November 3, 2017 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

General Mukhtar Appointed As Acting Somali Police Boss (Shabelle News)
Somaliland’s Electoral Commission Meets President (Garowe Online)
Villa Somalia Press Director Denies The Appointment Of New Somali Ambassador To Kenya (Jowhar.com)
KDF Soldiers Kill Two Al-Shabaab Militants In Lamu (Daily Nation)
Straight Talk On Somalia Insecurity (Huffington Post)

National Security Council Approves National Defense Plan (Goobjoog News)
Eminent Elders Call For Unity And Peace To Realise 2020 Election Goal (Goobjoog News)
Global Charity Calls For Joint Efforts To Fight Pneumonia In Somalia (Xinhuanet)
AMISOM To Work Closely With Federal States On Gender Mainstreaming In Somalia (AMISOM)
Somaliland: From Fighting Famine To Election Fever (ITV)

Somali Forces Capture Villages From Al-Shabaab (Xinhuanet)
Differences Threaten Leaders Forum In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
50 MPs Sign Motion Against Southwest President (jowhar.com)
Egypt’s Sisi Stresses Unity Sovereignty Of Somalia (Xinhuanet)
Somaliland Launches Flagship Job Creation Programme (Africa Business Communities)
Muqdisho Blasts: Tears Were Our Only Hope (Wardheer News)

1 Dead As Bossaso Protest Turns Violent (Garowe Online)
Somali Forces Carry Out Massive Security Swoop In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Own Explosion (Radio Dalsan)
Finance Minister Beyle Tables Public Finance Management Bill In Parliament (Goobjoog News)
US Funds For Somalia Could Be Diverted To Shabaab Watchdog Warns (Daily Nation)
Can Your Blood Not Be Moved For Somalia? (Macleans)

Align Laws With New Federal System To Avoid Inter-governmental Conflicts-AG (Goobjoog News)
General Indha Adde Criticizes Sacking Of Police And Intelligence Chiefs (Shabelle News )
Southwest Members of Parliament In Deadlock Over Anti-President Motion (Garowe Online)
AMISOM Reviews Its Gender Strategy Plan Ahead Of The Planned Drawdown (AMISOM)
Somalia Remains World’s Worst for Unsolved Journalist Murders (VOA)
UAE Meddling In The Somali Domestic Affairs (Hiiraan Online)

Integration Of Security Forces Crucial To Fight Al-Shabaab- President Farmaajo (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland FM Calls For Peaceful Election Campaign (Garowe Online)
Jubbaland President Calls For An All-Out Offensive Against Al Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Somalia’s ‘Touch And Feel’ E-commerce Hit (BBC)
Child Bride To Beauty Icon: Mogadishu’s Makeup Trailblazer (News Deeply)

Somalia’s Capital Restricts Movement Of Trucks Tankers After Attacks (Reuters)
Security And Conflict Between Federal And State Govts Top Mogadishu Meeting Agenda (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Turkey Sign Trade Cooperation Agreement Says PM (Shabelle News)
Somali Youth Meet Over Peace-Building Initiatives (Xinhuanet)
Mogadishu And Kismaayo Enjoy A Renaissance After Decades Of War (UNSOM)

Former PM Gedi Calls For Unity To Defeat Extremism In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Survivor Recounts Hotel Siege That Killed Family Members (Garowe Online)
Turkish Troops Will Take Part In Securing Somalia PM Kheyre Says (Radio Dalsan)
QRC Provides Medical Help To Mogadishu Bombing Victims (Gulf Times)
Mogadishu Massacre: Policy Policing And Intelligence Failures (Hiiraan Online)

Somalia Fires Security Officials After Bomb Attack (The Guardian)
We Will Not Be Deterred President Farmaajo Says Condoles Bomb Attack Families (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Convenes High-Level Meeting In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
AU Trains New Police Officers To Help Stabilize Somalia (Xinhuanet)
Drought In Somalia Drives Children From School (Al-Fanar Media)
Warlord City: The Business of Fear In Boomtown Mogadishu (Spiegel Online)