April 15, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

IDPs In Baladweyne Hiraan Region Facing Humanitarian Crisis (Wacaal Media)
Gal-Mudug Releases 19 Crews And Fishing Vessel (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Government To Save Its Citizens In S.Africa After Xenophobic Violence (Somali Current)
Somaliland Executes Six Convicted For Murder (Horseed Media)
President Hassan Reaches Adado (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Announces Amnesty And Reintegration To Youth Who Denounce Al-Shabaab (Standard Media)
UN Asks Kenya To Rethink Closure Of Somali Refugee Camp (Reuters)
SA Is Hell On Earth Says Somali Shopkeeper (News24)
Repatriation Of Somali Refugees From Dadaab Easier Said Than Done (Standard Media)

April 14, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Terror Suspects With The Frozen Accounts Appear Before Kenyan CID Headquarters In Nairobi (Radio RBC)
Entities In Central Regions Accuse Federal Government Of Sabotage (Goobjoog News)
Dadaab Returnees In Squalid Conditions In Baidoa (Radio Ergo)
You Cannot Forcefully Relocate Refugees Somalia Tells Kenya (Somali Current)
UN Can Help Refugees In Somalia Says Mathira MP (The Star Kenya)
Banks Eye More Diaspora Cash After Hawalas Closure (Business Daily Africa)
Qatar Somalia Discuss Bilateral Relations (Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Qatar)
Somali Refugees Decry Kenya’s Demand That The UN Relocate Their Camp (Al Jazeera)
Malawi Somalia To Save Terrified Citizens (Times Live)
Could Somalia Be The Best Real Estate Investment In The World? (AFK Insider)
Escape Or Die: When Pirates Captured A Cargo Ship Its Crew Faced One Desperate Choice After Another. (The New Yorker)
The Blurred Line Between Politics Of Subjectivity And Women Rights (RBC Radio)

April 14, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Dadaab Returnees In Squalid Conditions In Baidoa (Radio Ergo)
Puntland Government UNDP Review Progress At Garowe Meeting (Garowe Online)
A Time Of Hardship and Agony: Somali Citizens Stranded In Yemen (Horseed Media)
Prominent Somali Cleric Speaks Out On Kenya Assets Freeze (Garowe Online)
Preparations In Top Gear As Adaado Braces For Conference (Wacaal Media)
Somali Official Calls On Kenya Not To Shut Down Dadaab Camp (Radio Danan)
Cord Insincere About KDF – MP (The Star Kenya)
Police Shoot Dead Two Al-Shabaab Suspects (Daily Nation)
UNHCR Criticizes Kenya’s Planned Repatriation Of Somali Refugees (Deutsche Welle)
Repatriation Threat Alarms Somali Refugees In Kenya (IRIN News)
Closing Dadaab Will Not Fix Insecurity (The Star Kenya)
How To Re-Open A Cash Lifeline To Somalia (Chatham House)
Life In Dadaab (BBC World Service Radio)

April 13, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Suspected Members Of Al-Shabaab Kidnap French NGO Staff In Gedo (Wacaal Media)
South West Assembly Selection Process To Start Soon (Goobjoog News)
African Union To Help In Rebuilding Somalia National Army (Somali Current)
Lower Shabelle Governor: “Al-Shabab Gunmen Attacked My House Last Night” (Goobjoog News)
Educational Challenges In Post-transitional Somalia: Case Study Mogadishu (Somali Update)
Northeastern Leaders Tell Parents To Reveal Names Of Terrorists (The Star Kenya)
Kenya Vows Not To Withdraw Troops From Somalia (China.org)
Kenya: Ensure Due Process On ‘Terrorism List’(Human Rights Watch)
We Are At War But Who Exactly Is The Enemy Mr President? (Standard Media)
Uhuru Can Take Lessons From Obama In Finding Exit Strategy From Somalia (Daily Nation)
Sign Art In Somaliland: Walls And Their Stories In Hargeisa (Sahan Journal)

April 13, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Puntland To Contribute 3000 Soldiers To National Army Another Deal Signed (Garowe Online)
Heavy Explosion Rocks Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Kenyan troops to withdraw from Somalia in 2017 Says Minister (Horseed Media)
Central State Formation Convention Postponed To Monday (Garowe Online)
Security Sweeps In The Somali Capital (Radio Danan)
Opposition leaders call for US backing for KDF withdrawal from Somalia (Standard Media)
Khalifa Foundation To Foot Treatment Bill Of Somalia’s Terror Attack Victim (Emirates News Agency)
Somali Border Wall A Waste Of Funds – Opposition Leaders (Standard Digital)
Kenya Tells UN To Close Dadaab Camp After Garissa Attack (BBC)
Somali Refugees Flee Yemen Fighting To Return To War-Torn Home (AFP/Yahoo News)
Somali Refugees Feel Remittance Pain After Kenya Attack (IRIN News)
Don’t Block Remittances To Somalia (The New York Times)
How Kenya Brought The Al-Shabaab Cancer Home (Daily Nation)
Why US-Somalia Remittance Corridor Is Ripe For Mobile Transfers (The East African)

