November 17, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Galmudug State and (ASWJ) Meet In Nairobi Over Power Sharing Deal (Radio Dalsan)
Federal Security Ministry Warns Of Activities Against Security (Radio Muqdisho)
Somaliland Electoral Commission Dismisses Allegations Of Election Irregularities (Hiiraan Online)
Pentagon Steps Up Somalia Drone Strikes (Daily Mail)
AU Special Representative For Somalia Joins High-level Government Delegation On A Security Assessment Visit To Barawe (AMISOM)
United Arab Emirates Plays Destructive Role In Somalia (Daily Sabah)

19 Al-Shabaab Suspects Arrested In Afgooye Government (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland’s Main Opposition Party Cuts Off Cooperation With Poll Agency (Hiiraan Online)
Aamin Ambulance To Offer Medical Emergency Training In Schools In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Begins Child Rights Bill Drafting Process (Xinhuanet)
How The British Army Are Helping To Restore Peace In Somalia (Force Network)

President Farmaajo Set To Visit UAE Next Week (Jowhar.com)
Government And Constitutional Review Bodies Sign MoU To Jump-start Process (Goobjoog News)
Cabinet To Hold Weekly Meeting In Baidoa (Goobjoog News)
Somalia: Mayor Thabit In Rome To Bolster Investment In Mogadishu (Allafrica)
Defense One: US Airstrikes in Somalia on Exponential Rise (Newmax.com)
What Somalia And The Rest of Africa Should Learn from Somaliland (Face2Face Africa)

Somali Minister Resigns Citing Government Disorder (Xinhuanet)
Underage Voting Recorded But Process Largely Above board – Somaliland Polls Observers (Goobjoog News)
Somali Prime Minister Visits Barawe Town In Lower Shabelle Region (SONNA)
US Conducts Missile Strike In Somalia Against Al-Qaeda Linked Terror Group (Thehill.com)
AU To Deploy An Extra 500 Police Officers To Somalia (Radio Shabelle)

Security Council Maintains Partial Lifting Of Arms Embargo On Somalia For One Year (UN.org)
Prime Minister Khaire To Visit Barawa Today (Jowhar.com)
Somali Government Releases Names Of Six Individuals Involved In Mogadishu Truck Bomb (Hiiraan Online)
E. African Bloc Calls For Sustaining Peace In Warring Somalia Regions (Xinhuanet)
Could Somalia’s Vibrant Private Sector Produce Goods Somali Consumers Need Locally? (World Bank Blogs)

Breakaway Somaliland Tallies Votes Amid Social Media Blackout (The Guardian)
Mogadishu October 14 Truck Bomb Victims to Return from Turkey After Treatment (Somali Update)
Rwanda Sends Medical Relief To Somalia (Radio Shabelle)
How Somalia Lost Millions Of Dollars To Fish Poachers (The East African)
Has World Forgotten Somalia’s Huge Terror Attack? (RFI.fr)

No Difference Between Al-Shabaab And Anti-government Politicians Says PM Khayre (Hiiraan Online)
Somali Government Will Continue The Military Operations Against Terrorists (SONNA)
Somalia: Security Minister Arrives In Kismayo For ‘Urgent’ Talks (Garowe Online)
Vote Counting Under Way in Somaliland Presidential Election (VOA)
Africa: Somaliland’s Voting Technology Shows How Africa Can Lead the World (All Africa)

Polls Open In Somalia’s Breakaway Region Of Somaliland (Xinhuanet)
Hirshabelle President Concerned About New Offensive Against Al-Shabaab (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia: Suspected Al-Shabaab Gunmen Kill Electoral Delegate Elder in Mogadishu (Somali Update)
Agency Seeks To Improve Somalia’s Health Industry (Daily Nation)
US-targeted ISIS In Somalia Could Be A ‘Significant Threat’ (News24.com)

Breakaway Somaliland Votes For New President (Daily Mail)
Somaliland: Voting in Las Anod Sool Region Despite Puntland Threats (Goobjoog News)
Somalia: Militants Arrested Near Kenyan Over Bomb Plot (Garowe Online)
Galmudug Minister Says Dispute Between Leaders Has Been Resolved (Radio Mustaqbal)
US Increases Drone Strikes Against Islamic Extremists In Somalia: Report (The Hill)
Why Somaliland Is East Africa’s Strongest Democracy? (The Economist)