April 8, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somalia Authorizes Saudi To Use Its Airspace For Yemen Mission (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland President Dismisses Mudug Governor (Horseed Media)
Elders: Kenyan Airstrikes In Somalia Killed Livestock Innocent Civilians Instead Of Al Shabaab (Garsoor Online)
Puntland Official Survives Assassination Attempt (Garowe Online)
Somali Refugee camps not breeding terrorists – UNHCR (Horseed Media)
Six Garissa University Terror Suspects Remanded 30 Days (The Star Kenya)
Garissa Cleric Accuses Police Of Harassment (The Star Kenya)
Somalia lends Support To Saudi-Led Fight Against Houthis In Yemen (The Guardian)
Somalia’s Islamic Body Calls To Protect Refugees In Kenya (Anadolu Agency/Turkish Weekly)
Somalia Lends Support To Saudi-Led Fight Against Houthis In Yemen (The Guardian)
Somaliland To Harvard: How This Student Beat The Odds (CNN Money)
Garissa University: Locals Question Calls To Shut Down A Beacon Of Hope (Christian Science Monitor)

April 7, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Security Operation In Jalalaqsi Nets Suspects (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Marks Int’l Day Of Sport For Development And Peace In Mogadishu (Somali Update)
Dhusamereb Delegation Heads To Abudwak (Goobjoog News)
Kenyans Organize Anti-Al Shabaab Processions Along Major Streets In Nairobi Today(Wacaal Media)
Somalia President: We Are Committed To Implement Vision 2016 (Somali Current)
Somalia: Yemen Crisis Spurs Arms Smuggling Into Puntland (Garowe Online)
Kenya Bombs Shabaab In Somalia (The Star Kenya)
Somali President: Kenya Should Not Build Wall (VOA)
Kenya Foreign Minister Calls Attack Response ‘Adequate’ (CNN)
Shabab Militants Learning To Kill On A Shoestring (The New York Times)
Don’t Blame It On Refugees The New Terrorist Is Nurtured Here At Home (Daily Nation)
Marginalisation Mismanagement Provoked Kenya Massacre: Experts (AFP/Yahoo News)
‘Gentle’ Ex-Teacher Accused Of Masterminding Kenya Massacre (AFP/Yahoo News)

April 7, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somali Court Sentences Alleged Al Shabaab Members To Death (Goobjoog News)
Somalia President Lashes Out At North Eastern Kenyan leaders (Somali Current)
Somali MP Hussein Bantu Dies In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Somali President Meets AU Envoy (Goobjoog News)
Gunmen Kill Two In Galgudud Region (Radio RBC)
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s IGAD Envoy On Somalia Asks The World To Help Kenya ‘Crush Al Shabaab’(Standard Media)
Leaders Want Refugee Camps Closed Down (Daily Nation)
Kenya to compile list of suspected al Shabaab members: government source (Reuters)
Stench Of Death Permeates Kenya Massacre University’s Halls (AFP/Yahoo News)
Somali Journalists Arrested Over Garissa Massacre Coverage (RFI)
Not Enough Police In Garissa Because It’s A ‘Punishment Zone’: Analyst (RFI)
Garissa Attack: How Kenyan Media Covers Terrorist Attacks (Sahan Journal)
Are The Terrorists Of Al-Shabaab About To Tear Kenya In Two? (The Guardian)
Al Shabaab Using Attacks To Earn Al Qaeda ISIS Recognition Say Experts (The East African)

April 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

War Planes Hit Areas In Gedo In Response To Garissa University Attack (Goobjoog News)
Somali Clan Withdraws From Kismayo Assembly (Radio Danan)
Grenade Attack At Checkpoint Kills One In Puntland (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia: Federal Government In Talks With Senior Al Shabaab Officials (Garowe Online)
Build The Somali National Army To Stop Al Shabaab Says Former Somalia Premier (Somali Current)
Raila Odinga Wants KDF Withdrawn From Somalia To Curb Terror Attacks (Standard Media)
State Shouldn’t Withdraw Kenya Defence Forces From Somalia Says Francis Atwoli (Standard Media)
QC Sponsors 10000 People In Somalia (Gulf Times)
Kenyan Churches Tighten Security After Al-Shabaab Kills 148 University Students (Xinhua News)
Somali President Says Al-Shabab Must be Confronted (VOA)
Kenyan Authorities Say Son of Official Was Among Gunmen in University Attack (The New York Times)
Why Al-Shabab Has Gained Foothold In Kenya (Al Jazeera)
Amisom Handed Shabaab A Lemon They Made Grapefruit Juice (The East African)

April 6, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Convicted Pirates Freed In Yemen Prison Attack Reach Puntland (Garowe Online)
Somalia Set To Review Constitution In 2015 ( Radio Danan)
Somalis In Kenya Protest After Deadly University Attack(Hiiraan Online)
Federal Government Shuts Down Mogadishu Radio Station Again (Garowe Online)
Diarrhoea Outbreak Kills Three In Bullo-Burde District (Goobjoog News)
Discontent Over New Kenya Ambassador’s Appointment (Radio Danan)
35 Somalis Arrested Before Illegally Travelling To Italy (Cairo Post)
Leaders Call For Urgent Withdrawal Of Kenyan Troops From Somalia (Standard Media)
Son Of Mandera Chief Among Slain Al Shabaab Militia That Killed 147 In Garissa Attack (The Star Kenya)
Kenyatta Says Campus Attackers ‘Embedded’ In Kenya’s Muslim Community(Reuters)
Kenyan Politicians Urge Repatriation Of Somalia Refugees (China.org)
Somalia Must Plan For Post-Amisom Period (Daily Nation)
Kenyans Blame Corrupt Government For Escalating Al-Shabaab Violence (Time)

