November 16, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia Hosts Its First National Economic Policy Forum (UNDP.org)
Somalia’s Foreign Ministry Holds Farewell Ceremony For Outgoing Turkish Ambassador (Halbeeg News)
US Ambassador To Somalia Arrives In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
UN Says Some 4.2 mln People In Somalia To Require Assistance In 2019 (Xinhua)
Kenya Airways Postpones Flight To Somalia (CTGN)
Guard Peace Unity In Ghana – Police Contingent In Somalia Advise (Graphic Online)

No More Interference Into Our Internal Affairs – President Farmajo (252Politics)
Gunmen Kill A Traditional Elder In Beledweyne (Kismaayo.com)
Somaliland Improving Food Security With New Agricultural Scheme And Silos (Radio Ergo)
Somalia Libya Top List Of World’s Most Dangerous Countries (The Star)
Terrorism And Somalia (Al-Ahram Weekly)

Somali Parliament Approves $17m To Cover US Military Aid Cut (Goobjoog News)
Military Court In Puntland Slaps 4 Men With Death Penalty (Halbeeg News)
Somali Security Agencies Nab Senior ISIS Fugitive (252Politics)
UNSC Keeps Arms Embargo On Somalia Lifts Sanctions On Eritrea (RT News)
First Ever Mobile Clinic In Hargeisa Brings Doctors Closer To Patients (Radio Ergo)

UN Offers To Conduct Capacity Building Workshop For South West Electoral Body (Halbeeg News)
Somaliland Bans Night Events (Radio Dalsan)
Warring Sides In Central Somalia Urged To End The Hostility Through Dialogue (Radio Shabelle)
Somalia Moves To Join EAC Bloc (Chimp Reports)
Shabaab ‘Brides’ Face Seven Fresh Charges After Acquittal (Daily Nation)
Sanctions Are Being Lifted Against Eritrea. Here’s Why (The Conversation)

UN Officials Hold Meeting With Acting South West President In Baidoa (Halbeeg News)
At Least 7 Ministries In The Dark Over Electricity Arrears (Goobjoog News)
Chinese Embassy In Somalia Supports Al-Basiir School For The Blind And Deaf (SONNA)
Court Dismisses Case Against Somali Terror Suspects (The Observer)
“The Most Successful Somali People Aren’t Outside Africa” (TRT World)

Al-Shabaab Carries Out Biggest Swoop Targeting Pro-ISIS Militants Kills Top Egyptian Militant In The Process (Kismaayo)
Balanballe Administration Calls On Residents To End Clashes In The Region (Goobjoog News)
Somali Refugees In Dhagahley Camp Hit By Medical Strike (Radio Ergo)
Ethiopia’s Comeback Flights To Mogadishu Worries Turkish Airlines (The Exchange)
Somali Journalists Risk Their Lives To Report The Truth (BBC)
Free Education Initiative Gives Hope To Children Displaced By Drought In Sanag Region (Radio Ergo)

Acting Southwest President Warns Ministers Against Use Of Public Resource For Campaigns (Goobjoog News)
Nugal Governor Warns Federal Government Against Interference Of State Polls (Goobjoog News)
Aid Crunch Forces Medical Centres To Close In Bakool Amid Malaria Outbreak (Radio Ergo)
Melbourne Attacker Inspired By ISIS But Not Linked To It (Israel National News)
‘The Lesson Is To Be Hopeful’: Ilhan Omar’s Journey From Somali Refugee To US Congress (The Guardian)

Somali Parliament To Debate On Aviation And Air Space Bill (Halbeeg News)
Flights Delayed As Fire Guts Down Mogadishu’s Airport Restaurant (Radio Dalsan)
Garbaharey Residents Hold Demos Against Madobe’s Visit (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Airways To Unveil Straight Flight To Somalia (Standard Digital)
Deploy Formed Police Unit To Somali — AMISOM (Graphic Online)
The Special Position of Somalia’s Remittance Industry (Hiiraan Online)

Death Toll Rises In Mogadishu Blasts (VOA)
Somali National Economic Council Meets In Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
Mogadishu Mayor Attends Islamic World Mayors Summit In Djibouti ( Radio Shabelle)
UN Security Council Condemns Terrorist Attack In Which Dozens Were Killed Or Injured (UN News)
Leaders Of Ethiopia Eritrea And Somalia Pledge To Work Towards Regional Integration (Xinhua)
Everyone Wants A Piece Of The Horn Of Africa’s Ports (OZY.com)