Author: AMISOM

March 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Puntland President To Visit Kismayo (Radio Danan)
• Suspected Al Shabaab Gunmen Carry Out Grenade Attack In Bossaso (Garowe Online)
• Marka District Commissioner: Whoever Kills Someone Will Be Dealt With In Accordance With Sharia Law (Radio Danan)
• Former Puntland Vice President Attends Court Hearing (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Crime Watch: Casualty Figures In February 2015 (Radio Goobjoog)
• Turkey-Brokered Talks Break Down (Garowe Online)
• Calls For Joint Effort In War On Terror  (Standard Media)
• Virginia Cabbie On FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List Detained In Somalia(Washington Post)
• UN Seeks To Rescue 26 Asian Crew (Bangkok News)
• Solidifying Ties With Somalia (VOA)
• Somalia: Is Patriarchy Invincible In Puntland? (Radio RBC)

March 3, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Severe Humanitarian Crisis Looms In Galgaduud (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Puntland Democratization Minister Hands Over Office (Garowe Online)
• Hundreds Of Baidoa Residents Strike Over Alleged Food Theft (Radio Goobjoog)
• Defense Minister Visits Dhusamareb (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• One Person Dies In Konis Stadium Amid Commotion (Radio Danan)
• Bulla Burte: Residents Call For Roads To Open (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Police Deployed To Parliament Over Possible Terror Attack (Star kenya)
• AMISOM Police Engage Somali Youth Through Football Matches (AMISOM News)
• The Great Wall Of Kenya (Daily Maverick)
• Somalia Should Declare War On Two Enemies (Radio RBC)

March 2, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Non State Actors Call Government To Intervene In Guri El Clashes (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somaliland Puts Conditions To Attend Talks In Turkey (Radio RBC)
• Benadir Court Sentences Journalists (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Puntland Forces Carry Out Operations (Radio Danan)
• Fighting Drives Hundreds In South-Western Somalia Into Misery (Garowe Online)
• Al-Shabab Set Alight Commodities(Radio Goobjoog)
• Al-Shabaab ‘Is Plotting To Blow Up Parliament’ (Daily Nation)
• How Police Helped Al Shabaab Smuggle Their Arsenal (Standard Media)
• New Alberta-Wide Somali TV Show Will Connect Community Says Host(Edmonton Journal)
• Somali Hotel Attack Victims Airlifted To Dubai For Treatment (Shanghai Daily/Xinhua)
• Twin Cities Somalis Say They’re Unfairly Affected By Anti-Terror Efforts (CBS Local)
• Why Shabab Poses Little Threat To American Malls (Economist)
• Why Kenya-Somalia Border Wall Is Not The Answer (Standard Media)
• Public Policy Challenges: Somalia Behind The World – Reflection (Blog)

March 2, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Car Explosion In Galkaayo Kills Customs-Duty Chief (Radio Goobjoog)
• Bad Weather Hampers Advance In Galgala: Puntland Army Chief (Garowe Online)
• Police In Hargeisa Arrest Three Terror Suspects (Radio Danan)
• Somali Militants Execute Convicted ‘Witch’ (Hiiraan Online)
• Somali National Army Claims Victory Over Al Shabab in El-Bur (Radio Goobjoog)
• 20 Kenyan ‘Hostages’ (The Star Kenya)
• Somalia And Djibouti Pledge To Promote Somali language (Coastweek/Xinhua News)
• UAE At The Heart Of Anti-Terror Push (Emirates News Agency)
• Somali Army’s Battle With Al-Shabab Leaves At Least 51 Dead (Bloomberg)
• Angry Local Somalis Allege Racial Profiling Harassment At Airports (Star Tribune)
• Somalia’s Al Shabaab Injures Police In Mogadishu Car Bomb (Reuters)
• Eight Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Somalia (Business Standard/IANS)
• Central Bank Chief Battles To keep Somalia Connected To World Finance (Reuters)
• U.K. Jihadists First Drawn To Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Wall Street Journal)
• Nkaissery Democracy Is Not The Root Of Terrorism (Daily Nation)
• Somali Remittances: The Reality (Hiiraan Online)

February 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Somali Pirates Release Hostages (Radio Danan)
• One Soldier Killed After Gunmen Attack House Of Bari Governor (Radio Goobjoog)
• Three Wounded In Mogadishu Shelling (Radio Dalsan)
• Puntland And Ethiopia Due To Form Bilateral Committee To Brush Up Custom Centre Agreements(Radio Goobjoog)
• Talks Between SFG And Somaliland Delayed (Radio RBC)
• UN Extends Amisom Mandate In Somalia By 12 Months (Daily Nation)
• Braamfisherville Soweto: Burning Man. Burning Somali Man. (Daily Maverick)
• Transfer Denied: The Hidden Costs of Washington’s War Against Al-Shabab (Foreign Policy)
• US Bank Regulators Seek To Destroy Somalia’s Economy (Al Jazeera America)
• We Must Do More To Protect Civilians Worldwide (The Star Kenya)
• Federal Somalia: Not If But How  (Heritage Institute)

