November 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Bomb Under Car Seat Wounds Three Including Senior Government Official In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Four Siblings Die After Failed Self Medication In Yakshid District Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
UN Envoy Meets Former Puntland President (Garowe Online)
White House Backing Program To Curb ISIS Recruiting In Minnesota (CBS Minnesota)
Nkaissery Says More Al-Shabaab Youth Defect (The Star)
Four Women Accused Of Being Al-Shabaab Members Have Links With Jihadists (Daily Nation)
Kenya’s Somali North East: Devolution And Security (International Crisis Group)

UN Envoy Kay Congratulates Somalis On Consultations Across The Country (UNSOM)
Galmudug President Holds Talks With Ethiopian Foreign Minister (Goobjoog News)
Somali Interior Minister Calls On Puntland To Be A Role Model For 2016 Elections (Shabelle News)
National Consultation Forums On Somalia Upcoming Elections To Conclude Today (Villa Puntland)
UNFPA Celebrates Progress In Maternal Child Health In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Somalia Climate Plan Targets Illegal Charcoal Trade (Climate Home)
Regional Consultations On 2016 Electoral Process Start In Somalia (APA/Star Africa)
Foreign Fighters Get Special Treatment In Somalia (The Star)
Al-Shabaab Still A Major Security Threat To Kenya – Returnees (The Star)

Somalia Begins Consultations On Electoral Process (Shabelle News)
Former BBC Somali Service Journalist Dies In Jigjiga (Goobjoog News)
Terror Group Al-Shabaab Arrested Pro ISIL Members (Mareeg Media)
Cholera Hits Central Somali Town (Garowe Online)
U.S. Marines In Uganda (U.S. Africa Command)
Ongoing Rivalry In Belet-Weyne Somalia Is Undermining Efforts Of Stability (CCTV)
Men In The Arena (27/28 Pictures)
Somali Family Planning Darwin Reunion Party After Son Is Granted Long-Awaited Visa (ABC News)

Somali Women Seek Larger Role In 2016 Electoral Process (Garowe Online)
Somalia To Investigate Death Of Mine Action Officer Killed In Belet-Weyn (Goobjoog News)
Security Meeting Held In Marko City (Shabelle News)
Thirteen Die In Clash Between Soldiers In Daynile (Goobjoog News)
KDF Not Selling Sugar And Charcoal – Duale (The Star)
AMISOM Donates Office Equipment To Somali Police (AMISOM)
2016 Blueprint: Pilot Elections Based On District Model (Hiiraan Online)

Puntland Government To Host Consultative Meeting In Seven Towns
Jubbaland Investigates Allegations Of Kenya Encroaching On Somali Land Says IJA interior Minister(Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland Forces Kill Prominent Businessman In Kismayo (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Recalls Ambassador To Kenya For Consultation (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia’s Growth To Accelerate If Peace Prevail Says World Bank (Xinhua)
More Young Somali-Americans Are Choosing Careers In Education (Minnesota Post )
Crossed Wires Starve Somalia Of Cash (Bloomberg News)

Shariif Hassan Survives Double Attack On His Way To Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Three Elders Killed In Galgudud After Concluding Reconciliation Meeting (Shabelle News)
Kenya Accused Of Expansionist Agenda As Somalia MPs Debate Border Wall (Wacaal Media)
Lower Shabelle Region Governor Sacked New One Assigned (Shabelle News)
Italian Diplomat Appointed UN Refugee Chief (VoA)
EU Offers Africa Aid Easier Travel For Migrant Help (Reuters)
Level Playing Field Needed to Expand Somalia’s Private Sector (World Bank)

UN Authorises Trial Of Somali Pirates By Regional States (Daily Nation)
Two Die As Gunmen Open Fire On NGO Vehicle In Bulla-Hawa (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Administration Appeals For Both Local And International Support As Heavy Rains Storms And Typhoon Hit Its Territories (Wacaal Media)
Somali President Attends The Fourth Arab-South American Summit (Shabelle Media)
Shippers Mark Third Year Without Piracy Attacks Off Somalia Coast (The East African)
UN Renews Mandate To Fight Somali Pirates (China.org)
Nigeria US Others Task Somalia On Peaceful Polls (Leadership)
The UK Remains Committed To Supporting Progress In Somalia (Gov.uk)

Somali Prime Minister Says Ending Yemen Conflict Crucial To Stop Extremists (Times of India)
Jalalaqsi Administration Expresses Concern Over Imminent Floods (Goobjoog News)
The Technical Committee Of Hiiraan And Middle Shabelle State Formation Is Dissolved (Shabelle Media)
Somali Government Welcomes The Establishment Of UNSOS (Horseed Media)
Russian Diplomat Calls For Stepping Up Fight Against Al-Shabaab Terrorist Group In Somalia (Tass-Russian News Agency)
Top Chinese General Visits Djibouti Amid Base Speculation (AFP/Capital FM)
UN Cites Improvements In Somalia Looks Ahead to 2016 (Voice of America)
Cutting Support For Somalia Would Risk New Refugee Exodus – U.N. (Thomson Reuters Foundation)