April 29, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Bomb Targets UNOCHA Officer In Galkayo (Garowe Online)
Somali President Receives High Profile Reception In Garowe (Radio RBC)
Jubaland Concludes Election Of Parliament Speaker (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Aden Ade International Airport Flights Double (Somali Update)
Somalia Expresses Gratitude For Djibouti’s Continued Assistance (Wacaal Media)
Government Should Not Surrender To Terrorists Says Musalia Mudavadi (Standard Media)
Somali Man Charged With Making A Fake Refugee Certificate (The Star Kenya)
Kenyan Police Question Parliamentary Employee Over Possible Plot (Reuters)
Sicilian Court Convicts 20 Somalis Of Migrant-Trafficking (ABC/AP)
Who Is A Somali? (Wardheer News)
Ambassador Americo: Bye Kenya Hello Villa Somalia (Sahan Journal)

April 28, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Finally Somalia Will Have A National Army (Somali Current)
President Due To Reach Garowe (Goobjoog News)
Hope As Mogadishu Residents Stand Up For Clean City (Somali Current)
Puntland President Visits UN HQ To Express Grief At Loss Of Lives In Attack (Horseed Media)
First Insurance Company Opens In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Ugandan President Calls For Military Training For Citizens To Fight Terrorist Group (Pulse.com.ng)
Somalia Coming Together As “United Federal Country” Despite Challenges (UN Radio)
IMO Forum Aims To Rebuild Somalia’s Maritime Sector ( Maritime Activity Report)
Refugees In Kenya Fear Forced Repatriation To Somalia (VOA)
JICA To Sponsor Job Training In Somalia (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
A Tribute To The Late Ambassador Yussuf Mohamed Ismail Bari-Bari The Consummate Human Right Activist(Wardheer News)

April 28, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Forty Somali Refugees Killed By Saudi-led Bombing Campaign In Yemen (Goodjoog News)
President Mohamud Applauds Jubbaland Parliament Formation (RBC Radio)
Drama As Two Bullet-Proof Vans Arrive In Mogadishu From The US (Somali Current)
Somalia President Convenes Federal Parliament (Garowe Online)
Likely Candidates To Clinch The Position Of Speaker Of Jubbaland Parliament (Wacaal Media)
Somali Infighting May Halt Landmark Election (The Times Africa)
Kenya Senate Staff Arrested Over Plot To Bomb Kenyan Parliament (Standard Media)
In Bid To Counter Al-Shabaab Kenya Tightens Noose On Aid Efforts For Somalis (Devex.com)Pay Up Or Die: Mogadishu At Mercy Of Al-Shabaab (The Times)
Uganda President Gives Rare Insight Into Shabaab Attacks In Kenya Somalia Kampala – and America’s Fail (Mail & Guardian Africa)

April 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Three Officials Killed In Mogadishu In 24 hours (Garowe Online)
Dozens Arrested In Mogadishu Security Sweeps (Radio Danan)
Somali Government Warns Of Possible Al-Shabaab Attacks In Mogadishu (Somali Current)
Over 1000 Somali Refugees Arrive In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Dadaab Refugees Dismiss Attacks Orchestrated From Camps (Hiraan Online)
DP World To Run Somaliland’s Berbera Port (Garowe Online)
Outgoing Somalia Ambassador Grateful To Kenya (Standard Media)
1200 Somalis Return Home From War-torn Yemen (The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Rwanda Down Somalia In Kigali (CAF Online)
Islamic State Or Al-Qaeda? Somalia’s Al Shabaab Mulls Future (Standard Digital)
Somalia Needs A Fearless And Patriotic Leader Not Elections (Hiiraan Online)

April 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Puntland President Vows To ‘Degrade’ Al-Shabaab Insurgents (Horseed Media)
Premier Sharmarke: Regional Administration For Hiraan And Middle Shabele Regions In The Pipeline(Wacaal Media)
Somalia PM Calls Remittances Shut Down By Kenya ‘Worrying’ (Garowe Online)
Investigations Of UN Mini-bus Attack Are Still Ongoing But Will Be Concluded Soon Says Gaas
(Goobjoog Media)
Somalia Government Urges Somali Diaspora To Support Somalis In Yemen (Somali Current)
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Kills Three Officials Former Lawmaker In Mogadishu (International Business Times)
Somalia FM Says His Country and Kenya Are On Good Terms (VOA)
Garissa KMTC Closed As Government Fails To Provide Security (Daily Nation)
Minneapolis Nonprofit Tests Program To Pull Teens From Terror’s Grasp (Star Tribune)
What Kenya Wants From Somalia (Hiraan Online)

