August 5, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Hobyo Fishermen Issued ID Cards Differentiating Them From Pirates (Goobjoog News)
Janale District Commissioner Killed In Raid (Garowe Online)
Police Ramp Up Security Measures In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Jubbaland Electoral Commission Elects Chairperson (Wacaal Media)
President Uhuru Receives Credentials From The New Somali Ambassador To Kenya (Somali Current)
Deputy UN Envoy Visits Refugee Camp In Puntland (Horseed Media)
July Drone Report: Casualties Spike in Afghanistan Strikes Increase in Somalia (Newsweek)
Somalia Where 95% Of Girls Undergo Female Genital Mutilation May Soon Ban Practice (Huffington Post)
UNHCR: Almost 3000 Yemeni Refugees Resorted To Somalia (Diplomat News Network)
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation With Somalia (African Brains)

August 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Somali Government Forces Capture More Territories In Hiiraan Region (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Somali Elders Call On AMISOM Troops To Vacate Marka Town (Shabelle News)
OHIO TMT Wins Toronto Somali Week’s Football Tournament (Hiiraan Online)
Jubaland Parliament Declines Requests To Extend Presidential Elections Date (Wacaal Media)
Fireworks In Parliaments As MPs Debate Money Laundering Bill (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland Says Poor Harvest Sparks Emergency Food Crisis (Hiiraan Online)
U.N. Monitors Accuse British Oil Firm Of “Payoffs” To Somali Officials (Reuters)
Somalia’s New Permanent Representative To UN Office Presents Her Credentials (Diplomat News)
Sh200m For Garissa University Security (The Star Kenya)
Somalia’s Debt Is 93% Of Its GDP And 15 Other Things You Didn’t Know About Its Cash Situation (Mail & Guardian Africa)

August 4, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Somalia To Introduce Anti –FGM Laws (Somali Current)
Puntland Leader Vows To Fight And Eliminate Corruption (Horseed Media)
Parliament Debates Information And Communication Bill (Goobjoog News)
Detained Journalist In Somalia Released (Radio Dalsan)
Drug traffickers And Other Criminal Elements Arrested In Overnight Swoops In Dharkenley (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Offers U.K. ‘Full Cooperation’ In Soma Corruption Probe (Bloomberg Business)
Ex-Tory Leader Lord Howard Agrees To Speak To Fraud Investigators Over Corruption Probe At Oil Firm He Chairs (The Mirror)
Emirati Aid Ship Arrives In Somalia Delivers Food Supplies (Sputnik News)
Why Are Migrants So Desperate To Get To Leave Their Homelands? (Metro UK)
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Two Deadliest Military Groups (Daily Maverick)
Hargeysa Is The Hub Of Somali Culture (RBC Radio)

August 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Deadly Assault On Army Base Kills 10 Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
AU Soldiers Arrested Over Civilian Killings In Marka Town (Mareeg Media)
Somali President Appoints Deputy Police Commissioner (Goobjoog News)
Britain Lauds African Union Mission In Somalia (Shabelle News)
Low Funding Has Left 1.5 Million People Without Primary Healthcare Services (Somali Update)
Somali Government To Probe Alleged AMISOM Mass Killings (Somali Current)
No New IMF Loans For Somalia Till Debts Paid (East Africa Business Week)
Somali Official Says Friendship Between Two Countries Intact (China Daily)
Leaders Urge Government To Reopen Garissa University College (Daily Nation)
Tribalism: My Peoples’ Satanic Doctrine ( Hiiraan Online)

August 3, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Over 20 Al-Shabaab Members Surrender To Somali Officials (Mareeg Media)
Puntland Grants Renewed Amnesty For Al -Shabaab Defectors (Garowe Online)
IJA President Calls On MPs To Extend The Date Set For Presidential Elections (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Marks 17th Anniversary Of Establishment (Horseed Media)
We Can Thrive Through Rebuilding Our National Army: Defense Minister (Horseed Media)
Somali Government Urges Ahlu-Sunna To Free Six Journalists (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Region Leader ‘With 9 Lives Like A Cat’ (The Nation)
Remains Of Chinese Guard Killed In Somalia Attack Returns Home (Xinhua)
Somalia Receives More UAE Aid (The National UAE)
Serious Fraud Office Investigating Oil Firm Soma (Reuters)
Qurtuba Publishing House: Changing The Western Muslim Narrative (Muslimlink.ca)

