September 7, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

AMISOM Force Commander Visits Troops In Kismayo Urges Vigilance During The Electoral Process(AMISOM)
Several Injured In Fighting Between Somali Forces In Jowhar (Goobjoog News)
NLF Issued Permits To Elders Outside the 135 List Federal Electoral Body Says (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Says Munya To Blame For Ban On Khat (Daily Nation)
High MP Absenteeism Rattles Somalia’s 9th Parliament (Hiiraan Online)

Museveni Expected In Somalia For IGAD Summit (Eagle Online)
Explosion Hits Bakara Market Killing 4 (Garowe Online)
Mortars Land Near Somali Palace In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Kenya’s Khat Planes Arrived Puntland Region Despite Federal Government Ban (Garowe Online)
Somalia President Signs Political Parties Bill Into Law (The East African)
Somali President Sees Diaspora Driving Growth (VOA News)
Refugee Journalists Recount Horrors Of Working In Somalia (Capital FM)
Man Gets 15 Years For Somali Cafe Attack In North Dakota (Reuters)
The Rise Of Popularism In Somalia (Thomas Friedman Page)

Over Twenty Killed Thirty Others Injured In Clan Clashes In Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Leaders Meet In Mogadishu To Wrap Up Poll Talks (Goobjoog News)
PM Calls For End To Political Crises Ahead Of Election (Shabelle News)
Puntland State Protests Federal Government Ban On Khat (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabaab Beheads Two Elders For ‘Supporting The Government’ (Bernama)
Security Beefed Up As Mogadishu To Host IGAD Summit (Voice of America)

Somalia Bans Kenya Khat Planes From Its Airspace (The Star)
Ahlu Sunna Imposes Taxes On Vehicles Operating In Dhusamareeb (Goobjoog News)
Puntland President Heads To Mogadishu For The NLF Conference (Garowe Online)
SRSG Keating Meets Women Leaders Over Women’s Representation In 2016 Electoral Process (UNSOM)
Dubai’s DP World Says Wins 30 year Concession For Port Project In Somaliland (Reuters)
Businessman Injured In Car Blast In Mogadishu (Xinhua)
PM Sharmarke To Square Off With President Mohamud In October 30 Poll (Goobjoog News)

Somalia To Host IGAD Heads Of State Meeting This Month (Goobjoog News)
Somali Commandos US Forces Raid Al-Shabaab Stronghold (Shabelle News)
National Leadership Forum To Kick Off In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
UN Report Urges Somalia To Ensure Freedom Of expression As It Is Critical To Political Transition (UN News Centre)
Hawkers Turn Eastleigh A City In Nairobi Into Massive Dumpsite (Standard Digital)

End President’s Mandate On November 6 UN Tells Somali Leadership (Goobjoog News)
Protest Turns Violent In Las Anod 2 Killed And 4 Wounded (Garowe Online)
Somali Central Bank Scam Was Theft And Not A Case Of Graft – President Mohamud (Goobjoog News)
Five Dead As Roadside Bomb Hits Minivan Near Afgoye (Garowe Online)
Somali Gov’t Will Protect Security Of 2016 Polls Candidates Internal Security Minister (Goobjoog News)
Jubaland Allows Refugees To Cross The Border (Garowe Online)
Hiran-Middle Shabelle Convention Postponed (Garowe Online)
Int’l Community Confirms Funds Support For Somali Election 2016 (Garowe Online)
UN Urges Somalia To Boost Press Freedom (AFP)
VOA Somali Town Hall: President Tells US Teen It’s Safe To Visit (VOA News)
Four IS Fighters Arrested In Southwest Somalia (Xinhua)
AU Seeks Help To Curb Use Of Explosive Devices In Somalia (Xinhua)
ISIS And Medical Students What Is The Link? (Daily Nation)

Somali Government Declares New Offensive Against Al-Shabaab (Radio Kulmiye)
Respected Cleric Calls For End To Galmudug-Puntland Border Hostilities (Goobjoog News)
Dahabshil Accountant-General In South And Central Somalia Killed In Las-Anod (Goobjoog News)
A Major Question Is How Prepared Are The Somalia’s Security Institutions In Particular The Somali National Army Is To Take Over After AMISOM? (NTV)
Who Is The US-Designated ‘Terrorist’ Leading ISIS In Somalia? (NDTV)
Action Urged On Humanitarian Situation In Somalia S. Sudan (Xinhua)
Question And Answer With Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (The East African)

IGAD Calls For Conclusion Of Hiiraan-Middle Shabelle State Formation Process (Garowe Online)
Gunmen Attack SNA Army Base Near Afgoye District (Shabelle News)
Kenya Hopes Polls In Somalia To Improve Security (Xinhua)
AU Calls For Joint Efforts To Fight Youth Radicalization In Somalia (Xinhua)
As Somalia’s Capital Tries To Relax Security Force Weakens (Associated Press)
U.N. Worried La Nina Will Worsen “Dire” Drought In Somalia (Reuters)

Four People Killed And Four Others Injured In Clan Clashes In Sool Region (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Blamed For Killing Elder In Beledweyne (Shabelle News)
No Collaboration Among Government Security Agencies: MP (Shabelle News)
Victims Of Mogadishu Attacks To Be Airlifted To Hospitals Abroad (Radio Dalsan)
Lycoming College To Present Sociologist’s Presentation On Somalia (Northcentral PA)
Meat For Mecca: Somaliland Exports Livestock For The Hajj (Voice of America)
Somalia’s Central Bank: Where There’s Smoke There’s Often Fire (Wardheer News)

U.S. Designates Former Shabaab Leader Allied To IS As ‘Terrorist’(Reuters)
Hiiraan/Middle Shabelle State Formation Talks To Resume on September 3 (Goobjoog News)
SNA Retake Village In Gedo From A-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Puntland President Heading To Galkayo Ahead Of Mogadishu Talks (Garowe Online)
Chairman Of Somali National Civil Service Commission Dies In Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland Commandos Stage Mutiny Seize El Bur-bound Technicals (Garowe Online)
Somalia: UN Envoy Condemns Terrorist Attack On Mogadishu Hotel (UN News Centre)
Egypt Condemns Somali Terror Attack (The Cairo Post)
Somali Refugees Left In Kenya’s Dadaab Face Dangerous Choices (News Week)
How Minnesota Cops Are Making Mogadishu Safer — And Why It Matters For Minnesota (Minn Post)