June 24, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somali MP Express Hope For Talks With Ahlusunna (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Welcomes Kenyan Move To Lift Suspension On Hawalas (Radio Muqdisho)
Malkaariye Hospital Closes Due To Lack Of Funds (Radio Ergo)
Nawal3 Docks At Mukala To Evacuate Somalis (Goobjoog News)
Somali Community Awareness NGO initiates School For Female Prisoner In Mogadishu
National Committee Leading Independence Days Celebrations Meets Journalists In Mogadishu(Horseed Media)
How Extremists Target Victims On Facebook And Twitter (Deutsche Welle)
Applying New Technologies To Make Remittances Work (Forbes)
EPL Clubs Battle For Somalia-born Starlet (Africa Star)
From Al-Shabaab To Daesh (RUSI Analysis)
From Rebellion to Stalemate “Ahlu Sunna’s Preliminary Agreement” (Geeska Afrika)

June 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Parliament Speaker Says Galmudug State Is A Product Made in Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug: Leading Presidential Candidate Calls On Federal Government To Incorporate Ahlu Sunna Wal Jameeca In Cadaado Talks (Jowhar Online)
Jubbaland Head Of State Leaves For Addis Ababa As State Seeks To Bring Ethiopian Troops To Come To Its Territories (Wacaal Media)
Leadership Training For Mogadishu Women (Radio Ergo)
Uganda’s Police Issues Security Terror Alert (New Vision)
2 Minnesota Women Invited To Sit At Obama’s Table At Annual White House Ramadan Dinner (Star Tribune)
Mayors Urge Federal Action On Somali Remittances (Ballard-News Tribune)
Al-Shabaab Continues To Impact Somalia And Kenya (Chicago Monitor)
Remittance Companies Help To Build Somalia (The Star Kenya)

June 23, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Senior Al-Shabaab Figure Killed In South West Somalia (Dalsan Radio)
Gunmen Murder Traditional Elder In Central Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Head Of Afgooye Revenue Collection Shot Dead (Wacaal Media)
Government Spokesman Ridhwan Haji Resigns (Somali Current)
Somali Police Force And AMISOM Conduct Joint Patrols In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Operation Atalanta Warship ESPS Galicia Welcomes Somali Leaders On Board (Dalsan Radio)
Kenya’s Opposition Leader Blasts Government For Its Handling Of Al-Shabaab Menace (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Bombs Al-Shabaab From The Air For First Time (DPA International)
Kenya Lifts Ban On Key Somali Money Transfer Company (AFP)
Turkish Aid Agency Delivers Cleaning Vehicles To Somalia (Video News)
St. Cloud School Board Will Choose From 6 Finalists (SC Times)
Kenyan Smugglers Sweeten Al-Shabaab Coffers (Business Report/Reuters)
Border Services Must Lift The Veil Of Secrecy: Editorial (The Toronto Star)

June 22, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Somali Parliament Speaker Arrives In Cadaado (Mustqbal Radio)
NISA Carries Out An Operation In Geedo Town (Jowhar Online)
Finance Minister “We have 49% Of Budget Deficit ” (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Receives IGAD Delegation At His Office (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug Assembly Set To Open Today (Somali Current)
Three KDF Servicemen Injured After IED Explodes In Lamu (Standard Digital)
Somalia Parliament In Heated Debate Over Border With Kenya (Standard Digital)
Mo Farah Gets Back To Work In The French Pyrennees After An Extraordinary Week Of Revelations And Denials (Daily Mail)
Somalia Gets First IMF Review Of Its Economy In 25 Years (The Africa Report)
Reflection on Hassan M. Abukar’s ‘Mogadishu Memoir’ (Sahan Journal)
It’s Not Yet Too Late For KDF Troops To Leave Somalia To Promote Peace There (Daily Nation)

June 22, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Al-Shabaab Attacks Training Base In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
A Government Official Working At The Office Of Somali PM Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Six Puntland Soldiers Die In Fatal Accident (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabab Claims Victory Over Ethiopians As Somali Government Thwarts Attack By The Group On Mogadishu (Somali Current)
Somali Prime Minister Reaches Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Militants Assassinate Kenya Official In Northeast: Police (Mail & Guardian/AFP)
Kenya Police Reservist Shoots Mandera Boy After Night Prayers (The Star)
Suspect In Lamu Al-Shabaab Raid Arrested (Daily Nation)
Kenya Wages War On Smugglers Who Fund Somali Militants (Reuters)
Blind Students Ask For High School (Radio Ergo)
Solution To Terror Attacks That Ignores Somalia Is Ineffectual (Daily Nation)

