Author: AMISOM

March 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• United Nations Office For Project Services and UN Assistance Mission In Somalia Train Somali Custodial Corps (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somaliland Postpones Presidential Elections (Radio Dalsan)
• Kenyan Somali MPs Denounce “Outlandish” Plans For Border Wall (Radio Goobjoog)
• IMF Launches Somalia Trust Fund For Capacity Development (Horseed Media)
• Guriel IDPs Asked To Return Home – Minister (Radio Goobjoog)
• Three Starve To Death In Bulla Burte (Radio Bar-kulan)
• UNDP Gives In Five Bullet Proof Cars To Somali PM Office (Radio Dalsan)
• Somalia’s Al-Shabab Loses Jihadist Lustre (New Vision)
• The True Cost Of Media Restrictions In Somalia (Irin News)
• Celebrating All Things Somali At The U Of M (MinnPost)
• Abdi Hersy Calgary Imam Wanted In U.S. On Sex Assault Charges (CBC News)
• A Somali Mother’s Long Journey To Resilience (ICRC.org)
• Hersman Townsman American : My Segmented Life (Wardheer News)

March 10, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Polio Vaccination Starts In Central Shabelle Region (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Somalia To Recruit Women Officers In The Justice Department For First Time (Horseed Media)
• Information Minister Holds Talks With UAE Ambassador (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somali Investment Forum In Nairobi Kenya (Hiraan Online)
• Two Killed On The Outskirts Of Kismayu (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Selection Of IJA Regional Lawmakers Kicks Off In Kismayo (Radio Goobjoog)
• Gunmen Kill Government Soldier In Beledweyne (Radio Bar-kulan)
• FM Meets Somali Counterpart On Bilateral Ties (Kuwait News Agency)
•  UAE Ambassador Meets Somali Prime Minister (Emirates News Agency)
• U.S. Top Court Refuses To Shield Former Somali Official From Suit (Reuters)
• Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport’s Somali Workforce (Star Tribune)
• Attacks By Somali Pirates Cost $ 6.5 Million Per Year To The Malagasy Economy (Neptune Maritime Security.com)
• On Somaliland’s Hidden Charms Wild Roads And Abiding Mysteries (Ethno Traveler)
• Somali Charcoal: Funding Terrorism Through Deforestation (Mongabay.com)
• Why Am I Silent! (Wardheer News)

March 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Attorney General “Those Who Perform FGM Rituals On Girls Would Be Prosecuted” (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somali President Attends Event Marking The World Women’s Day (Danan Radio)
• Somali Immigrants Die In Car Crash (Radio Danan/BBC Somali)
• Col. Roobow: It Is Good To Discard Traitors From The Patriots (Radio Goobjoog)
• Two TV Journalists Arrested In Somaliland (Garowe Online)
• Gunmen Kill Government Soldier In Wadajir (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Prime Minister Omar Pledges Assistance For The Galgaduud Reconciliation Conference (Radio Danan)
• Al-Shabaab Release Chilling Video About Mpeketoni Attack(Standard Media)
• UN Envoy Lauds Formation Of Regional Assembly In South Somalia (Xinhua/Global Post)
• Somalia To Deploy Drones In Battle With Al-Shabab (VOA English)
• VEAW Seeks To Open Understanding Between Somali Community And Hennepin County Law Enforcement (Twincity Daily)
• International Women’s Day: Remittances Are A Lifeline For Women In Somalia (BlogsOxfam.Org)

March 9, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Somalia Welcomes US Government’s Removal of Al-Shabaab Defector From The Rewards For Justice List (Radio Dalsan)
• The German Cabinet Extends Mandate Of The German Contingent Of the EU Training Mission To Somalia (Mareeg Media)
• Somalia Commemorates International Women’s Day (Horseed Media)
• Somalia Salt Industry Revives (Garowe Online)
• Gunmen Kill Three Family Members In Central Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
• Report: Police ‘Prophesied’ Massacre (Standard Digital Media)
• ‘Wonderful Somaliland’: Self-declared Country Aims For Spot 0N Tourist Map (Al-Jazeera America)
• Al-Shabaab Bomb Expert Surrenders In Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
• UN Envoy Welcomes Progress In Somalia Region’s Efforts To Form Assembly (UN News Centre)
• Squeezing Somalia May Backfire (The Washington Post)
• AMISOM Women On International Women’s Day (AMISOM)

March 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Somali Government Reaches Agreement With Ahlu-Sunna Waljamea (Radio Goobjoog/Garowe Online)
• Senior Officers Arrested For Al-Shabaab Hotel Attack (Horseed Media/BBC Somali)
• Somali  Security Forces Conduct Security Operations In Mogadishu (Radio Danan)
• Somali Military Launches Operations To Track Down Robbers In Leego (Radio Goobjoog)
• Benadir Administration Asks Hotels To Register Customers (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Wanlaweyn Hospital Nutrition Unit Closes (Radio Ergo)
• Mandera Clinches First A in 2014 KCSE Exam (The Star)
• Solar PV: Somalia To Power 100k Homes Through EU-NGO Project (ESI-Africa.com)
• Shopping At Night In Mogadishu Comes To live Thanks To Retail Chain (Xinhua/Shanghai Daily)
• Edmonton Man Omar Aden Believed To Have Joined ISIS (CBC News)
• Turkey Ups The Ante In International Aid Efforts (Daily Sabah)
• The Invisible IDPs And Their Silent Cry (Somali Current)
• Skeptics Question If Amnesty For Al-Shabaab Fighters Will Bring Peace (The Current/CBC Radio)

