February 12, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

SNA And AMISOM Recaptures Biya-Adde From Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Rejects International Pressure Over Somali Election Model (Hiiraan Online)
Speaker Holds Talks With Delegations From Arab League And Turkey (Wacaal Media)
Mogadishu Orders Removal Of English-language Signboards (News 24)
Drought Wreaks Havoc In North Somalia (Africa Review)
States’ Meddling Foments Lengthy Somalia Conflict (The Star)

Mortar Attack Targets Somali Mogadishu Airport (Daily Sabah)
International Community Delegation Set To Leave Garowe After Failing To Convince Puntland Over 4.5 Decision (Wacaal Media)
Security Operations In Bay Region Nets Suspects (Goobjoog News)
Arab League Pledges More Support For Somalia As Premier Sharmarke Hosts High Level Delegation(Wacaal Media)
Suspected Suicide Bomber Traded Seats Before Somali Plane Blast Airline CEO Says (ABC News)
MPs Discuss Al-Shabaab Attack On KDF Troops In Somalia (Daily Nation)
Somalia To Rebuild Its Navy To Curb Illegal Fishing (Xinhua)
Puntland Is Experiencing A Crisis Of Leadership Not An Electoral Dispute With The Federal Government(RBC Radio)

Federal Government To Safeguard Women’s Interests In National Politics Prime Minister Sharmarke Says(Wacaal Media)
Two Killed And Five Others Injured In Bardhere Town (Goobjoog News)
Displaced Sanaag Pastoralists Face Harsh Life In Sool (Radio Ergo)
Galkayo Elders Cry Foul Over District Council Nominee List (Goobjoog News)
Modern Police Station Opened At Mogadishu International Airport (CCTV)
Can A New Currency Help Somalia? (Reuters)
$15m In Funding For Ethiopia Somalia (The Australian)
Somalis Open Driver-owned PDX Yellow Cab Taxi Company (Oregon Live)
KPL Mourn Death Of Ulinzi Player Ouma (Kenya Premier League)
El-Adde: Lessons Learnt And Way Forward (Daily Nation)
More Than An African Problem (The Economist)

Landmine Explosion In Kismayo Hits Jubbaland Police Vehicle (Goobjoog News)
Djibouti’s Guelleh Receives Somali-British Athlete Mo Farah In Djibouti (Hiiraan Online)
Interior Minister Holds Talks With Elders In Hobyo Town (Goobjoog News)
Somalia-Kenya Maritime Row On (The Star)
Kazakhstan To Bring Back Two Nationals From Somalia After Plane’s Emergency Landing (Kazinform News Agency)
‘Suicide Bomber’ On Somalia Plane Was Meant To Board Turkish Flight (The Guardian)
AMISOM Military Operations Coordination Committee Meets In Nairobi (AMISOM)
Why You Need Somalia More than Somalia Needs You (Bosaaso.com)
Somalia’s Path to Recovery is Not Just About Elections (Garowe Online)

SNA And AMISOM Soldiers Retake Marka Town (Goobjoog News)
Federal Government To Leave No Stone Unturned In Daallo Airline Suicide Bombing (Wacaal Media)
President Calls For the Formation Of A Constitutional Court (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Speaker Lauds Role of UN in Somalia (Wacaal Media)
Somali Man Sentenced To 15-Years For Stabbing Woman In Britain And Fleeing To Ethiopia (Zegabi)
Somali FA Donates Office Equipment To Puntland State Branch (Soko25East)
Amareswara Rao UNSOS Chief Human Resource Services Section (UNSOS)
Reborn Maine Milling City Offers Lessons Amid Refugee Crisis (Associated Press)

AU Special Representative To Somalia Ambassador Francisco Madeira Makes Inaugral Visit To Kismaayo (AMISOM)
At Least One Killed In A Car Explosion (Goobjoog News)
Mystery Deepens As Investigation Into Blast In Plane Widens (Hiiraan Online)
President Of Puntland Government Sends Stern Warning To Those Bent On Destabilizing The State(Wacaal Media)
Puntland President In Qardo (Garowe Online)
Somalia Daallo Airlines Explosion: Dead Wheelchair Passenger May Have Been Failed Suicide Bomber(IBTimes)
Four Somali Nationals Fined Sh5.5m Each Over Illegal Travel Documents (Daily Nation)
SRSG Keating Welcomes Jubbaland’s Reaction To The Federal Government’s Decision On The Electoral Model (UNSOM)
Breast Cancer: The Number One Killer In Somalia (AMISOM)
Letter to my daughter: what is it like to be a girl in 2016? (The Guardian)

New German Ambassador Presents Credentials To Somali President (Horseed Media)
Puntland Former Minister Comments On Bossaso Tensions Somalia Election Proposal (Garowe Online)
Somalia Seeks Investments From Saudi Billionaire Prince Alwaleed (Horseed Media)
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Decision In Somalia Torture Case (Jurists.org )
Militant Group Al-Shabaab Leading Suspect In Somalia Plane Blast: U.S. Government Sources (Reuters)
Disable and Displaced :The Plight Of Somalia’s Most Vulnerable (Refugees International)

Somalia Investigates Cause Of Blast In Passenger Plane (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Prime Minister Speaks About The Case Presented Against Him (Baidoa News)
Minister Of Transport And Aviation Denies Suspension Of Flights Between Mogadishu And Hargeisa(Jowhar News)
NGO Worker Survives Car Explosion In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Fishers Union Laud A New Fishing Licence Introduced In Puntland (Villa Puntland)
Kenya Warns Against Circulation Of Al-Shabaab Attack Messages (Xinhua)
AMISOM Mandate At A Glance (The Star)
AMISOM Hands-over Renovated Police Station In Dhobley (AMISOM)
US Court Clears Way For Torture Lawsuit Against Alleged Somali War Criminal (The Guardian)
Why I moved Back To Somalia And You Should Too (The Seattle Globalist)

Casualties Feared After Explosions Rock Near Presidential Palace In Somalia (Xinhua)
IGAD Urges Somali Govt To Complete Hiiraan Middle Shabelle State Formation (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia UK Sign Bilateral Agreements In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Diarrhoea Affects Children And Elderly In Mudug (Radio Ergo)
Council Re-elects Eyl DC (Garowe Online)
Somalia Probes Impact Of Kenyan Airstrikes Across Gedo Region (Xinhua)
Saudi Arabia Turns To Somalia For Domestic Workers Amid Abuse Cases (CCTV)
The New Electoral Model Hits A Deadlock (RBC Radio)
Young Somali Activist Sentenced To Death For Being A Lesbian (The Independant)