November 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Two Police Officers Killed As Al-Shabaab Attacks Belet Hawo Police Station (Wacaal Media)
  • Two Somali Soldiers Killed In Khat Confrontation (Radio Dalsan)
  • Clan elders Surrender Fully Equipped Militia To Galmudug State (Wacaal Media)
  • Galmudug State Appoints Interim Administration For Abudwaq District (Goobjoog News)
  • Canada’s First Somali-born MP Being Sworn In (VoA)
  • Chained In Somaliland: Inadequate Mental Health System (Al Jazeera)
  • How Al-Shabaab Could Get Their Hands On A Nuclear Core (Defense One)

November 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • National Intelligence And Security Agency (NISA) Unveils New Plans To Up The Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
  • Commission To Harmonise Tariffs And Taxation In The Country Federal Government And Regional States Agree (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Sends Stern Warning To Members Who Pledged Allegiance To ISIS (Wacaal Media)
  • 22 Kenyans Detained In Somalia For Being Illegally In The Country (Radio Dalsan)
  • WFP Seeks 12 Mln USD For El Nino Mitigation In Somalia: UN (Xinhua)
  • Former Somali Intelligence Director Questions Troops’ Capabilities (VoA)
  • Ahmed Hussen: From Teenage Refugee To Rookie MP (CBC News)

November 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Islamist Al-Shabaab Ambushes Somali Military Trainees Claims To Kill 30 (Reuters)
  • Fierce Fighting Leaves 6 Dead Near Bulo-Burde Town In Hiiraan Region (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Soldier Kills Three Colleagues In Galgala Shooting (Garowe Online)
  • Minister Eulogizes Fallen General As Hero Who Served His Country With Zeal Under Difficult Circumstances  (Wacaal Media)
  • World Bank-Backed Committee Urges Somalia To Cancel Fishing Deal (Bloomberg News)
  • Seven Families Leave Ifo Camp Head To Somalia (The Star Kenya)
  • Why Somaliland Is Not A Recognised State (The Economist)

November 2, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Hotel Attack Underlines Need For Supporting Somali Army – UN Envoy (Hiiraan Online)
  • Al-Shabaab Issues  More Attack Threats A Day After Deadly Hotel Attack (Wacaal Media)
  • Ex-MP Denies Being Among Victims In Mogadishu Hotel Attack (Garowe Online)
  • UN Security Council Slams Al-Shabaab Attack Against Hotel In Mogadishu Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Police in Mombasa Are Looking For Al-Shabaab Agents Said To Be Recruiting Kenyan Youth Into The Somali Terrorist Group.(Daily Nation)
  • Foundation Stone Laid For New Somali Embassy Building In Abu Dhabi (WAM)
  • The Four Factors Behind Kenya-Somalia Maritime Border Row (The Star)

October 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali President Meets With India PM In New Delhi (Shabelle News)
  • Pomp And Colour As Residents Of Mogadishu And Officials Bid Farewell To Muun-gaab (Wacaal Media)
  • Somalia Appoints New Ambassador To Russia (Hiiraan Online)
  • Turkish Embassy In Somalia Marks 92nd Anniversary Of Turkish Republic Day (Goobjoog News)
  • Massive Search For Al-Shabaab Air-Crash Hostages (News24)
  • Federal Government Publishes Facilitation Guide On Electoral Process In 2016 Agreed Upon
  • At The First National Consultative Forum (AMISOM)
  • Funeral For Somali Boy Killed In Sword Attack (The Local)
  • Somalia: Is Somaliland Still A Good News Story? (Mareeg Online)

October 29, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • AU-chartered Aircraft Crashes In Southern Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somaliland’s Sports Minister Resigns In Latest Mass Resignations (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somali President Meets The President Of India (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Terror Group Plans Evictions In Wajir (Daily Nation)
  • More money for South Sudan Somalia (9 News)
  • Why Is The Number Of Somalis Entering The Minnesota Mental Health Care Network (Hiiraan Online)

October 28, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Puntland Parliament Sends Speaker Home Even As He Tenders His Resignation (Wacaal Media)
  • AMISOM Force Commander and SNA Chief of Defence Forces Pledge Stronger Partnership (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Opposition Leader Warns Against The Collapse Of The Ruling Party (Jowhar)
  • Deradicalisation Programmes Still A Hit-Or-Miss Affair (Daily Nation )
  • Long Road To A New Life: Asylum-Seeker From Somalia Makes Home In Germany (Globe&Mail)
  • This Newly-Elected Somali-Canadian MP Should Be Appointed to Cabinet (Huffington Post)

October 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • KDF Aids Illicit Sugar Trade In Kismayu Says UN (The Star)
  • President To Meet King of Saudi Arabia (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Rain Continues In Buurhakaba Bridge Collapses (Goobjoog News)
  • Mogadishu Has New Mayor In Less Than 2 years (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somali Minister of Defence Commends UAE Support For His Country (Emirates News Agency)
  • Mother Of Terror Suspect Says Son Is Innocent Suffering In Jail (CBS Minnesota)
  • Shabaab’s Leadership Fights Islamic State’s Attempted Expansion In East Africa (Long War Journal)

October 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • King Somali President To Discuss Ways To Defeat Terrorism (Arab News)
  • Minister Leads High Powered Security Delegation In Visit To Bali-Doogle Base.(Wacaal Media)
  • Rain Floods Damage Roads In Lower Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali FA Launches Special Assistance Program For Blind People (Goobjoog News)
  • Joseph Nkaissery Wants International Community To Honour Financial Pledge For Somali Refugees’ Programmes (The Standard)
  • Glam Mogadishu Suburb Showing Face Of Resurgence In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • The Night Life Of Mogadishu (AMISOM)

October 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Conflict of Interest Threatens Rebuilding Somali National Army– UN Report (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia Police Commissioner Arrives in  Kismayu (Wacaal Media)
  • Galkaayo Streets Flooded After Heavy Downpour (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland President Responds To UN Monitoring Group Report On Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Al-Shabaab Spiritual Leader Pledges Allegiance To ISIS CNN Says (Bloomberg)
  • Accused ISIL Recruit’s Conditions ‘Inhumane’ Family Says (Star Tribune)
  • Somali Migrant Mother: I Was Ready to Die With My Unborn Child (VoA)