March 31, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Suicide Bomber Strikes While Hugging Official In Somalia’s Puntland (Reuters)
Somali PM Condemns Murder Of Turkish Doctors (Shabelle News)
Somalia Set To Issue National Biometric IDs Amid Security Challenges (Hiiraan Online)
One Injured As Gunfire Erupts In Beledweyne (Shabelle News)
Origin Of Weapons Stash Not Known (Yahoo/AAP)
Turkey Confirms Azerbaijani Citizen Dead In Drive-by Somalia Shooting (Trend News Agency)
Nairobi Reality Distorted In Fiction Film About Drone Attack On Al-Shabaab (Daily Nation)

Two Hundred Somali Police Recruits Graduate In Baidoa (AMSIOM)
Two Turkish Three Somali Doctors Shot Dead In Drive-shooting In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Disgruntled Clans In Hiiraan Seek UN Intervention In Hiiraan/Middle Shabelle State Formation Deadlock(Goobjoog News)
Govt Asks Public To Help Restore Mogadishu Peace (Shabelle News)
New UPDF Battle Group Arrives In Somalia (AMISOM)
Dahabshiil Feted As The Business Of The Year (Capital FM)
Kenyan Court Detains Terror Suspect For Aiding Al-Shabaab (Xinhua)
Somali-Canadian’s Death Sparks Call To End Gun Violence Solve Cases (CBC News)

Somalia Hails Seizure Of Arms Ship By French Navy (Hiiraan Online)
Government Asks Public To Help Restore Mogadishu Peace (Shabelle News)
IGAD Pledges Support For Bossaso Airport Expansion (Goobjoog News)
Leego Village Under Heavy Mortar Fire (Shabelle News)
Huge Weapons Seized As UPDF Deploys New Group In Somalia (Daily Monitor)
Somali Students Join Campaign Against Violent Extremism (AMISOM)
Declare KDF Exit From Somalia In State Of The Nation Address MP Tells Uhuru (The Star)
Al-Shabaab Have Suffered Heavy Losses In Recent Weeks (CCTV)
I Opened The First Psychiatric Hospital In Somalia (BBC)
Somalia’s Sufi Revival (Al Jazeera)

Somaliland Suspends Voter Registrations Amid Droughts (Hiiraan Online)
Madobe Explains Delays In Naming Cabinet (Wacaal Media)
Gunmen Attack Army Base In Northern Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Two Hundred Somali Police Recruits Complete Training In Baido (Goobjoog News)
Boni Forest Action Success Says KDF (The Star)
Somalia Enlists Irish FGM Campaigner To Rid Country Of Practice (The Guardian)
German Minister Visits Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camp (Deutsche Welle)
UAE Gives Food Aid To 10000 Somalis (Emirates 24 News)
Islamic Groups: Anti-radicalisation Not Just The Work Of Somalis Muslims Migrants (Yle’s Amatu TV)

Weapons Shipment Heading for Somalia Seized (World Maritime News)
NISA Launches Sweep Operation Seize Car Bomb (Shabelle News)
Somali Parliament Speaker Opens Federal Parliament Action Plan Preparation Meeting In Uganda(Goobjoog News)
Puntland Trucks Water To Drought Affected Areas (Goobjoog News)
Djibouti Guelleh In Final Campaign On Eve Of Presidential Election (Hiiraan Online)
Suspected Al-Shabaab Foreign Fighters Arrested In Central Somalia (Xinhua)
Ray Of Hope In Jubaland As New Leaders Finally Take Full Control Of The Region (The East African)
Somalia’s Forgotten Soldiers (Al Jazeera)
Can Drone Strikes Defeat Al-Shabaab? (Al Jazeera)

President Mohamud Receives Credentials From Russian Envoy To Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Somali Prime Minister Lays Down Foundation Stone For ICT Center In Garowe (Goobjoog News)
Tension In Beledweyne After Killing Of An Elder (Shabelle News)
Somali Soccer Tournament Aims To Keep Teens Away From Gangs (ABC News)
Somali Forces Kill ‘More Than 100’ Al-Shabaab Fighters (BBC)
How Piracy Saved Somalia (Fair Observer)

Security Forces Flush Out Al-Shabaab Kill 115 In Central Somalia (Xinhua)
AMISOM Says Repulsed Attack On The SNA Camp (Mareeg Media)
Somali-Canadian Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Somali President Welcomes Agreement Between Jubbaland And Gedo Regions (Goobjoog News)
Canada: Edmonton Police Renew $440K In Cold Case Rewards (CBC News)
Fact Check: Why No Somali Death Notices In Newspaper? (SC Times)
With All These Shenanigans Is There Any Hope For Somalia? (Daily Nation)

Galmudug Forces Seize Suspected Al-Shabaab Boat (Goobjoog News)
Former Somali Health Minister Dies In India (Hiiraan Online)
Gunmen Kill NISA Soldier In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
State Formation Gridlock Eased As Elders In Beletweyne Agree To Attend The Conference In Jowhar(Goobjoog News)
Premier Bank Partners With Visa Inc To Accelerate Electronic Payments In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
United Nations Extends AMISOM Mandate By A Year As EU Cut Funding (Gulf News/AFP)
Somali Forces Kill 60 Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Xinhua)
BBC Radio Drama Gave Tips For Illegal Migrants In Somalia (Breitbart.com)

Somali And AU Troops Push Militants Out Of Fresh Areas In Bakol (Shabelle News)
Prime Minister Sharmarke Set To Visit Puntland (Wacaal Media)
US Congressmen In Push For Somalia’s State Rebuilding Aid (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland President Says The War Against Terror Is Not Over (Goobjoog News)
Diaspora Celebrate Alongside UK Ministers To Show New Narrative For Somalis (PR Newswire)
Ugandan Al-Shabaab Member Arrested At Namanga Border (Daily Nation)
Authorities Twin Cities Muslims Gather To Discuss Anxiety After Terror Attacks (Star Tribune)

Security Council Extends Mandate Of UN Mission In Somalia Through March 2017 (UN News Centre)
UN Envoy To Somalia Deplores Use Of Child Soldiers By Al-Shabaab (Kismaayo.com)
Galmudug Forces Clash With Militants After Puntland Victory (Garowe Online)
Somali PM Sees Hope In Push For Interregional State Formation Process (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Ends Anti-Al-Shabaab Military Operations Over 200 Militants Killed (Horseed Media)
US Congress Members Request Funds To Help Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Cabinet Praises Puntland Over Al-Shabaab War Calls For Support To Drought-Affected People(Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Premier Bank To Allow Visa Cards In Its ATMs (The Star)
Somali Police Arrest 156 Al-Shabaab Suspects In Puntland (Xinhua News)
Khalifa Foundation Sends 1000 Tonnes Of Food To Somalia (The National UAE)
KRCS Delivers Relief Aid To Refugees In Somalia (Kuwait News Agency)
Some Young Somalis Voice Skepticism About Federal Anti-terror Program (MPR News)