February 17, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Three Killed In Mortar Attack Near Presidential Palace In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Farmaajo Announces Interim Staff After Taking Reins At Villa Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
  • No Retirement Deal For Hassan Sheikh Mohamud As State Officers Benefits Bill Still Hangs In Parliament (Goobjoog News)
  • Kenya Hails Peaceful Presidential Polls In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Families Struggle To Survive Drought In North Eastern Somalia (BBC)
  • Somalia’s New Leader Faces Delicate Balancing Act (Mail Online)
February 17, 2017 | Morning Headlines

February 16, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Former President Mohamud To Exit Villa Somalia Today As Farmaajo Takes Over (Goobjoog News)
  • Senator Farole Urges To Support New President Warns Against Political Interference (Garowe Online)
  • Additional Money Imposed On Passengers At Adan Adde Airport (Allbenadir.com)
  • British Envoy Urges Action To Prevent Somalia Famine Deaths (ABC News)
  • Somalia ‘Plans To File Legal Complaint Against UAE’ Over Somaliland Base (Press TV)
  • The Time Is Now to Prevent A New Famine In Somalia (Chatham House)

February 16, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Suspends Flights To Mogadishu On Inauguration Day (Garowe Online)
  • Social Activist Abdimalik Coldon Arrested In Somaliland Over President Farmaajo’s Support (Goobjoog News)
  • Second Elder In Two days Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Hiiran Online)
  • Progress Expected In Somalia After Election: AU Mission (Xinhua)
  • Ethiopian President Lauds Defense Forces For Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Africa News)
  • Somalia Presidential Elections: Is Democracy Emerging? (Prospect Magazine)
February 16, 2017 | Morning Headlines

February 15, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Daallo Plane Carrying Somali MPs And Ministers Makes Emergency Landing In Nairobi (Radio Dalsan)
  • All Crew Members Rescued After Commercial Boat Sinks Off Coast Of Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Calm Returns To Parts Of Mudug Region After Battle (Shabelle News)
  • Auditor General Says Approval Of 2017 Budget By Cabinet Is Illegal (Jowhar.com)
  • Somaliland Asks US for Exemption To Trump’s Travel Ban (Associated Press)
  • Somalia Heralds New Dawn After Election (Daily Nation)

February 15, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Galmudug Forces Engage In Deadly Gunfight With Al-Shabaab In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia Dismisses Somaliland-UAE Military Base Deal (Goobjoog News)
  • Late former Puntland President Honoured With State Funeral In Bosaso (Garowe Online)
  • Global Charity Group Warns Of Famine In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • UNHCR Repatriates 4753 Somali Refugees In 2 Weeks (China.org)
  • Will New Reformer Somali President Overcome The Huge Challenges? (The East African)
February 15, 2017 | Morning Headlines

February 14, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia To Inaugurate President Farmaajo On 22nd February (Goobjoog News)
  • Senior Al-Shabaab Commanders Surrender In Baidoa (Garowe Online)
  • Electoral College Delegate Killed In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Galmudug And SNA Forces Launch An Operation Toward Harardhere (Dhacdo.com)
  • New Burundi Battle Group Arrives In Somalia (AMISOM)
  • Iran Gets 8 Sailors Freed From Somali Pirates: MP (Press TV)
  • Lessons Derived From Somalia Polls (Standard Digital)

February 14, 2017 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Puntland Military Court Sentences Alleged Al-Shabaab Members To Death(Goobjoog News)
  • President Farmaajo Urged To Appoint A Competent PM (Shabelle News)
  • Three Female Journalists Allegedly Beaten By Police In Hargeisa (Goobjoog News)
  • Visiting UN Official Calls For Respect Of Human Rights During Military Operations (UNSOM)
  • Somalia Sees Hope On The Horizon But US Partnership Is Needed (The Hill)
February 14, 2017 | Morning Headlines.

February 13, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • President Farmaajo Freezes Government’s Bank Accounts Ahead Of The Inauguration (Garowe Online)
  • Grenade Attack At Checkpoint Kills One In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Jubbaland President Holds Talks With UN Envoy (dhacdo.com)
  • Newly Elected MP Dies In Mogadishu Hospital  (Goobjoog News)
  • Why Mogadishu Attracts Foreign Workers (BBC News Day)
  • Famine Grips Somalia After Two-year Drought (Toronto Star)
  • A New Test For Somalia Unity (Hiiraan Online)

February 13, 2017 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Free Media Vital For Open Governance-President Farmaajo (Goobjoog News)
  • Heavy Fighting Between SNA And Al-Shabaab In Hiiraan (Goobjoog News)
  • Farmaajo Meets Former President At Villa Somalia Ahead Of Inauguration (Garowe Online)
  • Somaliland Agrees To UAE Military Base In Northern Port *(Associated Press)
  • Somalia Says It Will Resume Printing Currency Soon (VOA)
  • Kenya May Have To Study Somalia’s New President More (Daily Nation)
February 13, 2017 | Morning Headlines

February 10, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Unprecedented Display Of Public Support For President Farmajo (Hiiraan Online)
  • President Farmajo Speaks To VOA Somali (VOA Somali)
  • Somali Shilling Gains Against The Dollar In Mogadishu After The Election of President Farmajo (BBC Somali)
  • President Farmajo Hosts Dinner For His Competitors In The Presidential Election (Jowhar.com)
  • ISWA President Sharif Hassan Urges The Public And International Partners To Work With The New President (Hiiraan Online)
  • UN Chief Urges Somalia’s New President To Form Inclusive Government (Belfast Telegraph)
  • New President Of Somalia Inspires Optimism Among Somali Community In Minnesota (Star Tribune)
  • The Big Cheese: Why President Farmaajo Holds So Much Hope For Somalia (African Arguments)