January 29, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • UN Praises ‘Inclusive’ Somali Election Plan ( Yahoo News/AFP)
  • Somali President’s Kenya Trip Sparks Outrage (Hiiraan Online)
  • AMISOM Police Commences Second Phase Of Training Of Somali Police Force Recruits In Baidoa(Goobjoog News)
  • UN Says Somalia’s Success Depends On Managing Threats (China.org)
  • UAE Ambassador To Somalia Meets Somali Official (Emirates News Agency)
  • Remarks By UN SRSG Keating For The Security Council Consultations On Somalia (UNSOM)
  • Dadaab: Inside The World’s Largest Refugee Camp (The Telegraph)
  • Jama Aden Interview: Coaching Genzebe Didaba (Athletics Week)

January 28, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • International Community Agrees To Somalia President Blueprint (Garowe Online)
  • Somali And AMISOM Forces Destroy Al-Shabaab Manned Roadblock In Galgadud Kill Six Fighters(Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Bardera Farmers Determined To Recover From Last Year’s Disaster (Radio Ergo)
  • Kenyans Pound Al-Shabaab Hideouts (Garowe Online)
  • KDF Will Stay In Somalia Says Uhuru Kenyatta (The Star)
  • Al-Shabaab Raped Women In Lamu Raid Says Officer (Standard Digital)
  • Amisom Releases Photos Of El Adde Attack Says It Is ‘Payback Time’ (The Star)
  • Excerpts From Interview With Young Somali Writer (The Star)

January 27, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali President To Attend Inter-denominational Prayers For Fallen And Injured KDF Officers (Wacaal Media)
  • Police  Arrest A Man Making Explosives In Jowhar Town (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland Lawmakers Support Puntland President’s Stand In The Election Talks (Villa Puntland)
  • Kenyan Troops Change Bases In Somalia ( Daily Nation )
  • Migrant Boy Arrested Over Murder Of Refugee Worker ‘Is Somali’ As Family Slam Swedish Government(The Mirror)
  • Inquiry Into El-Adde Massacre Must Take Candid Look At  Mission In Somalia ( Daily Nation)

January 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Office Of The President Expresses Hope Over National Consultative Conference (Goobjoog News )
  • Somali Leaders Set To Decide On Election Model (Hiiraan Online)
  • Veteran Somali Journalist Dies Aged 80 (Hiiraan Online)
  • Two MPs Sworn In For Somali Parliament (Shabelle News)
  • Kenya to Keep Troops In Somalia Backing African Union Force (Bloomberg News)
  • Yassin Juma Released From Police Custody To Report Back In Two Weeks (The Star Kenya)
  • Somalia Beach Massacre: Al-Shabaab How Could You Do It? (Horseed Media)

January 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Regional Leaders Arrive In Mogadishu For Election Talks (Hiiraan Online)
  • South West State Leader Visits Al Shabaab Blockaded Town (Shabelle News)
  • Kenya Sends More KDF Troops To Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • In Geneva Somalia Defends Its Human Rights Record (Hiiraan Online)
  • Local Clan In El Adde Might Have Betrayed KDF (Standard Digital)
  • Somalia Stumbling Along ‘Bumpy And Difficult’ Path To Peace And Prosperity (The Guardian)
  • Step Up Fight To Secure ‘Ungoverned Spaces’ In Somalia (Daily Nation)

January 22, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • At Least 20 Killed In Al-Shabaab Attack On Somali Restaurant (VoA News)
  • Prime Minister Urges Hiiraan Residents To Work Closely With AMISOM  (Shabelle News )
  • Al Shabaab Beheads 60-Year-Old Accused Of Witchcraft (Horseed Media)
  • Uhuru Kenyatta Urges Somalis To Form Credible Government (Daily Nation)
  • Somali Pirates Earn New Cash By Acting As Escorts To The Fishing Boats They Once Hijacked (The Telegraph)
  • Somaliland Faces ‘Explosion’ Of Mental Health Conditions (The Guardian)
  • Local Play To Address Tough Issues Facing Somali Immigrants (Star Tribune)
  • Here’s What Shabaab Rampage Means ( The Citizen Tanzania)

January 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Syrian Fighters May Have Helped Plan Attack On KDF In Somalia (The Standard)
  • Somaliland Government Deports Over 300 Illegal Immigrants (Garowe Online)
  • Eleven Somali Nationals In Court For Entering Country Illegally (Shabelle News)
  • UNHCR Repatriates Somali Refugees From Kenya’s Camp (China.org)
  • Muslim Workers Quit Wisconsin Jobs After Company Limits Prayers To Scheduled Breaks (The Christian Today)
  • Kenya Rattled Al Shabaab Turns Sights On Somalia Military Targets (New York Times)
  • Somalia Should Make Concrete Pledges At Rights Council (Human Rights Watch)

January 20, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somaliland Launches Crackdown On ‘Illegal Foreigners’ (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somali Bantu And Galjecel Tribes Boycott Jowhar Conference (Radio Dalsan)
  • Federal Government Forces Close Down Main Roads In Mogadishu  (Goobjoog News)
  • Ethiopians Somalis Flooding Into Yemen Despite Conflict: UN (AFP)
  • Uhuru Summons KDF Bosses Over Raid (Daily Nation)
  • Expatriates Return To Help Rebuild Somalia (CCTV)
  • Four Most-Wanted Terror Suspects Killed In Malindi (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia Fails To Agree On System For President’s Election (The East African)

January 19, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Vows To Step Up Fights To Eliminate Al-Shabaab (China.org)
  • Somaliland Arrests Journalist After Interviewing Alleged Cannibal (Hiiraan Online)
  • Puntland President Says There Is No Room For Shia Missionary In The State (Villa Puntland)
  • International Partners Stress Expectation Of Early Presentation Of Agreed Electoral Model (UNSOM)
  • Remains Of Kenya Fallen Soldiers Arrive In Nairobi (SABC News)
  • Turkey Building Army Base In Somalia ( Trend News Agency)
  • The Muswell Hill Diplomat Who Rebuilt The British Embassy In Somalia (Ham & High)

January 18, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Election Talks End Without Breakthrough In Kismayo (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somaliland Executes Three Convicted Of Murders (Hiiraan Online)
  • Prime Minister Sharmarke Expresses Optimism Over National Election Forums (Wacaal Media)
  • Kenya Jets Target Militants After Group Says 100 Soldiers Killed (Bloomberg News)
  • NIOC Seizes Smuggled Gasoil Bound To Somalia (El Akhbar Online)
  • Kenya Steps Up Search Recovery Operation After Attack In Somalia (Xinhua Online)
  • Finding Minnesota: Karmel Plaza (CBS Minnesota)
  • Together We Will Defeat Al-Shabaab ( Daily Nation)