May 13, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

NISA Forces Launch Manhunt Operation In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Female Journalist Survives Assassination Attempt In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Inflation Exacerbates Somali Town’s Economic Hardship (Radio Danan)
Anti Al-Shabaab Conference Opens In Puntland (Horseed Media)
Puntland Army Chief: Puntland Strong Enough To Tackle Al-Shabaab (RBC Radio)
Meeting On Evacuation Plans For Somali Refugees In Yemen Held In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Three Al-Shabaab Recruits Plead Guilty To US Terror Charges (Associated Press)
Somali Foreign Minister Thanks Malta Italy For Saving Migrants’ Lives (Times of Malta)
Al-Shabaab Militants Nabbed In Major Swoop In Mogadishu (Xinhua News)
Reach Of ISIS Confounds A Minnesota College Campus (Wall Street Journal)
Commentary On The Visit Of US Secretary Of State John Kerry To Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Fresh Eyes: Amaal Said’s Portraits Of Belonging (Africa Is A Country)

May 12, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

US Withdraws Nomination Of Ambassador To Somalia (Al Jazeera English)
Hundreds Displaced By Floods In Areas Under Lower Shabelle Region (Goobjoog News)
Somalia President Meets British Swedish Ambassadors (Garowe Online)
Measles Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off In Mudug Region (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Government Sets Date For Hiiraan And Shabelle Conference (Somali Current)
Somalia To Evacuate Citizens From Yemen In Ceasefire Deal (Horseed Media)
Puntland deploys hundreds Of Police officers Into Bossaso Amid Intense Security Threats In The Region(Sahal News)
Step Up War On Terrorists Bishops Tell President Uhuru Kenyatta (Daily Nation)
Minnesota Terrorist Recruit Back In Custody After Allegedly Violating Conditions Of His Release (Star Tribune)
Fadumo Dayib Is Risking Her Life To Be Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate (Marie Claire)
A More Potent Threat (Beijing Review)
A Somali Solution To The Perilous Exodus( New York Times)

May 12, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Immigration Department Officer Shot In Mogadishu By Unknown Gunmen (Goobjoog News)
Presidential Term Extension Leads To Mass Protest In Somaliland (Garowe Online)
Somali National Army Captures Buurwein Locality (Goobjoog News)
Somali Journalists Protest AMISOM Sniffer Dogs (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia President Calls On Arab Countries To Invest In Somalia (Somali Current)
UN Highlights Somalia’s Humanitarian Challenges (Radio Danan)
Somali President Committed To More Inclusive Vote In 2016 (Reuters/Yahoo News)
Somaliland: Risking Torture For A Better Life Abroad (Al-Jazeera)
Segregation and Security: Life Inside MIA (The Times)
No Timetable For Refugees’ Return To Unstable Somalia UN Says (Daily Nation)

May 11, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Elders Of Two Jubba Regions Call On Government To Evacuate Somali Refugees From Yemen(Goobjoog News)
Somali Man Killed In Shooting In Minneapolis (Sahan Journal)
Somali Soccer Team Impressive Performance In Djibouti (Mareeg.com)
Somali President Dismisses Term Extension (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Closely Watches Kenya’s Separation Wall: Minister (Radio Danan)
Somali Embassy In Yemen Makes Plea To Somali Federal Government (RBC Radio)
EU Delegation Office To Open In Somalia (AMISOM)
Female Police Officers Call For More Involvement In The Somali Police Force (UNDP)
Somali Mothers Struggle To Raise Up Children Amid Challenges (Xinhua News/Shanghai Daily)
Somalia: Farming Against Fighting (Africa Agribusiness)
Puntland Security Lapse (Garowe Online)
Somalia Grapples With Mayhem (Somali Current)
Somali Human Rights Roadmap Ready For Implementation (UNSOM)

May 11, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somali Women Rights Anti-FGM Campaigner Wins International Award (Somali Current)
AU Forces Targeted In Marka Grenade Attack (Garowe Online)
Somali President Sends Congratulation To UK PM On His Victory In The Election (Radio Muqdisho)
Calm Returns To Somali Town After Clashes (Radio Danan)
Somali PM Says Government Will Focus On Restoring Security In Speech To Parliament (Horseed Media)
Puntland Opposes Makeup Of Electoral Boundaries And Judicial Commissions (Goobjoog News)
KDF Border Police Unit On The Spot After Al-Shabaab Hijack Miraa Vehicle In Mandera (Daily Nation)
Feds Field Questions In Minneapolis From Somali-American community In ISIL-Related Case (Star Tribune)
Terror Attacks See Kenya’s Tourist Arrivals Fall 31% In First Quarter (Daily Times/Xinhua News)
Gunmen Kill MP In Northern Somalia Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility (Xinhua News)
Uganda Army Launches De-Radicalization Campaign (VOA)
Lure Of High-Risk Riches Too Strong For Somali Refugees (AFP/Yahoo News)
Closure Of Remittance Firms Hurts The Poor (Wardheer News)
Minnesota Somalis See Chance To Lead Fight Against Female Genital Cutting (Star Tribune)
Somalia Remains One Of The Largest Most Complex Emergencies Says Country’s UN Relief Coordinator(UN News Centre)

