June 10, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Paramilitary Group Refuses To Step Back Amid Calls For Dialogue (Garowe Online)
Kenya’s Miraa Continues To Fly In Despite Ban On Commercial Flights (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Ministry Of Public Works Hands Out Motorbikes To Police (Goobjoog News)
Banadir Governor Reshuffles Administration (Somali Current)
Somali Delegation Jets Back With Injured People From Jigjiga (Wacaal Media)
Africa Tracks: Construction Of Key Djibouti-Ethiopia Rail Line To Finish (Yahoo News/Associated Press)
International Community Calls For Dialogue In Somalia Over Jubba State (Xinhua)
Flydubai Touches Down In Hargeisa (Gulf News)
Kenya Seeks UAE Cash To Fight Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Daily Nation)
Growing Body of Law Allows Prosecution Of Foreign Citizens On U.S. Soil (The New York Times)
Tagtalk: : New Perspectives On Somali-Canadian Social and Economic Participation (Hiiraan Online)

June 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Somali Leader Predicts Defeat Of Extremists By End Of 2015 (Yahoo News/Associated Press)
As MasterCard Enters Somali Financial Markets Get Boosted By Payment Card Processor (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Starts Major Relocation Of Yemeni Refugees (Horseed Media)
Jubbaland Asks Hassan Sheikh To Come Clear On Action By Federal Parliament (Wacaal Media)
Vision 2016: Jubbaland Sees Red (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Detains Social Media Imposters (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia Army Regroups To Re-take Over Dhusamareb (Shabelle News)
Somalia: UN Envoy Applauds Successes As Country ‘Comes Together’ (UN News Centre)
Qatar Charity Launches Iftar Project In 40 Countries (The Peninsula Online)
Somali Australian Council Of Victoria Gets $50000 To Fight Radicalisation and Extremism (The Herald Sun)
Man 25 Shot Dead Near Cedar Cultural Center In Minneapolis (Star Tribune)
High Court Declines Review Of Somali Man’s Asylum Bid (Law 360)
Mo Farah’s Medical Records Probed As He’s Urged To Ditch Salazar (London Evening Star)
Yemen’s ‘Permanent Refugees’ Quest For Somaliland Haven (Middle East Eye)
The Danger of False Narratives: Al-Shabaab’s Faux Ivory Trade (Council On Foreign Relations)

June 9, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia President Calls For Talks To Resolve Jubbaland Stand Off (Hiiraan Online)
Kenya: MP Calls For Troops Withdrawal From Somalia (Somali Current)
New Garowe Mayor Assumes Office (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabaab Fighters Reportedly Set up Roadblock In Kenya But Government Denies (Somali Update)
Security Sweep In Muqa-Kori Locality Nets Several Suspects (Goobjoog News)
European Union Envoy To Somalia Meets Puntland President (Somali Current)
Two People Shot Dead By Unknown Gunmen In Northeast Kenya (Coast Week)
African Union Summit To Focus On Women Development (Z News)
Taekwondo Gaining Popularity Among Somali Youth (Shanghai Daily)
Rebellious Norwegians Find Life In Islam (OnIslam.com)
Have You Hugged Your ‘Ayeeyo’ Lately? (Sahan Journal)

June 8, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Hundreds Of Somali Passengers Stranded In Nairobi As Kenya Suspends Flights To Somalia (Somali Current)
Somalia UAE Sign Bilateral Aviation Agreement (Hiiraan Online)
Jubbaland Head Of State Jets Back In Kismaayo (Wacaal Media)
Anti-Federal Government Demonstrations Kick Off In Kismaayo (Wacaal Media)
Somali Government Vows To Take Stern Action Against Ahlu Sunna (Somali Current)
Ahlu Sunni Forces Tightens Grip On Dhusamareeb After Surprising Take-Over (Goobjoog News)
Somali-Led Shebab Militants Are Bringing Their Attacks To Northeastern Kenya (AFP/Atlanta Black Star)
Key Somali State Cuts Ties With Federal Government (Xinhua)
Mayo Clinic’s Somali Health Project Aims To Build Trust (The Washington Times)
Fighting The Stigma: Resident Wins Award For Raising Autism Awareness (Savagepacer.com)
‘Drained’ Farah Withdraws From Diamond League Meet (AFP/Times of India)
Three Simple Tricks President Mohamud Must Learn (RBC Radio)
Somalia Is Tired Of Conflict And Distruction (Fair Observer)

June 8, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

State Freezes Flights To And From Somalia (The Star)
Moderate Islamist Rebels Seize Control Of Central Town (Horseed Media)
Jubaland Breaks Off Ties With Federal Government (Garowe Online)
Puntland Backs Jubbaland’s Decision To Cut Ties With Somali Federal Government (Goobjoog News)
United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Arrives In Somalia (Mareeg)
Jubbaland MPs Lash Out At Their Federal Counterparts Saying Passed Motion Is Illegal (Wacaal Media)
A Ship Sent To Evacuate Somalis Is Close to Dock At Mukala Port (Goobjoog News)
Petrol Bomb Hits Somali Tuck Shop (Independant Online)
Three Killed In Suspected Al-Shabaab Attack In Northeast Kenya: Officials (The Daily Star Lebanon)
New Districts Opened In Somalia For Voluntary Refugee Return (Xinhua)
Kenya Claims US UK Funding ‘Terror” NGOs (The Star)
Federal Register Announces TPS Extended For Somalia – I-9 Update Temporary Protected Status (The National Law Review)
As Radical Recruiters Again Zero In On Minnesota’s East African Community Leaders Search For Answers (Star Tribune)
Kenya Must Respect The Human Rights Of Somali Refugees (Al Jazeera)
Misconceptions Of Somalia – Nuruddin Farah (BBC)

