November 21, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Regional Economic Integration Not Good For Somalia Claims Former President (252Politics)
ICRC Staff German Citizen Abducted In Somalia Rescued Last Night (Mustaqbal Media)
President Farmaajo: Somalia And Italy Have A Strong Historical Foundation For Modern Partnership (Halbeeg News)
Gunmen Kidnap Italian Volunteer Shoot Children Near Kenya’s Coast (Reuters)
Border Opening To Spur Somali Trade (The Standard)
Stripped Of The Last Coin By Smugglers Affected Families In Somaliland Now Reduced To Beggars (Radio Ergo)

Somalia’s Finance Ministry Under Scrutiny As $42 Million “Is Unaccounted” (Radio Dalsan)
Vocal MP Escapes Car Bomb Assassination Attempt (Kismaayo.com)
Insurance Demands By Somalia Delays KQ’s Flights To Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Beefs Up Security Along Border With Somali After Foiled Attack (Xinhua)
Somalia: EU training Mission Extended Budget Agreed And Mandate Amended (Council of European Union)
The Changing Face Of Somalia (Sun News)

President Farmajo Jets Off To Rome For Official State Visit (252Politics)
Somalia Lacks Legal Framework And Capacity To License Oil Drilling-Petroleum (Goobjoog News)
Ex-Jubbaland Cop Executed For Murder (Kismaayo.com)
AMISOM Builds Leadership Capacity Of Young Somali Leaders In Post-conflict Era (AMISOM)
The Preacher Who Laid The Ground For Violent Jihadi Ideology In Kenya (The Conversation)

No More Interference Into Our Internal Affairs – President Farmajo (252Politics)
Gunmen Kill A Traditional Elder In Beledweyne (Kismaayo.com)
Somaliland Improving Food Security With New Agricultural Scheme And Silos (Radio Ergo)
Somalia Libya Top List Of World’s Most Dangerous Countries (The Star)
Terrorism And Somalia (Al-Ahram Weekly)

UN Offers To Conduct Capacity Building Workshop For South West Electoral Body (Halbeeg News)
Somaliland Bans Night Events (Radio Dalsan)
Warring Sides In Central Somalia Urged To End The Hostility Through Dialogue (Radio Shabelle)
Somalia Moves To Join EAC Bloc (Chimp Reports)
Shabaab ‘Brides’ Face Seven Fresh Charges After Acquittal (Daily Nation)
Sanctions Are Being Lifted Against Eritrea. Here’s Why (The Conversation)

Al-Shabaab Carries Out Biggest Swoop Targeting Pro-ISIS Militants Kills Top Egyptian Militant In The Process (Kismaayo)
Balanballe Administration Calls On Residents To End Clashes In The Region (Goobjoog News)
Somali Refugees In Dhagahley Camp Hit By Medical Strike (Radio Ergo)
Ethiopia’s Comeback Flights To Mogadishu Worries Turkish Airlines (The Exchange)
Somali Journalists Risk Their Lives To Report The Truth (BBC)
Free Education Initiative Gives Hope To Children Displaced By Drought In Sanag Region (Radio Ergo)

Somali Parliament To Debate On Aviation And Air Space Bill (Halbeeg News)
Flights Delayed As Fire Guts Down Mogadishu’s Airport Restaurant (Radio Dalsan)
Garbaharey Residents Hold Demos Against Madobe’s Visit (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Airways To Unveil Straight Flight To Somalia (Standard Digital)
Deploy Formed Police Unit To Somali — AMISOM (Graphic Online)
The Special Position of Somalia’s Remittance Industry (Hiiraan Online)

President Farmaajo Travels To Ethiopia For Tripartite Meeting (Halbeeg News)
Ethiopian Airlines Lands In Mogadishu For First Time In 40 years (Halbeeg News)
Cash Assistance Programmes‘ Create Dependency’ Somaliland Authorities Claim (Radio Ergo)
Somalia’s Cheetah Smuggling Ring (Mail & Guardian)
Kenya To Retain KDF In Somalia As Treasury Cuts Soldiers’ Budget (Business Daily)
Somali Pirates A Kidnapping Then A Facebook Message (New York Times)

President Farmaajo Meets With Speaker Mursal Following The Resignation Of Sharif Hassan (Kismaayo.com)
Displaced Families From Clashes In Ethiopia Struggle In Rain-soaked Shanties In Sool (Radio Ergo)
Abdullahi Sheikh Hassan Steps Down As CIC Spokesman (Kismaayo.com)
Turkish Defense Minister Arrives In Somali Capital (Anadolu Agency)
AMISOM Concerned With Media Allegations On Civilian Deaths In Balaad (AMISOM)
How We Work To Solve Somalia’s Eviction Crisis (NRC)