July 1, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Federal Speaker Prof. Jawari Under Fire For Throwing His Weight Behind Galmudug State (Wacaal Media)
Agricultural Official Gunned Down In Afgoye(Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland And Puntland To Enhance Economic Integration (RBC Radio)
Somali President Gives Briefings To The National Lawmakers (Radio Muqdisho)
DPP Obtains Order Stopping Release Of Man In Terror Case (Daily Nation)
President Greets Somalia On National Day (Zee News)
Al-Shabaab Ramadan 2015 Threat: Militants Pledge To Kill ‘Non-Believers’ During Holy Month(International Business Times)
Misguided Bank Lawsuits Deepen Remittance Crisis(American Banker)

June 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Ethiopian Forces Take Charge Of Leego Army Base (Somali Current)
Application For The Galmudug Presidential Candidates Opens Today(Goobjoog News)
MPs Grill Interior And Federalism Minister About Independent Commissions (Goobjoog News)
Ethiopia Tells Somali´s Leaders To Solve Their Own Problems (Somali Current)
Africa Energy Withdraws From Puntland Somalia Blocks (Market Watch)
Kenya Somalia In talks To End Border Row Out Of UN court (Business Daily)
UoN Students On Al- Shabaab Payroll – Police (The Star Kenya)
On The Other Side Of The Camp (White House Blogs)

June 30, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

AMISOM Technical Committee Meet In Addis Ababa Over Somalia (Somali Current)
Uneasy Calm Prevails In Kismayu As Reports Emerge Of Impending Al-Shabaab Attack (Wacaal Media)
Militants Execute Three For Spying For CIA (Garowe Online)
Puntland On The Verge Cutting Relations With The Federal Government (RBC Radio)
Former Employees Of Oman Embassy In Somalia Live In Appalling Conditions (Dalsan Radio)
Soldiers Beheaded As Al-Shabaab Islamists Attack Another Army base (International Business Times)
Pre-vetting Broadcast News For Extremism Threatens Freedom Of Speech (The Guardian)
Fostering Barren Lands: Somali Scientists Seek Help From KU (The Express Tribune)
Getting To The Core Of Al-Shabaab’s Conflict With Kenya (PBS News Hour)
Somalia — From Great Hope to Failed State (Somali Current)

June 29, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia’s Shabaab Attacks Army Camp Killing Several (Capital News)
Himan And Heeb Ditches Adaado For Ahlusunna’s Own Version Of The Conference (Wacaal Media)
Eastleigh Residents Take To The Streets And Give Government One Week Ultimatum (Hiiraan (Online)
Hyenas Kill Children In the Outskirts Of Lascanod (Radio Ergo)
Somalia Police Launches An Operation Near Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Somalia Islamist Attacks Test Goal of Al-Shabaab Defeat by 2016 (Bloomberg)
QC Initiative Benefits 500 Somali Families (Menafn.com )
UN Security Council Condemns Attack Against Peace Mission Base In Somalia (Azeri Press Agency)
UN Official Commends Election Of Speaker Of Regional Assembly (UN News Centre)
China Provides Education Equipment To Somalia’s Orphanage Home (Global Post/Xinhua)
Somalia’s Grasslands: A Threatened National Treasure (Hiiraan Online)

June 29, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somali And AU Retake Lego From Al Shabaab(Dalsan Radio)
Anti-Federal Government Demo Held In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Speaker Of Galmudug Parliament Extends An Olive Branch To Ahlusunna (Wacaal Media)
Al-Shabab Names A New Special Unit To Fight Amisom Forces (Somali Current)
Somali President Reiterates Commitment To Election In 2016 ( Dalsan Radio)
We Will Not Relent In War Against Terror – Uhuru (The Star Kenya)
Kenya Releases Somali Pirates En Masse Despite Warnings (Arabian Supply Chain)
UPDF Overruns Al-Shabaab Camp (New Vision)
Two Tanzanians Held At Border In Terror Crackdown (Daily Nation)
Ex-local Somali Journalist Faces Deportation Death Threat (MPR News)
Somalia’s Second Coming (Somali Current)
AMISOM Chief Of Staff Visits Injured Troops (AMISOM)

