Key Headlines

• New Directives To Petrol Vendors In Howlwadaag (Radio Danan)
• In Minnesota Somalis Don’t Want Al-Shabab To Define Them (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Security Forces Carry Out Operations in Kismayo (Radio Danan)
• IDPs From Guri El Face Bleak Conditions (Radio Goobjoog)
• Ahlu Sunna Accuses Government Of Halting Offensive Against Al Shabaab (Radio Goobjoog)
• Baidoa Children Go To School As Security Improves (Radio Ergo)
• Kenya To Build Wall On Border With Somalia (Daily Nation)
• Al Shabaab Desperate Says Military (The Star – Kenya)
• A Catch-22 In Kenya: Western Terrorism Alerts May Fuel Terrorism (New York Times)
• Al-Shabab Threat ‘Disgusting’ Says Leader Of Edmonton’s Somali Community (Global News)
• Politician’s Death Brings Somalia’s Violence Close to Home (Wall Street Journal)
• Meet The Canadian  Star Of  Somalia’s  National  Bandy Team (The Star)

Key Headlines

• Qoryooley Clashes Lull As Sides Call For Reinforcements (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somali Entrepreneur Raises $100 Million To Revolutionize Money Transfer Industry (Sahan Journal)
• Galgadud Governor Asks Aid For Families Displaced By Guriel Clashes (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Seafarers Call For Assistance From The Government (Radio Danan)
• NUSOJ MAP and VIKES Hold Training On Principles Of Journalism Freedom Of Expression And Ethics For 30 Journalists In Garowe (Somali Update)
• DP William Ruto Says Kenya Keen To Stabilise Somalia Open Embassy In Mogadishu (Standard Media)
• EAC To Consider S. Sudan Somalia Request To Join Bloc (Daily Monitor)
• More Than War: ‘Captain Phillips’ Star Hopes For Another Somalia (AFP/Yahoo News)
• Bandy Builds Bridges For Somali Refugees (Nordstjernan)
• Dispatches: Overlooking The Cost To Somalia’s Civilians (HRW)
• Delivering Humanitarian Aid In Somalia: Islamic Identity Doesn’t Automatically Unlock Access To Areas Controlled By Al-Shabaab – New Report (Somali Current)

Key Headlines

• Puntland Court Hands Sentence To Al-Shabaab Recruits (Garowe Online)
• On CNN 2 Somali-Americans Clash Over Anti-terror Program In Minnesota’s Somali Community (Sahan Journal)
• New Minister For Defence Takes Over The Ministry’s Office (Radio Goobjoog)
• Plans Underway To Establish Barawe Airport (Radio Dalsan)
• Security Ministry Displays Alleged killers in Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
• US Banks Criticised For Banning Somalis From Sending Money Home (Daily Nation)
• British Muslims Turn To US Embassy For Radicalisation Advice (Channel 4 New)
• Dem Rep’s Steps To Stop Extremism Include Less Surveillance Allow Wire Transfers To Somalia(Washington Free Beacon)
• For Somalis In Minneapolis Jihadi Recruiting Is A Recurring Nightmare (NPR)

Key Headlines

• Mogadishu: Security Operations Onoing At Key Junctions (Mareeg Media)
• Government Forces Capture Al-Shabaab Ring Leaders in Bakol (Radio Goobjoog)
• Unlawful Detention: Somali-American Languishes In Kenyan Prison (Sahal News)
• UK Diplomat Warns Against The Increase Of Somali Immigrants On Libyan Coast (Dalsan Radio)
• Somaliland Clan Militia Clash Near Buuhoodle (Garowe Online)
• Somali Government Forces Conduct Security Operation In Wajid (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• UN Team Reviews QRC Projects In Somalia (Peninsula Qatar)
• Soldier Who Killed Three Women Acquitted (New Vision)
• Muslim Leaders Concerned About Anti-Extremism Initiative (Washington Times/AP)
• Joe Biden Draws Criticism For Remark About Somali Cab Drivers (The Huffington Post)

• SFUD elects former prime minister as its chairman (Radio Goobjoog)
• Renowned businessman gunned down in Beledweyne (Garowe Online)
• Gunmen shot dead Somali immigration official (Radio Dalsan)
• Mudug herder kills own goats with drug overdose (Radio Ergo)
• UN Delegation Visits Qatar Red Crescent for Further Cooperation in Somalia (Qatar Red Crescent)
• Somali-Americans lose another bank willing to transfer cash (Twincities.com)
• Minn. US Attorney Calls Terrorist Recruitment in Minnesota a ‘Daily Battle’ (KSTP – Eyewitness News 5)