August 12, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Al-Shabab Fighters Attack Kismayo Airstrip (Radio Dalsan)
Security Situation Continues to Pose Challenges for Delivery of Assistance in Somalia Aid Agencies Decry (Somali Update)
Madoobe Appoints A Former Fierce Critic Of His Administration As The Head Of Security Forces In Gedo Region (Wacaal Media)
Farmers Displaced By Conflict Flee To Tiyeglow (Radio Ergo)
Rogue Soldier Opens Fire On Military Barrack In Somaliland (Goobjoog News)
Islamist Group Opposes Newly Signed Agreement In Mogadishu (Mareeg Media)
Dini Has Come From War-Torn Somalia To Star For Canada Wheelchair Team (The Brandon Sun Canada)
Young Leaders Make The Case For Peace In Somalia (UNFPA.Org)
Walking Into Danger: Migrants Still Head To Yemen (IRIN)

August 11, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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AMISOM Confirms Killing 98 Militants In Hiiraan Region Offensive (Wacaal Media)
President Of South-West State To Meet With Elders Of Newly Captured Diinsoor Town (Goobjoog News)
Ethiopian War Planes Hit Al-Shabaab Targets Near Diinsoor (Wacaal Media)
Police Killed A Child And Wounded Five Others In Hargeysa (Somali Update)
Severe Water Shortages In Areas Under Mudug Threatens Lives Of People
Militants Attack Prison In Central Somalia 2 Killed (Hiiraan Online)
Coach Back On Toronto Soccer Fields After Surviving Somalia Militant Attack (CBC News)
Ijara MP Ahmed Abass Wants Kenya Defense Forces Out Of His Constituency (Standard Digital)
Somali Immigrant Dies After Three Years In CBSA Custody (CTV Canada)
Young People Have Never Mattered More Than They Do Today (Wardheer News)
Spotlight On Somali Youth! (UNSOM)

August 11, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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At least 1 Person Is Confirmed Dead And 4 Others Wounded In A Blast (Dalsan Radio)
Ahlusunna Arrests 10 People They Said Were Members Of The Somali National Forces (Wacaal Media)
New Puntland Police Chief Assumes Office (Radio Bar- Kulan)
The President Of South West State of Somalia Makes His First Trip To Bardale (Dalsan Radio)
Roads In Afgoye Town To Be Repaired (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Police Banned From Chewing Khat (Somali Current)
Kenya Signs Treaties On Regional Peace-keeping Missions (Daily Nation)
Raysut Cement Setting Up Subsidiary Firm In Somalia To Supply Cement (Times Of Oman)
Gang Member Who Murdered Drug Rival With Machine Gun In Edinburgh Jailed For Life (Daily Record Scotland)
Rethinking Political Identity For The ‘New Somalia’ (Garowe Online)
Mogadishu University Students Address The Role Of Youth In Peacebuilding And Poverty Alleviation(UNSOM)

August 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Somalia’s Parliament Grills Education Minister Over Scholarship Scandal (Hiiraan Online)
Parliamentarians To Hold Debate On Communication Bill Question Minister (Somali Update)
Police Officers Repulse Al-Shabaab After Militants Raided Their Station In Baladweyne (Wacaal Media)
Former Mogadishu Mayor Commends Turkey For Development (Goobjoog News)
Eastleigh Gangs Stab “Walk Of Hope” Journalist ( Dalsan Radio)
Somali President Says Country On Road To End Militants’ Insurgency (Hiiraan Online)
UPDATE: U.K. Fraud Probe of Soma Focuses On Payments to Somali Officials (Bloomberg)
Stranded Indonesian Sailors Saved In Somalia (Jakarta Post)
Welcome Congressional Cohesion On Somalia (Star Tribune)
UAE Envoy Hosts Dinner Banquet In Honour Of Somali Deputy PM (Emirates News Agency)
These Opaque Oil Deals And ‘Friends’ Cannot Be Good For Somalia’s People (Daily Nation)

August 10, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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NISA Along With AU Troops Seize Al-Shabaab Members (Shabelle News)
Uneasy Calm Returns In Marka Following Ceasefire Brokered By Local Elders (Wacaal Media)
Hiiraan & Middle Shabelle Gear Up For Federal State (Garowe Online)
Ahlu-Sunna Waljama’a Accuses Somali Government Of Deploying Troops In Adado (Goobjoog News)
Southwest States Members Of Parliament To Be Elected Within 30 Days (Dalsan Radio)
US Donates $1.5 Million For Somalia’s Police Force Rebuilding (Hiiraan Online)
Clan Militias Clash In Marka (Garowe Online)
Kenyan President Arrives In Uganda For Regional Security Talks (Coastweek)
Kenya Detains A Woman Due To Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Links (Diplomatic News Network)
Kenya’s Coastal Resorts See Signs Of Tourism Picking Up (Standard Digital)
Two Somali Refugees Reach Winnipeg After Swimming Down The Red (Winnipeg Free Press)
We Are Winning The Battle Against Terrorism In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
AMISOM Commits To Gender Mainstreaming In Its Operations (AMISOM)