June 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali Militants Attack African Union Peacekeepers’ Base (Reuters)
Government And AMISOM Forces Repel Al-Shabaab In Qoryoley Attack (Wacaal Media)
Jubbaland President Concludes His Visit To Ethiopia (Goobjoog News)
Efforts To End Tensions In Puntland As Renegade General Threatens Government (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Bashes Federal Parliament Speaker Galmudug Not Recognized (Garowe Online)
MPs Sign Move To Table Motion Of No Confidence Against Somali President (Dalsan Radio)
Somalia’s Journalists Are Under Al-Shabaab’s Gun (The Daily Star Lebanon)
How Britain’s Khat Ban Devastated An Entire Kenyan Town(The Guardian)
Security Council Condemns Attack On Diplomats In Somalia (Business Standard)
Stakeholders Keen To Resolve Somalia Differences – Official (Star Africa)
In Search Of Recognition (Buenos Aires Herald)
‘Becoming Chinese’: Meet The First Somali With A Home Return Permit (Post Magazine)
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Professor Scorned (Wardheer News)

June 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

President Congratulates Galmudug Assembly (Goobjoog News)
Over 200 Somali Refugees Arrive In Bosaso (Shabelle News)
We Will Not Be Cowed By Al-Shabab Attacks On Foreign Officials Says Defense Minister Abdi Diini(Somali Current)
Shabelle Journalists Take Part In Large-scale Meeting In Rome (Shabelle News)
Video Shows Foiled Al- Shabaab Attack In Lamu (Daily Nation)
Kenya Warns Of Foreign Fighter Threat Across Horn Of Africa (The Daily Star Lebanon )
EU To Train Counter-terror Services In East Africa (EU Observer)
Tanzanian Court Orders Extradition Of Islamist Rebel Leader To Uganda (Business Insider)
World Must Condemn Attack On UAE Officials (Gulf News)
Computer Hitch Mars Trial Of Westgate Mall Terror Suspects (Daily Nation)
Minnesota Girl Accepted To All 8 Ivy League Schools Dines With Obama (Fox 9)

June 25, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Bomb Attack Will Not Deter Us From Supporting Somalia Says UAE Minister (Arabian Business)
Jubbaland Head Of State Arrives In Addis Ababa As State Seeks Deployment Of Ethiopian Forces In Its Territories (Wacaal Media)
Government To Register Private Sector Employees For Security Reasons (Goobjoog News)
Ahlusuna Set To Hold Own Version of ‘Adaado Conference’ In Dhuusamareeb Today (Wacaal Media)
EU Developmental Projects To Somalia To Be Managed By Government (Goobjoog News)
Minister Holds A Series Of Regional Aviation Dialogues With ICAO (Geeska Afrika)
62 Convicted Somali Pirates Repatriated (The Star Kenya)
UPDF Officer Killed In Somalia Laid To Rest (New Vision Uganda)
Sitting Down With Somali Nomads (Garowe Online)

June 25, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Mogadishu: Suicide Bomber Targets UAE Ambassador near Turkish Embassy 10 Killed (International Business Times)
US Operates 2 Secret Bases In Kismayu (Wacaal Media)
Ahlu-Sunna Introduces Islamic Court In Dhusa-mareb (Goobjoog News)
Media Urged To Support Federalism In The Country (Somali Current)
Ban Ki-moon Called On The Council Of Europe To Fight Violations Of Essential Freedoms (Shabelle News)
Armed Gunmen Kill A Traditional Elder In Marko Yet Again (Wacaal Media)
UN Somalia Envoy Condemns Latest Terrorist Attack In Mogadishu (UN News Centre)
Communities Criticise ‘Lack Of Support’ – One Year Since Herbal Stimulant Khat Was Banned (ITV News)
Gargash: Terrorist Attack On Aid Convoy Will Not Undermine UAE’s Commitment To Support Somalia(WAM)
Writing The Lives Of Somalia’s Women (Pop Matters)
Young Somali Man’s Journey From Matatu Tout To CEO (Sahan Journal)

June 24, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali Police In Baidoa Ordered To Stop Chewing Khat (Goobjoog News)
President Meets UN Humanitarian Coordinator To Say Farewell (Dalsan Radio)
Selection Of MPs For South West Assembly Postponed (Goobjoog News)
Farmers Reap Rewards Of Best Practices Training (Radio Ergo)
Sheikh Noor Barud Gurhan Says Aden Consular Derailing Evacuation Efforts (Goobjoog News)
Gunmen Killed An Elder In Mogadishu 3rd Assassination In The Capital In A Day (Wacaal Media)
Money Remittance Firms Linked To Terrorism In Drive To Spruce Up Image (Standard Digital)
Ellison Emmer Form Somalia Caucus At US Capitol (MPR News)
Regional Bloc Lauds Kenya For Lifting Ban On Somali Remittance Firms (Xinhua)
Somalia’s Looming Constitutional Crisis pt. 2: the Mudug Crisis (Hiiraan Online)
Dadaab Refugees – A Plea For Dignity (MSF)