April 7, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Puntland Leader Defends Move To Back Down In Poll Row (Garowe Online)
Mogadishu Mayor Issues Three Day Ultimatum (Goobjoog News)
Somali And AU Troops Take Village From Al Shabaab (Shabelle News)
President Kenyatta Wants AMISOM Elevated To UN Mission Status (Capital FM)
UN Takes On ‘Violent Extremism’ Seen As A Cause Of Terrorism (ABC News)
Laptop Shows Suspect Visited Shabaab Websites Ahead Of Westgate Attack (Capital FM)
Leftist Norwegian Politician Gets Raped By A Somali Begs For Him Not To Be Deported (The Daily Caller)
“It’s An Assault On Our Civilization On Our Humanity” (The New York Times)

Somali Security Forces Nab 17 Al-Shabaab Suspects (Xinhua News)
AU And Somali Troops Retake Adan Locality Following Al-Shabaab Withdrawal (Goobjoog News)
Gunmen Attack Army Chief Residence In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
EXCLUSIVE: Somalia Approved Of 1.5 Million Metric Tonnes Of Waste From Lebanon In January(Goobjoog News)
IMF Somalia Deepen Engagement Pave Way For Donor Aid (Reuters)
5 Bodies Recovered Off Egypt’s Coast Of Kafr El Sheikh (The Cairo Post)
It’s Been Tough But I am Learning To Live And Love Again (Daily Nation)

Somalia Egypt Seek New Military Cooperation Joint Development (Hiiraan Online)
Gunmen Attack Army Chief Residence In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Puntland President Explains Circumstances Under Which His Government Accepted 4.5 (Jowhar.com)
Somali Forces Retake Several Settlements Under Mahaas And Moqokori (Somali National News Agency -SONNA)
Thousands May Die In Parched Somalia UN warns (Shabelle News)
Galmudug Appeals For Urgent Humanitarian Aid As Drought Continues To Wreak Havoc (Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Al-Shabab Is Wounded But Resilient (Star Tribune)
Man-eating Crocodile Killed In Somalia (Ghana News Agency)
Djibouti Women In Paris On Hunger Strike (AFP)
Mombasa Queries Anti-terrorism Plan To Evict Airport Squatters (The Star)
Interview-British FGM Survivor Hopes Her Memoir Will Help End “This Barbaric Abuse” (Reuters)

International Community Welcomes Landmark Agreement On 2016 Electoral Process (Shabelle News)
Ethiopian And Somali National Forces Seek To Capture Aadan-yabaal Town (Wacaal Media)
ISWA In Efforts To Liberate Waajid District From Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
Kenyan Trainer Sheikh Mansur Among Six Al-Shabaab Killed In Somalia (The Star)
‘We Are Hostage To Illegal Immigrants’: Locals Furious After 100 Somali Protesters Bring Sardinian Port Of Cagliari To A Standstill As They Demand To Be Allowed To Leave (Daily Mail)
Thousands May Die In Parched Somalia UN Warns (PBS)
U.S. Pounds More Al-Qaeda Franchises (Foreign Policy)

Somali Lawmaker Injured Guards Killed In Al-Shabaab Shooting (Bloomberg)
Heavy Rain Pounds Mogadishu Roads Flooded And Transport Hindered (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Lawmakers Boycott Garowe Agreement (Shabelle News)
Djibouti Expels BBC Journalists Ahead Of Presidential Elections (Hiiraan Online)
African Union Says 6 Al-Shabaab Commanders Killed In Somalia (Bloomberg)
Somali Leaders Plan To Revise Election Model (VOA)
Interview-British FGM Survivor Hopes Her Memoir Will Help End “This Barbaric Abuse” (Reuters Africa)

Somalia And AU Troop Recapture Janaale Town From Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Nearly 10 Arrested Over Soldier’s Killing (Shabelle News)
Djibouti Gears Up For Elections As President Concludes Campaign (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Security Forces Arrest 8 Al-Shabaab Suspects (Xinhua)
Ethiopia Somaliland Sign Accord to Boost Use of Berbera Port (Bloomberg)
Fresh Doubts Over Ilaria Alpi Murder Conviction (ANSA English)
African Leaders Criticise Perception-based Corruption Assessment (Daily Nation)

Al-Shabaab Admits To Be Behind Puntland Attack (VOA Somali)
Bosasso Police Arrest A Man Over Al-Shabaab Links (Goobjoog News)
Federal MP Calls On Puntland To Protect Life And Property Of Southerners In Puntland (Goobjoog News)
Naval Flotilla Dispatched To Gulf of Aden (Financial Tribune)
El-Adde Major’s Kin Finally Get Body For Burial (Daily Nation)
Ethiopia Beat Somalia In Addis Ababa (Confederation of African Football)
Misleading Puntland And Holding Somalia Hostage: The Hypocrisy Of Abdiweli Gaas (Mareeg Media)

Agreement Between Federal Government of Somalia and the Government of Puntland State of Somalia(UN News Centre)
Federal Government Donates USD 1M To Somaliland Drought Victims (Dalsan Radio)
Somalia: Al-Shabaab Kills Three Charcoal Workers (Shabelle News)
Two People Injured In Mortar Shell Attack In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Executes A Tanzanian Jihadist In Southern Somalia (Africa Review)
Somali Official Killed In Mogadishu Drive-by Shooting (Xinhua)
Whether It Works Or Not U.S. Anti-Radicalization Plan Can Benefit Communities (NPR)
Azerbaijani Woman Killed In Somalia Bus Attack Buried (Azeri-Press Agency-APA)
How Shabaab Attack Changed Way Kenya Varsities Do Things (Daily Nation)
AMISOM Acting Force Commander Concludes Tour of Kismayo Dobley And Bilis Qoqani In Sector 2(AMISOM)
The Expensive Luxury Of Electricity In Somalia (Al Jazeera)

Puntland Issues Security Measures After Attack (Shabelle News)
Security In Mogadishu Is Deteriorating Former Mogadishu Mayor Says (Goobjoog News)
New Commander Named To Head Kismayo Police (Wacaal Media)
Italy Crushes Huge £3.6million Haul Of Ivory With A Steamroller After Finding Links Between Somali Terror Group Al-Shabaab And The Illegal Elephant Tusk Poaching Trade (Daily Mail)
UN And AU-backed Training For Somali Recruits Commence (Sudan Tribune)
Leaders Observe Minute Of Silence For Fallen Soldiers (Daily Nation)
Development courses launched in Jubbaland State (Soka 25 East)

Two Killed 15 Injured In Central Somalia Mosque Blast (Reuters)
Somali Government Pledges Extra 1.2 Million Dollars For Drought (Goobjoog News)
Liido Seafood Restaurant Re-opens After Al-Shabaab Attack (Radio Dalsan)
African Troops Strengthen Attacks Against Al-Shabaab (Presna Latina)
In Somaliland Authorities Order Newspaper To Close Down (CPJ)
Al-Shabaab Child Soldiers Captured In Somalia Firefight (CNN)
Rivers Turn To Dust As Drought Bites Somalia (Digital Journal)