February 18, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

AMISOM Forces Kill Dozens Of Al-Shabaab Fighters In Burhakabo Bakool Region (Goobjoog News)
The Heads Of States To Deliberate Somalia Entry Into EAC Bloc (Goobjoog News)
Federal Parliament To Initiate Referendum Over Amended Clauses In The Constitution (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Says Deputy Al-Shabaab Commander Killed In Somalia (Bloomberg)
Boutros-Ghali: Outspoken Diplomat (New York Times)
Puntland Warns Of Seismic Survey Offshore Somalia (Garowe Online)

Somali Government Arrests Two Al-Shabaab Ring Leaders In Dinsoor Town (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Denies It Directed MPs To Go Through Airport Checks After Plane Bombing (Hiiraan Online)
Kenyan Doctor Held For 18 Months Rescued In Galmudug Central Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Somali Police Chief Arrives In Beledweyne On Troop Visit (Shabelle News)
Kenya To Tackle Radicalisation With New Prison For ‘Extremists’ (Reuters)
Ethiopia Puntland To Strengthen Regional Security Infrastructural Cooperation (The Ethiopian Herald)
Tell Us Names Number Of KDF Soldiers Killed In El Adde Attack Raila Asks Uhuru (The Star)
Why It’s Important To Honor Home Languages In Schools (The Seattle Globalist)

Somali Troops ‘Repel’ Major Militants Attack On Town Near Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Al-Shabaab Kills Young Man In Buloburde District After Being Hostage For Five Months (Goobjoog News)
Slow Internet Casts Doubt On Somaliland’s Voter Registration Process (Hiiraan Online)
Jubbaland Parliament Passes 2016 Budget (Goobjoog News)
Leaders of Galmudug Interim Administration Share Views On 2016 Electoral Process With International(UNSOM)
Somali Security Forces Trained On Safety Of Journalists And Freedom Of Expression (Reliefweb)
Centralized Somalia Aid Fuels Conflict (Garowe Online)

Somali Federal Parliament Grills Security Minister Over Legislative Immunity (Goobjoog News)
At Least 7 Killed In Heavy Fighting In Afgoye (Jowhar Online)
Puntland Won’t Accept An Election Based On 4.5 Formula Says Somali MP (Shabelle News)
Fire Exchange Between Soldiers And Private Guards Injures 3 Civilians In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Boost For Tourism As Kenya Records Drop In Rate Of Terror Attacks (Daily Nation)
Somali Plane Bomber Was Known As Religious But Not Extremist (Associated Press)
The Quiet Epidemic Of Mental Disorders In Refugees (Wired Online)

Somali Premier Called On Security Forces To Bring The Assassins Of Former Defense Minister To Justice (Goobjoog News)
Puntland President Names Election Commission (Garowe Online)
Somali Federal Parliament Started The Constitutional Review Process (Goobjoog News)
More than 8000 Somali Refugees Deported From Kenya (Xinhua)
Al-Shabaab Claims Car Bomb That Killed Somalia’s Former Minister (Newsweek)
Cholera Kills 12 Affects More Than 1500 In Kenya Refugee Camps (Xinhua)
Wagalla Massacre: Premeditated Act Of Genocide? (The Star)

Former Defence Minister Killed In Car Bomb In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Britain Announces Further $ 4.3 Million For Somali Army (Goobjoog News)
EU Launches 7 Million Euros Education Programme For Puntland (Radio Dalsan)
Fire Razes Market In Wadajir District Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Us Denies Reports That One Of Its Drones Crashed In Somalia (Associated Press)
Starvation: Somali Kids On Death Row (National Mirror)
Interim South West Administration Endorses 2016 Electoral Model (UNSOM)
Book Review: ‘Making Refuge’ A Compelling Analysis Of Somali Bantu Refugees In Maine (Portland Press Herald)

Mortar Shells Hit Aiport In Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
ISWA Head Shariff Hassan Holds Talks With UN Special Envoy Michael Keating (Wacaal Media)
UNSOM Holds Awards Ceremony For Uniformed Personnel Serving In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Djibouti Delegation In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
Kenya Sucked Into Somalia UN Spat (Daily Nation)
Somalia National Security Advisor Speaks (Deutsche Welle)
Nigeria Boko Haram Fighters Trained In Somalia: President (Reuters)
Somalia U-11 Show Fantastic Progress In Their First International Appearance (Soka 25 East)
The Nexus Between Somaliland And Al-Shabaab (Kenyamedia.com)

AU Urges Rebuilding Somali Army To Secure Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Soldier Arrested In Bal’ad For Killing A Civilian (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Aims To Revive Tourism Industry After Decades Of Conflict (Hiiraan Online)
First Turkish Airlines Flight After Somalia Blast (Garowe Online)
AU Reviews Preparedness Of Its Forces In Somalia (Xinhua News)
Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility For Aircraft Bomb (NHK World)
Compensate Families Of Soldiers Slain In El Adde Leaders Urge State (The Star)
UPDF Readjusts Positions In AMISOM For Tactical Reasons (New Vision)
Somalia: Why Is Al-Shabaab Still Such A Potent Threat? (Daily Maverick)

SNA And AMISOM Recaptures Biya-Adde From Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Rejects International Pressure Over Somali Election Model (Hiiraan Online)
Speaker Holds Talks With Delegations From Arab League And Turkey (Wacaal Media)
Mogadishu Orders Removal Of English-language Signboards (News 24)
Drought Wreaks Havoc In North Somalia (Africa Review)
States’ Meddling Foments Lengthy Somalia Conflict (The Star)

Puntland Shares Their Views On The Electoral Process With The International Community (Radio Dalsan)
Somaliland Beefs Up Airports’ Security After Mogadishu Plane Bombing (Hiiraan Online)
Former Iraqi VP Hails Development Strides Made By Somalia (Wacaal Media)
Farole Meets Keating As Puntland Cool to 4.5 (Garowe Online)
Minnesota Man To Plead Guilty In Islamic State Case (ABC News/AFP)
Dr. Al-Turki Receives Somali Minister Of Endowments And Religious Affairs (Saudi Press Agency)
Al-Shabaab Preys On Poor Youth With Promises Of Cars And Wives (Daily Nation)
Drought Spells Disaster For Somali Herders (IRIN)