April 24, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Mothers Flee Yemen Without Their Children (Radio Ergo)
Somali People Stand For The Help Of Their Brotherly Somali Refugees (Goobjoog News)
Private Company Granted License To Patrol Puntland Waters (Garowe Online)
Kenya’s President Bid Farewell To Former Somali Ambassador To Kenya (Somali Current)
The Fresh Jubbaland Parliament To Appoint Speaker (RBC Radio)
UPDATE: Al-Shabaab Militants Kill Kidnapped Mandera Chief (Standard Media)
Mother of ISIS Recruit Suspect Voices Shock Disbelief (The Wall Street Journal)
Somalia’s Banana Exporters A Happy Lot As Security Improves (AKF Insider)
UN Flags At Half Mast In Honour Of Staff Including Two Kenyans Killed In Somalia (The Star Kenya)
FA Calls For Troops To Leave Somali Stadium (BBC Sports)
Somalia: The Unlikely 2016 Parliament Election Reinstates 4.5 Clan Formula (Hiiraan Online)
Syncopation Of Deceptive Words (Wardheer News)

April 24, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Hundreds Demonstrate In Garbaharay Against Interim Jubba Administration (Goobjoog News)
British Ambassador To Somalia Visits Kismayo Applauds IJA On Progress Made (Radio RBC)
Mogadishu University’s Bosaso Campus Holds Awareness Campaigns For Local Residents (Wacaal Media)
Kenya To Plead To Donors Over The Closure Of Dadaab Refugee Camps (Somali Current)
Parliament’s Social Services Development Committee Concern Over Situation Of Somali Refugees(Goobjoog News)
Mandera Chief Abducted By Suspected Al-Shabaab Gunmen Leaders Demand KDF’s Return From Somalia (The Star Kenya)
Somali PM Sees Risk To His Country In Yemen Strife (Leadership/AFP)
Somalia Seeks To Drive Militants From Southern Valley Bases – PM (Reuters)
The Long Journey To Understanding Between Kenya And Somalia (Networked News .org)

April 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Gunmen Murder Civilian In Mogadishu (Radio Danan)
Al-Shabaab Vows To Continue Attacks Against UN Agencies (Horseed Media)
Kenyan Terror Suspects Arraigned In Court (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Parliament Donates Money For Evacuation Of Citizens In Yemen (Horseed Media)
IDPs In Mogadishu Appeal For Immediate Humanitarian Support (Goobjoog News)
Somalia National Football Team To Participate 2016 Olympic Qualifications(Somali Current)
MCA Wants Somali Herders Sent Away (The Star Kenya)
Heads On Block Over Kenya Slaying (Times Live)
Rep. Ellison: Terror Recruits Are In The Dark Hard To Reach (Star Tribune)
Kenya Wants Donors To Pay For Somali Refugee Eviction Plan (AFP/News 24)
Somalia’s Premier Bank To Bring ATMs Debit Cards To Mogadishu (Reuters)
Somalia’s Democratic Transformation: Options For 2016 (Sahal Journal)

April 23, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Puntland Identified Suspect Of Suicide Bombing In Garowe (Garowe Online)
U.S. Somali Recruiter Not Dead Still Active In Syria: Officials (Bar-Kulan Radio)
International Partners Welcome The Formation Of The Jubba Regional Assembly (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Moves To Combat Illegal Fishing (Horseed Media)
Somaliland: Activist Who Decried Executions Detained (Bar-Kulan Radio)
Somali Refugees Ready To Return Home – UNHCR (Capital FM)
Families Deny Somali-American Men Linked to Islamic State (Voice Of America English)
Is Kenya’s Security Policy The Real Enemy Within? (IRIN)
‘Respect for UN Flag Disappearing’ UN Relief Chief Warns As Aid Workers Increasingly Targeted For Violence (UN News Centre)
Beyond The Violent Headlines This Woman’s Instagram Shows A Different Side To Daily Life In Somalia(Huffington Post)

April 22, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Somali President Says ISIL Are Criminals Against Civilisation (Somali Update)
Differences Emerge Between Somalia’s Banadir And South West Regional Administrations (Wacaal Media)
Five Killed In Taleh Clan Fighting (Garowe Online)
US Designates Top Al Shabab Members As ‘Terrorists’( Horseed Media)
42 Bullet Proof Cars Missing From Somali Government Offices (Garowe Online)
Kenya Envisions a Border Wall That Keeps Shabab Violence Out (New York Times)
The Splintering Of Somalia Has Crippled Education (Al-Fanar Media)
Migrant Shipwreck: One Child’s Journey From Somalia To The Shores Of Italy (The Guardian)
AU: Somali Sex Abuse Allegations Largely Unproven (News 24)
Work on strategy to pull troops from Somalia Raila tells Government (Standard Digital)
Can Shabelle River Flooding Be Controlled? (Garowe Online)
Mogadishu Aviation Fire Fighters Refreshing Training (AMISOM)