February 27, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Somali Gov’t Meets International Partners To Review Security Under The New Deal Compact (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Federal MPs Call For End To Clan Violence In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
• Meeting On Harmful Effects Of Khat Held In Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Immigrants Want Government Help To Restart Money Transfers To Somalia (Midnimo)
• Beledweyn IDPs In Desperate Situation (Radio Goobjoog)
• Finance Ministry Official Survives Explosion (Radio Danan)
• One Killed Two Injured by Gunmen In Mandera Attack (Daily Nation)
• Untrained Teachers Hired To Avert Crisis (Standard Media)
• Inside Somalia’s Eyl Families Pay For Piracy Crackdown (Al Jazeera)
• Disruption In Sending Cash Home Distresses Somali Immigrants (VOA)
• The Rise Of Somali Women (Anniversary Films)
• The Other Side Of Somalia’s Pirates (Al Jazeera)
• BBC Somali Social-Media Audiences To Interview EU Ambassador To Somalia (BBC)

February 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Arrests After Explosion In Mogadishu Last Night (Radio Goobjoog)
• Puntland Marine Forces Seize Illegal Migrants’ Boat (Garowe Online)
• A Local NGO Contributes Cash To Many Localities In Gedo (Radio Goobjoog)
• Business People Urged To Take Part In Constructing Language Centre (Radio Danan)
• Women In Middle Shabelle’s Adale Town Appeal For Maternity Health Care (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• US To Have A Full Somali Embassy In Nairobi (The Star Kenya)
• Fifteen Killed In Central Somalia Clash (Xinhua News/Global Times)
• ‘I Fled Civil War But Am Yet To Find Peace’ (Times Live)
• Columbus Man Held On $1 Million Bond For Terrorism Charges (ABC 6)
• The War Inside: Treating Somalia’s Mentally Ill (AJ+)
• Step Up Cyber War Against Al Shabaab Militia (The Star Kenya)

February 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Prominent Somali Scholar Dies In The US (Hiiraan Online)
• Three Children Die Of Thirst In Bakol (Radio Ergo)
• Elders In Dolow To Be Flown To Kismayo For Assembly Selection (Radio Goobjoog)
• Woman’s Dead Body Collected from Liido Beach (Radio Danan)
• Somalia’s New Information Minister Takes Office (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• President Hassan Meets The Ambassador Of Netherlands To Somalia (Radio Danan)
• Colonel Olanya Handed Six Month Jail Term (New Vision)
• Infographic – How Remittances Move From Overseas To Somalia (The East African)
• 173 People Die In Extremist Attacks In Kenya In 2014: Police (AP)
• Sumaya Ysl Death: Toronto Police Investigate Death Of Young Somali Trans Woman In Canada (The Independent)
• Labour Choose British-Somali Londoner To Stand Against George Galloway (The Guardian)
• My Friend The Suicide Bomber: Meet The Men Recruited To Kill – Video (The Guardian)
• After Nominating New Ambassador Is the U.S. Really Deepening Ties in Somalia? (Somalia Newsroom)

February 25, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Joint statement by the UN AU EU IGAD UK and US Envoys to Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
• South West State To Address Insecurity (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somali Intelligence To Strengthen Mogadishu Hotels Security (Radio Dalsan)
• Somaliland Decides To Halt Talks With Federal Government (Radio Goobjoog)
• Police Break-Up Protests Over Missing Boy’s ‘Hoax’ Murder (Xikmo News)
• Global Somalia Diaspora Celebration Angers Somali Community In Minneapolis (Radio RBC)
• Somalia Custodial Corps Celebrate 45th Anniversary In Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
• Obama Nominates First U.S. Envoy To Somalia Since 1991 (Daily Nation)
• Blast Rocks Somali Capital; 2 Feared Dead (World Bulletin)
• Firing Squads Blast Walls And Dangerous Diplomacy In Somalia (AFP/Yahoo News)
• Somali Troop Training Hampered By Lack Of Housing And Equipment Says EUTM Chief (IHS Janes)
• Mayor Murray Joins Calls To Address The Somali Remittance Crisis (The Stranger)
• Power Lunch: Local Somalis Gather At MOA In Stand Against Terror (CBS Local)
• Helping Local Somalis Deal With Autism (UT San Diego)

February 25, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Fighting Erupts In Guriel Between Somali Forces And Ahlu Suna Militants (Radio Dalsan)
• Authorities in Middle Shabelle And Elders Discuss Clearing Road Blocks (Radio Goobjoog)
• Two Children Died Of Thirst In Yeed Bakol (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Mahas Administration: “Government Forces Killed Al-Shabab Ring Leader” (Radio Goobjoog)
• Government To Come Up With A Plan To Reduce Fire Incidents (Radio Danan)
• Fishermen In Eyl Complain About Illegal Vessels (Garowe Online)
• Al Shabaab Kills Somali Soldiers In Puntland Ambush (World Bulletin)
• Democracy Exposes Kenya To Terrorism – Nkaissery (Star Kenya)
• Al-Shabaab Getting Publicity It Wanted Somali Leaders Say (CBS Local)
• Somalia: Majority Of Capital Residents Surveyed Feel Safer Than In 2013 (Christian Science Monitor)
• The Oscar-Nominated ‘Pirate’ Working To Bring Good Fortune To Somalia (CNN)
• Hawala Closure: Anti-terrorism Regulation That Boosts Radicalization (Somali Current)