August 24, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Regional Troops Clash With Al-Shabaab In Southwest Somalia (Voice of America)
Senior Al-Shabaab Official Killed By Somali Forces In South Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland Petitions For International Recognition (Hiiraan Online)
1 Killed In Blast At Minister’s Residence (Shavelle News)
Walking The Road With Somali Police (AMISOM)
Al Shabaab Fighters Are After Me Says Ex-terror Suspect (Standard Digital)
Dadaab Power Station To Spur Garissa Growth (The Star)
President’s Trip To Jigjiga: Lessons To Be Learned (Wardheer News)

Somalia AU Forces Kill 8 Al-Shabaab Militants (Xinhua News)
Kenya Seeks US Support To Transform AMISOM Into UN Mission (Goobjoog News)
Somalia AU Troops ‘Regain Ground’ From Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Education Minister Asks Universities To Set Admission Standards (Goobjoog News)
AU Mission Vows To Deter Al-Shabaab From Disrupting Somalia Polls (Xinhua News)
Jubaland Minister Says Kenyans Were Involved In Mogadishu Hotel Attack (Daily Nation)
SRSG Keating Holds Discussions With Senior Jubbaland Officials (UNSOM)
These Young Somalis Are Creating Their Own Traditions In The Midwest (Refinery29)

US To Provide Sh19bn For Dadaab Closure And Electoral Reforms (Business Daily)
Puntland President Visit Sites Of Galkaayo Suicide Bombings (Goobjoog News)
Clan Clashes Leave One Dead Near Afgoye District (Shabelle News)
Galmudug’s SEIT Starts Delegate Registration For 2016 Elections (Goobjoog News)
Full Video: US Secretary of State John Kerry’s Press Conference In Nairobi Kenya (NTV)
Three Men On Way To Join Al-Shabaab Intercepted (Daily Nation)
Kerry Tells Kerry It Will Start Withdrawal From Somalia In 2018 (Bloomberg)
INTERVIEW: Our Territorial Integrity Is Incontestable But Our Foreign Policy Responsive To Global Dynamics – Somali Foreign Minister (Goobjoog News)

AMISOM SNA Partnership Key To Securing Somali Electoral process – Force Commander (AMISOM)
Spokesman: AMISOM Kills 8 Militants Near Baidoa City (Shabelle News)
Puntland Speaks 24 Hours After Twin Blasts In Galkayo (Garowe Online)
Somaliland Forces Intervene In Deadly Somali Clan Fight In Northern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Additional Funding For Kenya And Somalia (US Dept of State)
7 Al-Shabaab Suspects Arrested In Security Swoop In Beledweyne Town Hiiraan Region Central Somalia(Intelligence Briefs)
Security At Mandera Border Enhanced To Deter Al-Shabaab Incursion (The Star)
UNSOM Launches Training Workshops For Journalists On Election Reporting (UNSOM)
Former Somalia Envoy To Kenya Mohamed Ali Nur To Face Incumbent Mohamud Hassan Sheikh In Presidential Race (The Standard)

Traders Importing Expired Food Will Be Prosecuted Somali Attorney General (Goobjoog News)
Two Hurt As Blast Hits Army Checkpoint In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Jubbaland President Urges Somali Leaders To Jointly Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
US Condemns Al-Shabaab Bombings In Somalia (Voice of America)
Detectives Arrest KDF Soldier Four Others Suspected Of Selling Explosives (Daily Nation)
Repatriation Of Somali Refugees From Kenya Uncertain Says Interior Minister (Bernama)
Soccer Team Helps Unite Maine City (The Boston Globe)

Twin Suicide Bombs Claimed By Al-Shabaab Kill 20 People In Somalia (Reuters)
Three People Injured In Mortar Shell Attack At Transport HQs In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Amid Concerns Somaliland Insists ‘Timely’ Presidential Election (Hiiraan Online)
First Mobile Court Established In Jowhar District (Goobjoog News)
UN Urges Somalia To Abide By Poll Calendar (The Gulf Today)
NSSF Staff Arrested Over Terror Links (The Standard)
Uniformed UNSOS Personnel Honored For Distinguished Service (UNSOM)
General Mohamed Ali Samatar- A history Of Survival And Firsts Through The Storms (Goobjoog News)

U.S. And Kenya To Discuss Somali Political Transition (Shabelle News)
Somali Interior Minister Calls on Ahlu-Sunna To Come To The Negotiating Table (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland Reshuffles Cabinet To Appease Sool (Garowe Online)
Somali President Bids Burundi Envoy Farewell (Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s State-level Electoral Bodies Briefed On Procedures Of 2016 Electoral Process (UNSOM)
Sir Mo Farah? Mo Farah set to be awarded knighthood after heroics at Rio 2016 Olympics (Metro)
Hodges Offers Leadership With Proposed Funding For Somali Youth Programs (Star Tribune)
Hanging By A Thread: Somalis Traumatic Past and Uncertain Future (Hiiraan Online)

One Killed Four Injured In Mogadishu Car Blast: Police (Xinhua News)
President Asks Election Commission To Work For Candidates Equally (Shabelle News)
Election Commission Registers Political Parties (Shabelle News)
Hiiraan Middle Shabelle Inter-regional State Formation Impasse Enters New ‘Crisis’ Phase (Hiiraan Online)
Visiting Uganda Senior Commander Commends AMISOM Soldiers For Helping Secure Somalia (AMISOM)
Trump Visit To Minnesota Gets Cold Shoulder From Somalis (Associated Press)
For 3 Days Books Replace Blasts In Somali Capital (VOA)

AU Somali Forces Kill 3 Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Xinhua)
Book Lovers And Critics Throng Mogadishu For Literary Festival (Goobjoog News)
Deadly Confrontation Between Al-Shabaab And Lower Jubba Clan Militia Leaves 5 Dead (Radio Kulmiye)
Soma Loses U.K. Court Bid To Force SFO To End Corruption Probe (Bloomberg)
Ilhan Omar Offers Answers To Questions About Her Marital History (Star Tribune)
Somalia: One Man’s Terrorist Is Another Man’s Carpenter (The Guardian)

AU Special Representative Urges International Community To Help Somalia Hold Successful Electoral Process (AMISOM)
AMISOM Is Prepared To Secure Somali Elections (Shabelle News)
Somalia Parliament Concludes Ahead Of 2016 Polls (Garowe Online)
Bardere Police Chief Survives Bomb Attack (Shabelle News)
AU Mission Denies Shelling Residential Areas In Somalia (Xinhua News)
UPDF Officer Charged Over Death Of 10 Soldiers Gets Bail (New Vision)
House Refugees At Your Risk Says Saleh (The Star)
Mohamed Ali Nur – How I Plan to Fix Troubled Somalia (The Citizen)