders of Galmudug Interim Administration Share Views On 2016 Electoral Process With International(UNSOM)
  • Somali Security Forces Trained On Safety Of Journalists And Freedom Of Expression (Reliefweb)
  • Centralized Somalia Aid Fuels Conflict (Garowe Online)

February 16, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Premier Called On Security Forces To Bring The Assassins Of Former Defense Minister To Justice (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland President Names Election Commission (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Federal Parliament Started The Constitutional Review Process (Goobjoog News)
  • More than 8000 Somali Refugees Deported From Kenya (Xinhua)
  • Al-Shabaab Claims Car Bomb That Killed Somalia’s Former Minister (Newsweek)
  • Cholera Kills 12 Affects More Than 1500 In Kenya Refugee Camps (Xinhua)
  • Wagalla Massacre: Premeditated Act Of Genocide? (The Star)

February 15, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Mortar Shells Hit Aiport In Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
  • ISWA Head Shariff Hassan Holds Talks With UN Special Envoy Michael Keating (Wacaal Media)
  • UNSOM Holds Awards Ceremony For Uniformed Personnel Serving In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Djibouti Delegation In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Kenya Sucked Into Somalia UN Spat (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia National Security Advisor Speaks (Deutsche Welle)
  • Nigeria Boko Haram Fighters Trained In Somalia: President (Reuters)
  • Somalia U-11 Show Fantastic Progress In Their First International Appearance (Soka 25 East)
  • The Nexus Between Somaliland And Al-Shabaab (Kenyamedia.com)