March 6, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Minister Of Women Affairs Meets Parliamentary Human Rights Committee (Radio Bar-kulan)
• New Protocol Restricts Meeting Somali President (Radio Dalsan)
• Many Families Displaced Due To Water Shortages In Hiraan And Bakol Regions (Radio Goobjoog)
• Italy Donates 54 Military Vehicles To The Somali National Army (Radio Bar-kulan)
• German Army Officials In Somalia Get Time Extension (Radio Danan)
• Formation Of State In Central Somalia Postponed As Dispute Erupts Between the Technical Committee(Radio RBC)
• UN And AU Caution On Gender-Based Violence Across Somalia (Coastweek.com)
• Somali Refugees Forced To Pile Everything They Own After Government Troops Destroyed Their Shelters (Daily Mail Online)
• Hormuud And Refunite To Help Reconnect Separated Families In Somalia Through Mobile (Refunite.org)
• Kenya Defense Forces KDF Lauded For Their Role In Helping Somalia Defeat Al-Shabaab Terrorists(Intelligencebriefs.com)
• Red Lines And Al-Shabaab: Negotiating Humanitarian Access In Somalia (Clingend.nl)

March 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Forces Of South-West State To Remove Roadblocks (Radio Goobjoog)
• Government of Kenya Arrests SNA Official (Radio Danan)
• Foreign Minister Receives UNHCR Somalia Representative (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Auto-Rickshaw Drivers In Mogadishu Stage Demos Against “Exorbitant” Tax (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somali PM Meets Envoys And Donors On New Deal (Mareeg Media)
• Somaliland Opposition Parties Warn Government Of Election Delay (Garowe Online)
• Nelson Marwa Threatens To Storm Mosque Over ‘Inflammatory’ Sermons (Standard  Media)
• Strengthening The Quality Of Somali Maternal Health Care (Midwivesforall.org)
• Growing Somali Mall In Minneapolis Now Boasts One Of The State’s Largest Mosques (Star Tribune)
• Kenyan Sentenced To Death Over Judith Tebbutt Pirate Kidnap Could Be Freed Thanks To British Data Protection Laws (Telegraph)
• Yes I’m ‘Mr Black’ And Here Is My Story (Somali Investor)
• With Grit and Girded by College Possible Young Immigrant Makes His Way (Minnpost)

March 5, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Army Rescues Food Supplies For Besieged Town From Al Shabab (Radio Goobjoog)
• Puntland Court Acquits Politicians Of Charges Of ‘Treason’  (Garowe Online)
• Somali Town Launches Solar Energy Project (Hiiraan Online)
• Somalia ‘Determined’ To Improve Human Rights Situation (Horseed Media)
• Talks Between Puntland And Interim Juba Administration Open In Kismayu (Radio Bar-kula)
• EU Boosts The Somali Energy Sector (Mareeg Media)
• Three Arrested Over Canada Mall Threat (Daily Nation/AFP)
• First Somali-American On Metropolitan Airports Commission Honored In Minneapolis (My Fox – Twin Cities)
• Former Foreign Minister And Somali First Lady Shares Inspiring Story Of Social Change With Walden University Graduates (PR Newswire)
• Post-Independence And Discourse Of Perplexed Leadership (Horseed Media)

March 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Anti-Al Shabaab Operations Kick Off In Ceel Bur (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Shortage Of Medical Supplies At Balad Hawo Hospital (Radio Goobjoog)
• South-West State President Nominates More Ministers (Radio Danan)
• Somalia: Minister For Women And Human Rights Development Calls For Increased measures to protect the rights of women (Midnimo)
• Two Somaliland Ministers Resign In Twenty Four Hours (Radio RBC)
• New Deal Meeting Held In Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Over 60 Undocumented Migrants Found In Serbia In 48 Hours (Anadolu Agency)
• Ethiopia’s TACON Completes Somaliland’s New Airport Terminal and Fence with 80M Birr  (Addis Fortune)
• Somalia Top Priority In U.N. Agriculture Organization Funding Appeal (Reuters)
• Exposed: ISIS’ Somali-American Terrorist Pipeline (The National Interest)
• Somalis In Banyule Fear Loss Of Remittance Accounts As Banks Cease Transfer Service (Herald Sun)
• Somalia’s Remittance Crisis Eclipses News Of First US Ambassador Since 1991 (Christian Science Monitor)

March 4, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• SNA Convoy Targeted With Explosives (Radio Danan/Universal TV )
• Defense Minister Hold Talks With Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamaah Officials (Radio Goobjoog)
• Benadir Hospital Receives Donation From AMISOM Police (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Sharia Court Sentences Government Soldier To Death In Gedo (Radio Goobjoog)
• Minister Of Foreign Affairs Receives Qatar Diplomat (Radio Muqdisho)
• Belet Hawo: 11 Arrested (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Longest-Held Pirate Captives Released (Emirates 24/7 News )
• Radio Journalists Given Hefty Fines In Somalia One Still Detained (CPJ)
• Canada Helping Brits Buy ‘Bosnian’ And ‘Somali’ Targets For Shooting Practice (Global News)
• Somalia: A Land Of Opportunity? (Al Jazeera )
• Somali Remittances Are A Matter Of Life And Death (Seattle Times)
• Reflections On The Life And Learnings Of Prof. Said Samatar (African Arguments )
• What Your Advisors Will Not Tell You – An Open Letter to President Hassan Sh. Mohamud (Hiiraan Online)