October 27, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Suspected ISIL fighters seize town in Puntland Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Ahlu Sunna Says Readied Anti-Al-Shabaab Offensive (Shabelle News)U
  • UN Speaks Out On Attacks On Media Freedom In Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Home Office Fails In Bid To Deport Double Rapist To Somalia (STV)
  • AU Lauds Soldiers For Foiling Terror Attacks On Base In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Eight Reasons To Be Concerned About The Somalia Elections (African Arguments)
October 27, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 26, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • US Pledges To ‘Deliver Lasting Defeat On Al-Shabaab’ (Daily Nation)
  • Calm Returns To Afgoye After Al-Shabaab Raid (Shabelle News)
  • AMISOM Forces Seize Bomb Explosion Suspect In Beledweyne Hospital (Goobjoog News)
  • Prime Minister Meets US Delegation (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Minnesota Somali Groups Join To Speak With One Voice At Capitol (Star Tribune)
  • Somalia’s Poll Is Progressive (The Star)

October 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • President condemns attack on AU base in Beledweyne (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland MPs Blame Puntland President For Delaying Legislative Session (Garowe Online)
  • Presidential Candidate Says Govt Failed Security (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Pirates Still Holding Three Kenyans Ransom Demanded (The Star Kenya)
  • AU Deploys More Officers To Somali Regions For Elections (Xinhua)
  • 2  Women Convicted Of Raising Money Online For Al-Shabaab (Associated Press)
  • Silent War On Somalis In Port Elizabeth (News24)
October 26, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 25, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Suspected Extremists Attack African Union Base In Somalia (AP)
  • We Are Confident Elections Will Be Concluded In Time – Somali Polls Body (Goobjoog News)
  • We Are Not Part Of Federalisation Process In Somalia: Somaliland Foreign Minister Says (Goobjoog News)
  • Government Officials Accused Of Failing Mogadishu Security (Shabelle News)
  • Calm Returns To Galkayo (Jowhar.com)
  • 12 Killed In Mandera Overnight Attack By Al-Shabaab Gunmen (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia Kicks Off Fierce Lower House Election (Hiiraan Online)
  • Clashes In Galkayo Somalia Harm Civilians (Human Rights Watch)

October 25, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s Electoral Body Sets New Measures To Prevent Corruption (Garowe Online)
  • Galkayo Fighting Claims Another Five Lives PM Calls For Truce (Goobjoog News)
  • Top Somali Army General Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Clashes In Somalia Displace 75000 As Rains Threaten: U.N.(Thomson Reuters Foundation)
  • One Church Opens For Faithful Catholic Remnant In Somalia (Catholic World News)
  • From The US Army To Al-Shabaab: The Man Who Wanted To Live Under Sharia Law (The Guardian UK)
October 25, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ugaas Hassan Ugaas Khalif Opposes HirShabelle State Formation (Hiiraan Online)
  • Suicide Car Bomb Kills Two People In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Fighting Escalates In Galkayo (Hiiraan Online)
  • Journalists Should Refrain From Exacerbating The Tensions In Galkayo (Radio Dalsan)
  • EU Refunds Kenya Sh198m For Somalia-based Troops (Daily Nation)
  • ‘We Had To Eat Rats’ Say Sailors Held By Somali Pirates For Four Years (The Guardian)
  • Female Genital Mutilation Continues In Somali Community In US (VOA)
  • Warlords And Business-Lord’s: Critical Challenges To 2016 Elections. (Hiiraan Online)

October 24, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • AMISOM Troops Deployed To Cadaado Town (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia Seeks Entry Into Comesa (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Has New Presidential Candidate For 2016 Elections  (Goobjoog News)
  • President Praises AMISOM For Role In Hirshabelle Formation (Shabelle News)
  • Fighting In Somalia Kills At least Seven soldiers: Officials (Reuters)
  • Somali Pirate Says 26 Asian Sailors Freed After 4 Years (Associated Press/Hiiraan Online)
  • BOOK REVIEW: Tarzan In The Ruins Of Somalia (The East African)
October 24, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Well Known Somali Elder Killed In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Hirshabelle President Reaches Beledweyne After Talks With Somalia’s President (Garowe Online)
  • Southwest Government Says It Will Tighten The Security  Of Lower Shabelle Region (Goobjoog News)
  • ‘Crusaders’ Member Alerted FBI To Group Accused In Kansas Plot Targeting Somalis (NBC News)
  • Somalia Police Officers Undergo Special Election Training (CCTV)
  • All In The Family: Politics In The South West State (Wardheer News)

October 21, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Galmudug Senators Raise Red Flag Over Galkayo Fighting Call For Truce (Goobjoog News)
  • Italy To Help Somalia Hold A Peaceful Election In 2016 (Shabelle News)
  • Three Women Voted In Former Warlord Locked Out In Puntland Senate Polls (Goobjoog News)
  • AU Mission Seeks To Improve Humanitarian Aid Delivery In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Speak Up Against Hate Crimes Minnesota Somalis And Supporters Say (Star Tribune)
  • Asha Abdulle Siyad – Pushing The Boundaries For Somali Women (Relief Web)
October 21, 2016 | Morning Headlines

October 20, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Heavy Fighting Erupts In Galkayo Town (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Parliament To Vote For Upper House Representatives (Jowhar.com)
  • Somaliland Group Protests Morgan’s Candidature In Puntland Senate Polls (Goobjoog News)
  • Italy Releases Somali Man After 18 Years In Prison (Shabelle News)
  • Al Jazeera Journalist Hamza Mohamed Freed In Somalia (Al Jazeera)
  • Kenya Accused Of ‘Dumping’ Somali Refugees Back Over The Border With No Support (The Guardian)
  • Somaliland Hopes Brexit Will Pave Way For UK To Grant International Recognition (The Guardian)