August 7, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Ministerial “Reshuffle” Worrying All (Hiiraan Online)
IGAD Holds Round Table Meeting For Jubbaland Administration And Opposition Leaders (Wacaal Media)
Aid Groups Highlight Global Acute Malnutrition In Somalia (Somali Update)
Coalition Government A Likely Scenario As Powerful Premier Endorsed In New 2016 Roadmap(Goobjoog News)
AU Calls For More Funding For Peacekeeping Mission In Somalia (China.org)
A National Workshop On Somalia’s Human Rights Record Opened In Mogadishu (Cihan.com)
Australians Urged To Develop Taste For Camel Meat (ABC.net)
AU To Kenya: Stop Politicising Issue On KDF In Somalia (Tuko.co)
Somalia’s Incredible Shrinking Election (Foreign Policy)

August 7, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Al-Shabaab Suffers Huge Damages As Ethiopian Warplanes Hit Their Bases In Galgaduud region(Wacaal Media)
Election Committee Sets Out Criteria For Jubaland Presidency (Garowe Online)
Yemen Fishing Vessel Sinks Off Somalia Coast (Horseed Media)
Somalia Set To Join League Of Countries That Banned FGM (Somali Current)
Nothing To Celebrate So Far As Jubbaland Delegation Continues With Series Of Closed Door Meetings In Doolow (Wacaal Media)
Kenyan Troops Should Stay In Somalia Says Maman Sidikou (Daily Nation)
Kenya Gets US Funds For Counter-terror War (Defence News)
Voluntary Repatriation of Somali Refugees Begins (Voice of America)
Puntland Seeks Resources As Somali Militants Enter Its Territory (Reuters)
Ice Cream And ATMs: A Glimpse Of Hope For War-torn Mogadishu (Dalje.com)
AMISOM Head of Mission Speaks On The Progress In Somalia (AMISOM)

August 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Up To 100 Suspected Members Of Al-Shabaab Arrested In Mogadishu Security Operations (Wacaal Media)
Dozens Hospitalised After Drinking Contaminated Milk (Horseed Media)
An International Conference To Raise Money For Somali Refugees In Kenya To Be Held In Nairobi(Radio Mogdisho)
Mogadishu Residents Raise Complaints On The Closure Of Important Roads
Mogadishu And Nairobi Mayors Discuss Cooperation (Horseed Media)
Police Starts Conscription Of New Officers (Goobjoog News)
IOM Global Solar Lantern Initiatives Targets Displaced Families (Newshour.com)
UN Body Urges Somalia To Probe British Oil Contract (France 24/AFP )
Somalis Go Home To Fragile Security In First-Phase Repatriation (Bloomberg)
Ethiopia Bombed Somalia’s Shabaab Stronghold (Diplomat News Network)
Mission Accomplished (RBC Radio)
A Letter From Mogadishu: The Birth And Burial Of Somali Nationalism (Wardheer News)

August 6, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Over A Hundred Militants Surrender To Federal Government Forces Scores Killed (Garowe Online)
EU Shuts Down Office In Somaliland
Over Hundred Somali Refugees Return Home From Kenya (Horseed Media)
Forty people Hospitalised Due To Outbreak Of Undiagnosed Disease In Mahaday (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Accuses Soma Oil & Gas Of Backing Petroleum Bill (Garowe Online)
AMISOM To Probe Civilian Death In Somalia Days After 6 Family Members Were Allegedly Killed By The Forces ( Somali Current)
FM: China Played An Important Role In Somalia’s Development (Diplomat News Network)
Arab Museum Exhibit Depicts Lives Of Somali Men In Minnesota (CBC Minnesota)
Kenyan Youth Spend 8 Hours Daily On Terror Related Websites Official Says (Standard Digital)
A Long Term Comprehensive Focus Will Translate As Success For The Somali National Army (Hiiraan Online)

August 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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UNMAS Clarifies False Reports Regarding Staff Member (UNMAS)
Mortar Rounds Rain Down On Al-Shabaab Bases (Shabelle News)
Galmudug Police Seizes Counterfeit Money (Goobjoog News)
AMISOM Seizes Vehicles And Weapons From Al-shabaab Following Offensive In Dalandoole Town (Wacaal Media)
Parliament Oversight Committee Ready To Take On The Executive (Goobjoog News)
National Consultative Workshop On Human Rights Kicks Off In Mogadishu ( Radio Bar-Kulan)
Police Officer Killed In Mogadishu (Horseed Media)
Michael Howard To Meet SFO Over Somalia Oil Deal (The Week)
Mayo Doctor Turns Research Into Somali Community Outreach (Postbulletin.com)
Somalia May Soon Ban Female Genital Mutilation. Are Laws Enough? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Child Refugee From War Torn Somalia Goes Back To Run For President (Goodnews Network)