June 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Al-Shabaab Engages Government Forces In Fierce Gunfight After Raiding Their Camp In Gedo Region(Wacaal Media)
Somali President Tours Examination Centres In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Fewer Girls Graduate From High School In Buhodle (Radio Ergo)
Federal Cabinet Passes Judicial Bill (Garowe Online)
Jubbaland President Accepts UN Mediation With Federal Government (Goobjoog News)
AU Lauds Amisom And Somali Security Forces For Foiling Terror Attack In Adaado (Somali Current)
Al-Shabab Somalia Attacks: Military Base Stormed Hours After Raid On Government Building (International Business Times)
Kenyan Police Join In Manhunt For German ‘Al-Shabaab’ Suspect (Coast Week/Xinhua)
UAE People & Politics: Policy In Africa Is All About Stability And Cooperation (The National UAE)
Kenya To Hand Back Licences To 13 Somali Money Transfer Firms (Reuters)
Mediterranean Crisis: Migrants Detail Horrors That Caused Them to Flee (Human Rights Watch)

June 19, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Al-Shabaab Kills 24 People In Central And Southwest Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
Security Stepped Up In Mogadishu Over Fears Of Ramadan Attacks By Militants (Horseed Media)
Al-Shabaab Marks First Day Of Ramadan With Botched Attack (Garowe Online)
FGS Sign New Joint Programmes With UN Donors (Goobjoog News)
UN Envoy Reaches Kismayo (Garowe Online)
Kenya To Lift Somalia Cash Transfer Freeze (NDTV)
UN Chief Names Deputy Head Of UN Assistance Mission In Somalia (Global Post/Xinhua)
Life After Losing Remittances: Somalis Share Their Stories (The Guardian)
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay And The UN Family Extend Their Ramadan Greetings

June 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia Thwarts Al-Shabaab Attack On Conference But 7 killed (News 24)
Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility For Adaado Attack (Wacaal Media)
Ramadan In Mogadishu: A Fearful Month Ahead (Hiiraan Online)
Security Measures To Be Introduced In Garowe ( RBC Radio)
Nugaal University Computer Science Students Create Intranet And E-Learning Platform (RBC Radio)
The New Police Unit That Has Got Mogadishu Talking (Somali Current)
Ethiopia Prime Minister Says Consolidates Efforts To Bring Peace To Somalia (Mareeg Media)
The Cost Of A Cigarette In Somalia (Malta Today)
Maine’s Newest Entrepreneurs Thriving Despite Obstacles (MPBN New)

June 18, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Delivering As One: Federal Government Of Somalia UN EU And Donor Partners Launch New Joint Programmes Through The Somalia Development and Reconstruction Facility (Somaliland Sun)
Minister Of Petroleum & Mineral Resource’s Visit To The United States of America (Dalsan Radio)
Hassan Shiekh Returns To Mogadishu (RBC Radio)
Delegates Endorse Central State Charter (Goobjoog News)
Sharmarke Expresses Optimism Over Resolution Of Jubbaland Stand-Off (Wacaal Media)
Somali Parliament Set To Vote On Media Law (Radio Danan)
Some 5000 Children Vaccinated In A Campaign Against Polio
Kenyan President Says Troops Will Stay In Somalia (Yahoo News/AFP)
China Donates Office Equipment To Somali Women Organization (Global Post/Xinhua)
Coast Anti-terrorism Police Question Wife Of Said Abdalla Hemed (Coast Week/Xinhua)
The Somalis Who Mark Ramadan – In A Synagogue (The Guardian)

June 17, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Ahlu Sunna Told To Leave Dhusa Mareb (Somali Current)
Ahlu Suna New Proposals For Peace In Central Regional State Formation (Radio Dalsan)
Reconciliation Conference in Hiran Set for Extension (Goobjoog News)
Somalia AMISOM Police To Ensure Safety During Ramadhan ( Shabelle News)
Puntland Leader Sacks 8 Ministers In First Cabinet Reshuffle (Garowe Online)
Somalia Aviation Minister Visits ICAO Headquarters (Goobjoog News)
Muslims Advised To Pray For War Victims This Ramadan (The Observer)
MSDF Anti-Piracy Mission Off Somalia To Be Extended By Another Year (Japan Times)
Somali Man Accused In Amanda Lindhout Kidnapping Intends To Seek Legal Aid (Ottawa Citizen)
Independence Day Of Somalia Celebrated In St. Cloud Minnesota (Wire Service Blog)
A Disheveled Sharmarke Comes To The Beltway (Wardheer News)