May 8, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

SNA Commanders In Bullo-Burde Claim Victory Over Clashes With Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Federal Cabinet Endorses Three Key Commissions (Garowe Online)
Technical Committee Of Somali Central State Formation Publicises State Formation Roadmap (Goobjoog News)
Somalia South West Regional Administration Oppose Jubbaland Parliament Formation (Somali Current)
Amid Power Sharing Controversy Two Somali Regions On Collision Course (Hiiraan Online)
Report: Somalia Is The Worst Country To Be A Rape Victim (Somali Current)
3000 Men Trained By KDF Missing (All Africa/The Star Kenya)
Somali Islamists Driven Into North South Pockets (Reuters)
Reviving Culture To Fight Radicalization (Anadolu Agency)
Somalia’s Way Of Seeking Justice For Rape Victims Is Working (Huffington Post)
Somali Citizen Brutally Murdered In Uganda (New Vision/All Africa)
UNESCO Chief Condemns Murder Of Journalists In Separate Incidents In East Africa (UN News Centre)
Is Direct Election Possible In Somalia In 2016? (Wardheer News)
Closing A Huge Somali Refugee Camp In Kenya Would Not Reduce Terrorism (The Economist)
Decades Of Service To Keysaney Hospital In Mogadishu (ICRC)

May 8, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Heavy Fighting Between Government Forces And Al-Shabab Erupts In Aboorey Locality (Goobjoog News)
Somali President Lands At Kismayo Airport (Goobjoog News)
AMISOM And Somali Security Forces Carry Out Sweeps In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
IGAD Foreign Secretaries Land In Kismayu (RBC Radio)
As Kerry Visited Somalia US Congressman Urges Remittances Reopening (Hiiraan Online)
Police Officer Killed Another Injured In Landmine Explosion In Somalia (Xinhua News)
Somali Islamists Driven Into North South Pockets – UN Envoy (Reuters)
Somali Police Say Dozens Arrested In Capital After Assassination (Bloomberg)
Somalia Still A Threat – McKinstry (SuperSport)
‘Shabaab’ Or ‘UGUS’ Somali Media Between Rock Hard Place (Anadolu Agency)
What Is The Outcome Of The Garowe Meeting? (Wardheer News)
Dreams For My Generation (Warya Post)

May 7, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Kerry Praises Djibouti Role In Fight Against Extremism (Somali Current)
Somalis In Yemen Face Desperate Situation (Goobjoog News)
Human Rights Activist Guled Ahmed Jama Released From Unlawful Detention by Somaliland Charges Have Not Been Dropped (Somali Update)
River Shabelle Flood Victims In Duduble Locality Appeal For Help (Goobjoog News)
Knaan Says He Supports Pirates Because They Protect The Coastline (Radio Dalsan)
Kenya Steps Back From Threat To Expel Somali Refugees (New York Times)
Abe Encourages SDF Officer Leading Somalia Mission (NHK World)
Djibouti To Host Somalia Rwanda Tie (Super Sport)
UN Roots For Investments In Somalia To Facilitate Return Of Refugees (Shanghai Daily)
Despite Kerry’s Visit Little Movement On Lifeline For Somalis (U.S. News)
Brace Yourselves Somalia: America’s Back (Daily Maverick)
A Test Case For ‘Deradicalization’ (Wall Street Journal)
Dispatches: Kerry’s Lost Opportunity In Mogadishu (Human Rights Watch)

May 7, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somali President Assures No Term Extension (Radio Danan)
Constitutional Review Commission Chairwoman Resigns (Garowe Online)
Women Dying In Childbirth In Gedo (Radio Ergo)
Famous Somali Songwriter Dies In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Attack On Puntland Army Base Security Checkpoint – Updated (Garowe Online)
Somali Islamists Kill Government Official Bomb AU Convoy (Reuters)
Somalia Counterfeit Shillings Undermine The Currency (CCTV Africa)
UNHCR Boss In Kenya Over Refugees’ Fate (The Star Kenya)
Aid Agency Cautions On Mass Return Of Somali Refugees From Kenya (Xinhua News)
Journalism In The Most Dangerous Country On The Continent (Daily Monitor)
Why Dadaab Refugee Camp Is Still A Long Way From Closure 24 Years On (Daily Nation)

May 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Clans Reach Peace Agreement At Beledweyne Reconciliation Conference (Goobjoog News)
MPs From Federal Somali Parliament Arrive In Adaado (Wacaal Media)
Wounded Victims Of Mogadishu Attacks Airlifted To Qatar (Goobjoog News)
Hundreds Of Somali Refugees From Yemen Receive Warm Reception In Puntland (RBC Radio)
Freedom Of Expression Under Attack In Somalia Says Rights Group (Radio Dalsan)
Illegal Fishing in Somalia Threatens Resurgence Of Piracy (Somali Current)
US Reopens Embassy In Somalia (VOA)
Blaming The Victims Of Rape In Somalia (AFP/Yahoo News)
Three To Be Charged With Joining Shabaab (The Star Kenya)
Kerry in Djibouti To Discuss Security Aid To Yemen And Somalia
From Somalia To Sweden: The Refugee Forced To Live Apart From His Wife And Child (The Guardian)
When Somalia Was Cool (Observer)