March 23, 2018 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali Parliamentary Defence Committee Issues Security Warning Over The Political Dispute In The Country (Radio Dalsan – Somali)
Waddani Opposition Party Loses Confidence In The Electoral Commission (Hiiraan Online – Somali)
Nine People Hospitalised In Mogadishu After Inhaling “Poisonous” Gas (Radio Dalsan)
Saudi Arabia Strongly Condemns Terrorist Bombing In Mogadishu (Saudi Press Agency)
UAE Condemns Mogadishu Terror Blast (Emirates News Agency)
Mr. President You CAN Fix The Army (Umadda Media)

Deadly Car Bomb Blast Rocks Somalia’s Capital Mogadishu (Al-Jazeera)
Somalia Invites Four African Presidents To Visit Mogadishu (Halbeeg News)
Four Killed In A Clan Revenge Attack In Laanta Buuro Lower Shabelle
East African Ministers Work To End Somalia’s Refugee Crisis (Xinhuanet)
Genel Might Starting Drilling In Somaliland in 2019 – CEO (Reuters)
Invisibilia: They Risked Their Lives To Bring Music Back (National Public Radio)

Heads Of Al-Shabaab Fighters In Bay And Gedo Regions Defect To Somali Government (Halbeeg News)
Senate Seeks Farmaajo & Khaire To Order Withdrawal Of Military Police Before Jawari Motion (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia Appends Signature To The Continental Trade Bloc AfCFTA (Goobjoog News)
AU Stresses Intelligence Sharing To Foil Attacks In Somalia (Xinhuanet)
Somalia: Flowing Water Brings Livestock Herders Together (ICRC.com)
My Libyan Trip: A Journey Into A New Reality (Hiiraan Online)

AFRICOM: US Airstrike In Somalia Kills 2 Militants (VOA)
Somali President Mourns Former Djibouti Prime Minister (Hiiraan Online)
IGAD Ministers Meet in Nairobi to Discuss the Status of Somali Refugees (Halbeeg News)
AU Mission’s Deputy Force Commander Roots For Stronger Intelligence Gathering And Information Sharing Modalities In Somalia (AMISOM)
Massive Death of Cattle Threatens Food Security in Somalia (Prensa Latina)
United Arab Emirates (UAE): Somalia’s New Scapegoat (Wardheer News)

Breaking: Rival Government Forces Clash In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Government Forces Apprehend Senior Al-Shabaab Officer (Halbeeg News)
Council Of Interstate Cooperation (CIC) Baidoa Meeting Postponed Due To Political Crisis (Jowhar.com)
Fighting Leaves Six Al-Shabaab Fighters Dead In Southern Somalia (Xinhuanet)
New Ambassador To Somalia Appointed (Gulf Times)
In Somalia Women Defy Strict Rules To Play Football (The Daily Mail)

Hundreds Arrested In Mogadishu Security Sweep (Garowe Online)
Pro-Jawari MPs Demand Speaker Motion Venue Moved To UN-AMISOM Base Alleging Interference & Threats (Radio Dalsan)
The Governments Of Somalia And China To Collaborate In Rebuilding Technical Schools In Somalia (Halbeeg News)
Al-Shabaab Fears Lead Somali Teen To Reject Government Job (BBC.com)
Somaliland Leader Slams “Senseless Hostility” Of Opposition To DP World Deal (The National – UAE)
Speaker Versus PM: It Will Be One Or The Other! (Umadda Media)

Jawari Ouster Not Sanctioned By Government But A Defense Strategy – Dalha (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Mayor Meets Italian Officials Over IDP Resettlement (Halbeeg News)
Al-Shabaab Militants Withdraw From Burdhubo Town (Radio Shabelle)
East African Ministers To Meet In Kenya Over Somali Refugees (Xinhuanet)
Is Somalia Really A Rising Nation? (Wardheer News)

Pro Khaire MPs Say They Have Attained Quorum To Oust Speaker (Radio Dalsan)
Deputy Commander of Puntland Darwish Forces Resigns (Halbeeg News)
Mandera Governor Holds Security Talks with Somalia Leaders (Goobjoog News)
Two Mombasa Men Arrested Headed To Somalia To Join Al-Shabaab (The Standard)
Security Forces Operate Against Al-Shabaab in Somali Capital (Prensa Latina)
Arab interests Ethiopia-Somalia Feud Play Out In Berbera Port Deal (The East African)

PM Khaire 1 Year Anniversary Event Cancelled Over Current Political Crisis (Radio Dalsan)
Somali President Holds Talks With Jawari Over Ongoing Political Dispute (Halbeeg News)
South West Confirms Negotiation With Al-Shabaab Officials (Radio Dalsan)
UAE To Train Security Forces In Somaliland (Ahval News)
Somaliland Backs Dubai’s DP World Over Berbera Port (Arab News)
Somalia Clans Secure Peace With Death Sentences And Hefty Fines (BBC World Service)

Somali President Postpones Trip To Qatar (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia: Jawari Challenges Opposition MPs To Oust Him Through The Ballot (Garowe Online)
President Farmaajo To Lead Operations Against Al-Shabaab (Halbeeg News)
Egypt Donates Two Tonnes Of Medical Supplies To Somalia: Egyptian Ambassador (Ahram Online)
International Community Urges Dialogue To Resolve Political Tension In Somalia (Xinhuanet)
True Story Of Two Sisters Who Became Jihadi Brides (Independent Review)