October 8, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Tension Rises In Villages Around Dinsoor (Wacaal Media)
Al-Shabaab Says It Burnt Two Battle Wagons After Attack On Ethiopian Convoy (Shabelle News)
Federal Government Of Somalia Welcomes The Release Of Universal TV Journalists (Jowhar News)
Deputy Prime Minister Hopes Federal Government-Somaliland Talks To Resume (Garowe Online)
Somalia Looks Safer For Yemenis Fleeing State Breakdown (Bloomberg)
From Somalia to Maine Radio Star Settles Into New American Life (Bangor Daily News)
Man Charged In Rape Of Girl 10 Has History Of Mental Illness Violence (Star Tribune)
Lend An Ear To My Plea (Sahan Journal)

Lawyer and Nephew of Somali President Killed In Mogadishu Drive-By-Shooting (Shabelle News)
Khatumo State Expresses Hope Over Diffusing The Ongoing Clan Clashes In Qoriley (Goobjoog News)
First Direct International Commercial Flight To Land In Garowe After Government Wins Deal With National Airways (Villa Puntland)
Ahlu Sunna Declares New Offensive Against Al-Shabaab In Central Somalia (Shabelle News)
Bill Shorten Says Refugee Raped On Nauru Should Be Allowed To Come To Australia For An Abortion(Sydney Morning Herald)
Somali Candidates Challenge Rep. Kahn for DFL Nod (MPR News)
AU Special Representative Addresses The Atlantic Council On The State of Somalia (AMISOM)
Illegal Overfishing And The Return Of Somalia’s Pirates (Al Jazeera)

Al-Shabaab Attacks Government Forces Checkpoint Outside Bardhere (Wacaal Media)
National Army Intervenes In Bulo-Hawo Clan Clashes (Goobjoog News)
Stern Humanitarian Situation In Mudug And Galgaduud Regions (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland Vice President Calls For UNDSS To Elucidate Insecurity Reports (Villa Puntland)
Terrorism Planned In Camps Says CS (The Star)
CPJ condemn the arrest of Universal TV Journalists (Community To Support Journalists)
Soma Says U.K. Graft Probe Causing Significant Financial Damage (Bloomberg)
The Failed State Roadshow (Foreign Policy)

Two Die In Clan Clashes Erupted In Bulla-Hawo Town (Goobjoog News)
Jowhar Residents Express Fears Of Over Shabelle River Overflow (Wacaal Media)
Ceasefire Takes Effect After Deadly Clashes In Sool Region (Villa Puntland)
UN Envoy To Somalia Nicholas Kay Condemns Arrest Of Universal TV Journalists (Goobjoog News)
Federal Government Soldier Killed In Infighting (Garowe Online)
Hawala Shut Down Nearly Crippled Our Economy – Somalia Minister (The Star)
AMISOM Police To Deploy In Somalia’s Liberated Areas (AMISOM)
US Authorities Community Work Together To Counter Extremism (Today Online)

Somali Prime Minister Meets UN Secretary General (Goobjoog News)
After Militants Blockade First Civilian Plane Lands In Buloburte Town (Hiiraan Online)
Al-Shabaab Detains 5 Of Its Foreign Members For Alleged Links With ISIS (Wacaal Media)
Puntland President Names Former Lawmaker As New Governor (Garowe Online)
Somali Ratification Leaves Only US Outside Child-Rights Treaty (News24)
At UN Somalia Proposes ‘Grand Development Plan’ To Rebuild Country’s Social Physical Infrastructure(UN News Centre)
AU Special Representative Challenges Somali Youth In Minnesota To Play A Role In Rebuilding Somalia (AMISOM)
Long-Neglected Somalia Comes In From the Cold (Washington Diplomat)
Safari Brings Somali Cuisine To Harlem (The New York Times)

Government Forces Repulse Al-Shabaab After Militants Attacked Their Base In Ali Mire Near Baraawe(Wacaal Media)
Puntland Police To Benefit From 1 Million Dollar Agreement With U.S To Fight Terrorism (Goobjoog News)
Federal Government Ships Military Gear To Integrated Forces In Kismayo (Wacaal Media)
A Former Al-Shabaab Fighter Killed In Baidoa For Rape Case (Radio Dalsan)
Soma Oil Lobbies U.K. To Oppose Proposed Moratorium On Somalia (Bloomberg)
Canada Approves Refugee Claim Of Man Who Fled Somalia After Death Threat (City News)
Britain Meddles In Somalia At Its Peril – Don’t Make Al-Shabaab Stronger (The Guardian)

President Commends Djibouti’s Call To Host A Summit For Troop Contributing Countries To Somalia(Goobjoog News)
South-West State Opens Force Training Centers (Radio Muqdisho)
Engineer Yasin Omar Elected New Mayor Of Bosaso City
Death Toll Rises To 15 In Renewed Clan Fighting In Qoriley (Wacaal Media)
Minister: Qatar Will Continue To Support Somali People (The Peninsula)
Manitoba To Give Emergency Funds For Refugee Assistance Program (CBC News)
Somalia: Beyond Naval Interventions In Somali Piracy (South African Institute Of International Affairs)

President Hassan Sheikh Meets With Heads of States Of Troop Contributing Countries (Radio Kulmiye)
Two Clans In Hawaadley Urged To Stop Clashes (Goobjoog News)
El-Adde District Commissioner Survives Attempt On His Life (Wacaal Media)
Internal Security Ministry Working On Plans To Improve Security (Radio Muqdisho)
Uhuru Calls For Global Participation In Stabilising Somalia S. Sudan (The Star)
Five Thousand People Benefit From ERC’s Sacrificial Meat Programme In Somalia (Emirates New Agency)
UN Chief Calls On Somalia To Continue Moving Forward In Building Federal Democratic State (Xinhua)
How Ethiopian Intelligence Infiltrated And Took Control Of Al-Shabaab (RBC Radio)

Prime Minister Calls For Immediate Ceasefire And Reconciliation Among The Warring Clans (Horseed Media)
Galmudug President: We Call Ahlu-Sunna Clerics To Attend Peace Talks (Goobjoog News)
Federal Government Forces Up To The Task And Will Clear Al-Shabaab From Lower Shabelle Region Says New Armed Forces Boss. (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Army Chief Threatens To Resign If The Forces Are Not Paid (Goobjoog News)
British Troops For Somalia Peacekeeping Mission (BBC News)
Raped on Nauru: Video Captures Moment Somali Refugee Pleads For Help From Police After Alleged Sexual Assault (ABC Online)
Community Policing Launched In Mogadishu’s Yaqshid District (AMISOM)
Mental Health Issues In The Somali Spoken Territories And In The Somali Diaspora (Hiiraan Online)

AMISOM Troops Kill 20 Al-Shabaab Militants (The Star Kenya)
Chief Of Somali Armed Forces Sworn Into Office (Goobjoog News)
Deputy Head Of Somaliland Immigration Police Detained (Wargane News)
7 Somalis Confirmed Dead In Hajj Stampede (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Former President Speaks On 2016 Election Clan Clashes (Garowe Online)
Terrorism Charges Laid Against Somali-Canadian ISIS Fighter (Global News)
No Room For Big Families At Women’s Shelters Say Advocates (CBC News)
Why We Reject Federal And Imposition Of Western Democracy In Somalia (RBC Radio)