June 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali Cabinet Names New Head Of Constitutional Review Commission (Wacaal Media)
Sultan Madoobe: I Shall Desert Somali State Formation Conference If The Government Does Not Come With Clear Plan (Goobjoog News)
US Upbeat On Somalia’s ‘Fragile’ Progress (Hiiraan Online)
The AMISOM Police Training Unit Has Concluded A Two Week Close Protection Course For 30 Officers Of The Somali Police Force in Baidoa (Radio Dalsan)
Startups Are Bringing Mobile Banking To Remote Villages (The Guardian)
Arab League Calls For Providing Aid To Somalia Djibouti (Kuwait News Agency)
In Minnesota ISIS Offers A Different Allure (U.S. News)
Kenyans Take Out Anger At Al-Shabaab On Somali Residents (France 24)
UNSOM 2nd Year Anniversary (UNSOM)
Somaliland: Suleiman Gaal Is Still Adamant On His Illegal Decision But The Law Will Prevail (Somaliland Sun)

June 5, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Kenya Charges 5 In Garissa University Attack (Voice of America)
Ahlusuna And Government Forces Battle Al-Shabaab In Buurdhuubo (Wacaal Media)
AMISOM Head Of Mission And EU Partners Visit Beletweyne (Radio Dalsan)
Death Toll Rises As Fighting Continues Near Somalia-Ethiopia Border (Horseed Media)
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Opens UAE Hospital In Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
Delegates Congress For Central State Formation Cut Short (Goobjoog News)
Delegates Walk Out On Adaado Conference (Wacaal Media)
Kenyans Seized By Al-Shabaab Languishing In Kismaayo Jail – UPDATE (Standard Digital)
MasterCard Eyes Remittances In New Pact With Somalia Bank (The East African)
Somali Social Worker Opens Substance Abuse Treatment Center Aimed At African Refugees (Star Tribune)
Somali Sweets And Desserts (Sahan Journal)
A New Book About Finnish Somalis Launched In Finland (Somali Current)

June 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Nearly A Dozen Dead In Hiiraan Fighting (Garowe Online)
Fuel Price Rises In Puntland (Radio Ergo)
President Hassan Is Back To Home After Visit To Nigeria & Sudan (Goobjoog News)
Five Kenyan Somalis Languish In Kismaayo Prisons As Suspected Members Of Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
Six Killed As Rival Clans Fight In Southern Somalia (Radio Danan)
Children Die In Measles Outbreak In Middle Shabelle (Radio Ergo)
Al-Shabaab Expands In Kenya Begins “Taxing” Population (Breitbart.com)
United Nations Assistance Mission In Somalia Marks Its 2nd Year (UNSOM)
Kenya: We’ll Flush Out Hostile And Violent Somali Herders Says Kitui Official (The Star)
Somali Health Project Aims To Build Trust (Mankato Free Press)
From Somalian Refugee Camp To College: Desert Pines Senior Runs To Success (Las Vegas Sun)
Education In Kenya Suffers at Hands Of Al-Shabaab Extremists (The New York Times)
Silencing A Political Critic: Let Ali Yare Go Free (Wardheer News)

June 4, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Security Sweeps In Bossaso and Galkaayo Net Over 200 (Goobjoog News)
IJA Deputy Takes Security Meeting With District Commissioners And Police Officers (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Police Promise To Deal With Assassins (RBC Radio)
UNHCR Wants Kenyan Government To Separate Refugees’ Issues From Politics (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia To Start Exporting Livestock To Egypt (Horseed Media)
Puntland Leader Sacks Presidential Official Garowe Mayor (Garowe Online)
Somalia MPs Accuse Kenya Of Encroaching On Somalia’s Land (Somali Current)
UPDF Captures Somali Town From Al-Shabaab (New Vision)
Kenya-Somalia Boundary Commission A Good Idea (The Star)
Lewiston Somalis Give New Life To New Gloucester Pownal Farms (Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal)
Kenya Fight Against Al-Shabaab Shifts To Its Own Backyard Where Militants Have Found A New Playground (Mail & Guardian Africa)

June 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia Appoints Ambassadors To The US And Turkey (Somali Current)
Food And Fuel Prices Rise In Burdubo (Radio Ergo)
Somaliland Arrests Elders Over Mining Controversy (Hiiraan Online)
Security Operations Kick Off In Baidoa Following Killing Of Deputy Police Commander (Wacaal Media)
Fake Currency Floods Buhodle (Radio Ergo)
Ex-Somali FIFA Official Was First Whistleblower To Expose FIFA Scandal (Sahan Journal)
MasterCard Crosses Final African Frontier As It Enters Somalia (Bloomberg)
Somali MPs Protest Against Border Wall (The Star Kenya)
Kenyan Leader Proposes New Tactics In fight Against Militant Islam (Reuters)
Thousands of Yemenis Seeking Refuge In Troubled Somalia (CCTV)
Geopolitical Showdown in the Horn (Hiiraan Online)