April 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

AMISOM Troops Reaches Adado Town To Safeguard Central State Formation Conference(Goobjoog News)
Premier Sharmarke Expected In Garowe Today (Wacaal Media)
IJA Comments On Kenyan Planes Targeting Al Shabaab Bases (Goobjoog News)
Effects Of Hawala Closure Felt In Kenya (Wacaal Media)
Global Somali Diaspora Decries Kenya’s Decision To Close Hawalas (Somali Current)
Somalia Reward For Information On Terrorists Updated (The Star Kenya)
Fire Security Staff Over Lapse Clerics Urge (Mediamax Network)
Kenya Plans Great Wall To Block Terror (Mail & Guardian)
Aid Agencies Urge Kenya To let Somali Remittances Resume (Reuters)
Think Again – Somaliland and the Trouble With a Free Press (Institute for Security Studies)
Clan Federalism Continues to Thwart Reconciliation and Democratic Governance in Somalia (Somali Current)
Can Radio Drama Improve Child Health And Nutrition In Somalia? (BBC Media Action)

April 10, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somali Government Puts Bounties On Top Al Shabaab Leaders (Somali Current)
After Closure Somali Remittance Companies Scramble To Address Concerns (Hiiraan Online)
Former Somalia Premier Warns That Somalia’s Regional Governments Are Dominating The National Government (Somali Current)
Ex-Puntland President’s Wife Honoured With State Funeral (Garowe Online)
Somalia’s Finance Minister Holds Discussion With His Colleagues From Several Arab Countries (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Appeals For Support Following Influx Of Yemeni Immigrants (Radio Danan)
Eastleigh Business Community Up In Arms Over Closure Of Hawalas (K24)
Terror-Linked Somali Forex Bureaus Closed – Update (The Star Kenya)
Minnesota High School Senior Accepted To All 8 Ivy League Schools (My Fox/Twin Cities)
After Al-Shabaab’s Garissa Massacre Local Kenyan Schools Fear They’re Next (CNN)
Somalia’s Promised But Problematic National Elections (International Crisis Group)
Kenya Struggles Over Best Response To University Attack (The New York Times)

April 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Somaliland Says Its Airspace Will Not Be Used By Saudi-Led Coalition To Attack Yemen (Goobjoog News)
Somalis In Eastleigh Nairobi Concerned About The Closure of Remittances (Goobjoog News)
Some Major Mogadishu Roads Closed Today (Wacaal Media)
Life Goes From Bad To Worse For Somali Refugees In Yemen (Horseed Media)
Uganda Police Arrest Somali Man Over Terror Threat (Somali Current)
Terrorism And The Rising Cost Of Kenya’s War In Somalia (Standard Media)
Support Our Multi Agency Remittance Somalia Leaders Say (Citizen News)
US Maintains Existing Sanctions Against Somalia(China.org/Xinhua)
The Human Cost Of Ending Money Transfers To War-Torn Countries (The Guardian)
Kenyan Neglect Of Northeast Seen Stoking Islamist Resentment (Bloomberg News)
Attacks Are Crippling Northeastern Takeoff (The Star Kenya)

April 9, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Australian Government Pledges To Implement Developmental Projects In Puntland (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Names 86 Individuals And Organizations Suspected Of Financing Al Shabaab (Somali Current)
Uganda Detains Two Terror Suspects After Kenya University Siege (Radio Danan)
President Hassan Announces Administrative Capital Of Upcoming Somali Central State (Goobjoog News)
Heavy Rains In Dinsor Cause Damage (Radio Ergo)
Money Transfer Freeze To Kenya Will Hurt Somalis Somalia (News 24/AFP)
Plan To Vet Islamic Teachers Proposed (Daily Nation)
Kenya Shuts Down Somali Remittance Firms Freezes Accounts (Reuters)
Aid Agencies Ready For Yemeni Refugee Influx In Horn Of Africa (AFP/Yahoo News)
Despite Somali Setbacks Al Shabaab Still A Regional Threat (France 24)
Terrorist Turf Wars: Why Al Shabab Attacked Kenya’s Garissa University College (Foreign Affairs)
Somalia’s Disease Burden And The Spiral Of Silence On Mental Illness (AMISOM News)

April 8, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Somalia’s President And Prime Minister Warn: “Do not Hurt Somalia’s Fledgling Peace And State-Building Process By Constricting Remittances. (Al Shahid)
Elders Leave Jubbaland Assembly Formation Conference In Protest (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Closes Down 13 Somali Hawalas (Somali Current)
Puntland ‘Ready’ To Host Refugees Escaping Yemen Violence (Horseed Media)
Somali President Welcomes Adoption Of Counter Terrorism Strategy (Radio Muqdisho)
Central Somali State Formation Conference Kicks Off On Saturday (Goobjoog News)
Insecurity Risks Increasing Cost Of Logistics In Kenya (The East African)
Don’t withdraw KDF Troops From Somalia Kembi Tells Government (The Star Kenya)
Somali Suspect Charged With Ferrying Explosives For Terror Attack (Coastweek/Xinhua) Al-Shabaab Terror Attacks Raise Extremist Threat In East Africa Experts Warn (Fox News)
Al-Shabab: One Terror Group Many Brands (NPR)
After Garissa Kenyans And Somalis Face Divided Future (Newsweek)