April 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Somali Cabinet Passes Anti-Terrorist Bill (Goobjoog News)
Kenya Offers $215500 Bounty On The Head Of Al-Shabab Leader Suspected Of Garissa University Attack (Somali Updates)
Ahlu Sunnah Accuses Government Of Violating Accord (Goobjoog News)
Somalia’s Defense Minister Arrives In Abuudwaq (Wacaal Media)
Parents Of Kenyan University Students Say Their Children Had Told Them The Region Was Insecure(Standard Media)
Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery Says Garissa Attack Caught Government By ‘Surprise’ (Daily Nation)
Searching For A Solution For Somali Remittances (Seattle Times)
Kenya Garissa University Attack: The US Is Waging A Little-Publicised War On The Al-Shabaab Terror Group (The Independent)
Kenya University Attack: ‘Kenya Has Learned Nothing’ (Deutsche Welle)
Who Are Somalia’s Al-Shabab? (BBC)

April 3, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Galmudug Police Break Down Illegal Structures (Goobjoog News)
United States Condemns Attack On Garissa University (Somali Current)
Somalia’s Longest-Serving Ambassador To Kenya Replaced(Horseed Media)
Former MP Abdiwali “It’s Not Bad Idea To Be In the Opposition”(Radio Goobjoog)
Shabaab Claims Responsibility For Garissa Carnage (Capital FM)
Kenya President Vows To Speed Up Police Recruitment After University Attack (Reuters)
Six Arrested After Somali Shop Owner Killed (News 24)
Job Fair Takes Aim At Somali Unemployment (MPR News)
Sexual Terror And Impunity In Somalia (Foreign Policy In Focus
A Complex Crisis: Conflict And Climate Affecting Somalis (EU Humanitarian Aid)

April 2, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Security Forces In Kismayu Thwart Mine Attack (Wacaal Media)
UAE Ambassador Somalia’s Minister For Higher Education Discuss Cooperation Relations (Al Shahid/Radio Muqdisho)
Security Forces Blockade Key Roads In Mogadishu (Mareeg Media)
Fewer Executions Carried Out In Somalia – Amnesty (Horseed Media)
Somalia Among The Most Dangerous Countries In The World (Somali Current)
Al Shabaab Attack Kenyan University 15 Dead Over 60 Wounded (Standard Media)
Boy 13 Rescued From Suspected Al Shabaab Abductors (Citizen News)
Ex-Shabab Official Claims Al-Qaida Ties Dissolved (VOA)
Mom’s Push To Help Poor Kids With Autism Brings New Federal Benefits (Star Tribune)
Somali Journal Launches Without any Somali Voices Highlighting Another Case of White Privilege in Academia (VICE)

April 2, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somalis Fleeing Yemen Violence Return Home (Hiiraan Online)
Central Somalia Journalists Call For Kalga’al’s Unconditional Release And Respect For Freedom Of Expression (Goobjoog News)
China Donates $13 Million To Somalia (Horseed Media)
Diarrhoea Outbreak In Wisil Locality And Surrounding Areas (Goobjoog News)
President Ahmed Madoobe Lays Foundation Stone Of Major Kismayu Road (Wacaal Media)
UAE Ambassador Somalia’s Minister For Higher Education Discuss Cooperation Relations (Emirates News Agency)
Police Link Suspect To Clerics’ Killings (Daily Nation)
One Killed Three Injured In Attack On Dadaab Refugee Camp In Hagadera (Daily Nation)
Yemenis Seek Refuge In Somalia And Djibouti (BBC)
Reluctant To Admit Another Failure (The Economist)

April 1, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Ahlu Sunnah Blocks AMISOM Convoy En Route To Adado (Goobjoog News)
Puntland President Appoints New Deputy Minister (Radio Dalsan)
Two Alleged Al Shabab Members Killed Execution-Style In Baladweyne (Goobjoog News)
Somali Scholars Warn Against The Spread Of Shia Ideology (Radio Dalsan)
Clan Elder Shot Dead In Baidoa (Garowe Online)
Mogadishu Mayor Arrives In Nairobi (Radio Bar-Kulan)
AMISOM Ambassador Meets EU Partners And Somali Diaspora (Coastweek/Xinhua News)
UN Offers Kenya $40m Refund For Somalia Operation (Africa Review)
Counter Piracy Patrols: China Out Chile In ( IHS Maritime 360)
Mixed Reactions To Kenya’s Plan To Build Border Security Wall (Xinhua News/China.org)
Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa Leave Communities In Fear (Channel News Asia)
To Shabaab; Barbaric Attacks Will Not Deter Progress Of A Nation (Warya Post)