July 31, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Eleven Die As Local Forces Battled Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
High-Level Partnership Forum Ends Communiqué Issued (Shabelle News)
Ambassador: China Will Not Withdraw Embassy From Somalia (Bar-Kulan Radio)
Somalia President Approves Credentials Of New Kenyan Ambassador (Horseed Media)
PM Omar: We Will Make Sure We Achieve Set Goals (Goobjoog News)
Transit Police Chief Harrington Pays Visit To Somalia (MPR News)
UN Extends AMISOM’s Stay In Somalia To Support The Political Process In The Country (Standard Digital)
Somalia Partners Want Additional Resources To Deal With Al-Shabaab Threats (Bernama.com)
Obama In East Africa: U.S. Imperialism Sows Turmoil Throughout Region (Workersword.org)
OpEd: How Constant Violence Shapes A Nation (Sahal Journal)
ROLSIG: DDR Section (UNSOM)

July 31, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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UN Expresses Concern Over Absence Of Two States From Mogadishu Conference (Wacaal Media)
Somali Government Forces Claim Victory Over Al-Shabaab In Bakol (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Puntland Warns Federal Government Against Term Extension (Horseed Media)
China May Suspend Aid To Somalia After One Chinese Was Killed In Attack (Somali Current)
Water Shortage Hit Eel-Hur Locality (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland Did Not Contribute To The Capture Of Baardheere SNA’s Gedo Spokesman Claims (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Military Given Sh9bn From US To Fight Al-Shabaab (Daily Nation)
Somalia President : No Election In 2016 (Associated Press)
Somalia: Islamic Terrorists Are Easy Corruption Is Hard (The Strategy Page)

July 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Full Speech: Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Opening Remarks HLPF Forum (Somali Update)
As Government Dismisses 2016 Popular Elections UN Rules Out Somali Leaders’ Possible Term Extension (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Bars Media From Covering Ex-president’s Hero Welcome Home (Garowe Online)
Heritage Institute Says They Have Foreseen Failure Of 2016 Election (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland In Operation To Liberate Buaale And Hagar (Wacaal Media)
Mogadishu: IDPs Trying To Get Alternative Sources Of Income (Radio Ergo)
Somalia Offers Apology Seeks China’s Help (China Daily)
Plan To Build Wall On Somali Border On course Insists CS (Media Max)
Crisis in Europe: Ismail’s Journey To Italy (Save The Children)

July 30, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Unanticipated Evacuation Of Foreigners From Hotels In Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
High-Level Partnership Forum Opens In Somalia (UNSOM)
Thousands Cheer Former Puntland President (Garowe Online)
Somali Women Graduates Demand Access To Jobs (Radio Ergo)
Wanlaweyn Administration Arrests Armed Men (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland Head Of State Unveils Conference In Kismayu (Wacaal Media)
Three Al-Shabaab Militants Killed Five KDF Officers Injured In Lamu (The Star Kenya)
Somalia’s Planned 2016 Elections Will Not Be A Popular Vote (Reuters)
UN Says Somalia Making Progress Despite Election Delay ( Yahoo News/AFP)
Kenyan Experts Call For New Tactics To Degrade Al-Shabaab (Shanghai Daily)
Somalia Reaches Milestone With First IMF Review In Decades (International Monetary Fund)

July 29, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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High Level Partnership Forum Opens In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Two Al-Shabaab Militants Executed In Bulagadud (Wacaal Media)
Constituent Assembly Opens In Kismayo To Adopt Jubbaland Charter (Goobjoog News)
Faroole Accuses Federal Government Of Trashing Constitution And Causing Friction Among Local Administrations (Wacaal Media)
Ahlu Sunna fighters In Bardhere Integrated In To National Army ( Goobjoog News)
Somalia Police Locks Down Key Roads In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Embassy Continues Its Work In Aftermath Of Car Bombing (China Daily)
Obama Warns On Africa Leaders Refusing To Step Down (BBC)
Senior AMISOM Officials Visit Barawe Hospital In South Somalia (Coastweek)
The Rule of Law And Security Institutions Group (UNSOM)