May 27, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Federal Govt Forces Attack Al-Shabaab Base In Bay 26 May – Source: Garowe Online- 137 Words Somali government forces clashed with Al-Shabaab militants near Bay regional district of Bardale of southwestern Somalia, killing two fighters according to official, Garowe Online reports. Bardale mayor, Mohamed Isaq Arro-Ase told VOA Somali Service that government troops raided Al-Shabaab […]

May 27, 2015 | Morning Headlines

May 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somaliland Govt Opposition At Loggerheads Over Term Extension (Garowe Online)
  • Jubbaland Receives Delivery of Rare Military Hardware from UAE (Goobjoog News)
  • The President: “I Thank Our African Brothers For Supporting Us And I Hope That Somalia Will Soon Be Playing Its Full Role In The Continent” (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland President Hints At Shakeup Over Incompetence (Garowe Online)
  • Senior Somali Kenyan Politician In Hot Water After Failing To Submit Al-Shabaab List (Somali Current)
  • Al-Shabaab Executes 4 For Spying For Kenya And Ethiopia  (Wacaal News)
  • Al-Shabaab Militants Kill 20 Kenyan Policemen in Northeast (Bloomberg)
  • Al-Shabaab Takes Control Of Strategic Town In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Somalia’s New International Bank Brings More Debit Cards to War-Torn Country (All Africa/Radio France International)

May 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Banadir Administration Resettles Somali Yemeni Refugees (Somali Current)
  • A Somali Businessman To Send A Ship To Evacuate Somalis In Yemen (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Frees Two Detained Journalists (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Government Soldiers Withdraw From Janaale Locality (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland State Officials And Donors Open Talks In Addis Ababa (RBC Radio)
  • Repatriation Of Somali Refugees From Dadaab Camp Set To Continue (Daily Nation)
  • Al Maktoum Charity UNESCO’s East Africa Office Discuss Plans To Launch Illiteracy Eradication Project In Somalia (WAM)
  • Limping Along With Somalia On The mind (Daily Nation)
May 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines

May 25, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Fighting Breaks Out In Marka Town (Radio Danaan)
  • Yemen Launches Consulate In Puntland (Garowe Online)
  • Expert Says Somali President Has No Control Over Security (Radio Dalsan)
  • Products In Somalia To Be Inspected As Govt Contracts Turkish Firm (Somali Current)
  • UN Official Condemns Killing Of Parliamentarian Reiterates Support For Political Process (UN News Centre)
  • KDF ‘Aiding’ Sh22b Illegal Charcoal Trade (Standard Digital)
  • The Surgeons Of Mogadishu (Al Jazeera English)
  • The Legal And Constitutional Context Of The Garowe Agreement (RBC Radio)

May 25, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Somalia Concludes Own Soldiers Behind MP’s Murder 24 May – Source: Radio Danaan- 191 Words One day after gunmen  shot and killed a Somali lawmaker in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Somalia’s government declared military soldiers in its army were behind the cold blood murder, spokesman said Sunday. Mohamed Yusuf, a spokesman for Somalia’s […]

May 25, 2015 | Morning Headlines

May 22, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Several Suspects Arrested In Kismaayo Following Killing Of Traditional Leader (Wacaal Media)
  • Luuq Administration Opposes The Motion Presented Before The Federal Parliament (Goobjoog News)
  • Former Somalia Premier Urges Somali Diaspora To Participate Somalia Democratic Process (Somali Current)
  • Qardo Welcomes In Style Puntland Head Of State (Wacaal Media)
  • Al-Shabaab Called To Pledge Allegiance To ISIS (Somali Current)
  • EU Steps Up Engagement In Support Of Somali Culture (Somali Current)
  • War-Torn Somalia Opens 2nd Bank In Capital (Xinhua)
  • Al-Shabaab Fighters Storm Garissa Mosques Threaten ‘Traitors’ Day After Ethiopian Soldiers Crossed To Kenya (Standard Digital News)
  • Mogadishu’s Lido beach: Sun Surf And… Grenade (BBC)

May 22, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • ‘Jubba River Offensive’ To Liberate Al-Shabaab Held Areas In Jubaland (Garowe Online)
  • Suspected Militants Kill Puntland Security Commander (Garowe Online)
  • Parliament Chartered Ship Carrying Refugees Docks At Berbera Port (Goobjoog News)
  • Civil Servants And Armed Forces To Donate To Yemen Refugees (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland Forces Withdraw from Taleex (RBC Radio)
  • Kenyan Mosque In Garissa Briefly Taken By Al-Shabaab (BBC News)
  • British Man Charged With Trying To Join Al- Shabaab in Somalia (Associated Press)
  • Somalia Listed As Worst Country For Maternal Health (Voice of America)
  • UAE People & Politics: The Ongoing Campaign To Save Somalia (The National)
  • Somalia: Why Opposition Unity Is A Choice (RBC Radio)
May 22, 2015 | Morning Headlines

May 21, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • South West State To Reopen KM50 Airport (Goobjoog News)
  • AMISOM To Receive Fighter Jets (Somali Current)
  • Somali Minister For Internal Security Jets Off to Djibouti (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Lashes Out At Galmudug Over Ownership Of Mudug Region (Wacaal News)
  • AMISOM Police Commences Refresher Training In Belet Weyne (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Denies Deal Over Deportees From Denmark (Horseed Media)
  • 5 Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants Nabbed In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite ‘Commands Army Of 200 Female Jihadis And Is Called Mother of Holy War (Mirror)
  • A Onetime Refugee Aims High (Harvard Gazette)

May 21, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Jubaland Accuses Federal Parliament Speaker Of Backing Motion (Garowe Online)
  • Interim Jubba Administration Leader Makes Reshuffle (Goobjoog News)
  • El-Bur Residents Face Water Shortage and Lack of Health Facilities(Goobjoog News)
  • Kenya Jets Bombs Al-Shabaab Base In Gedo (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland Opens Civil Registration Office In Qardo (Wacaal Media)
  • Five  Al-Shabaab Suspects Arrested In Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Condemns ‘Savage Buddhists’ Urges Help For Rohingya( AFP/ Daily Star)
  • World Must Not ‘Squander’ Opportunity In Somalia UN Envoy Tells Security Council(UN News Centre)
  • Does Kerry’s Surprise Visit To Somalia Prelude A Renewed US-Somali Relationship? (Global Risk Insights)
  • Climate Of Fear In Dadaab Refugee Camp Leads Many To Consider Repatriation (The Guardian)
May 21, 2015 | Morning Headlines

May 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Mogadishu Tax Collectors Undergoes Fresh Training (Goobjoog News)
  • US To Offer Capacity Building To Jubbaland Armed Forces (Wacaal News)
  • Somali Federal Government In Budget Deficit (Goobjoog News)
  • MP Hosh Jibril “Federal Parliament Has Only Advisory Role In The Regional States” (Goobjoog News)
  • Burundi Might Leave Somalia As US Cuts Aid (The Observer)
  • 7000 Somali Refugees Return From Yemen (Gulf Today)
  • Ethiopian Forces ‘Cross Into Kenya’ Risk Diplomatic Fallout With Key Regional Ally (Mail & Guardian Africa)
  • Who Really Rules Somalia? – The Tale Of Three Big Clans And Three Countries (Mail & Guardian Africa)
  • Somalia’s Al-Shabaab ‘Taking The Wrong Path’ (BBC News)