Author: AMISOM

February 10, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid condemns assassination of MP Qayaad (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Parliament approves cabinet with overwhelming majority (Radio Goobjoog/Garowe Online)
• Cleaning campaign launched in Galkayo (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Somali judge is the new ICJ VP (Radio Dalsan)
• Sudan stops giving visas to Somali nationals (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Muuse Nuur Amiin passes on (Radio Danan)
• Top Ethiopian leaders receive Puntland President Abdiweli in Addis Ababa (Radio RBC)
• Dar Salam keen to enhance maritime security fight high sea piracy (Tanzania Daily News/Allafrica.com)
• Governor’s take on teachers (The Star Kenya)
• Murder of lawmaker Abdulahi Qayad Barre (Diplomatie Gouv)
• S. Korea sends anti-piracy troops to Gulf of Aden (Korea Herald)
• Case against Somalia shop owner dropped (News 24)

February 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Parliament to vote on new cabinet (Radio Goobjoog)
• Government calls for a ceasefire to the fighting in Hiiraan (Radio Danan)
• Pirate hostages in a dire situation (Radio Goobjoog)
• Wealthy Somalis hide over $15 million in secret Swiss bank accounts (Sahan Journal)
• Djibouti and Ethiopia agree to eliminate Al-Shabaab from Somalia (Horseed media)
• Hibo Nuura quits the music industry (Sahan Journal)
• Al-Shabaab takes credit for Puntland’s checkpoint attack (Somali current)
• Somalia urges US to resume money transfer services (Gulf Today)
• Al-Shabaab gunmen assassinate lawmaker (AFP/Yahoo news)
• Has Somali piracy ended? ( Hellenic Shipping News)
• Cops foil Somali’s Rs 80k marriage contract (Times of India)

February 9, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• AMISOM troops allegedly kill Somali doctor (Radio Dalsan)
• Gunmen attack NGO workers in Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
• Puntland police capture three militants alive two killed (Garowe Online)
• Amid rifts Somali MPs table motion against speaker (Hiiraan Online)
• Somalia’s PM calls on US banks to reconsider their decision (Horseed Media)
• Gunmen attack army checkpoint in Bossaso (Garowe Online)
• Free medicals as UPDF in Somalia celebrate Tarehe Sita (New Vision)
• At least two killed in militant attack in Somalia (Reuters)
• Minn. politicians seek time with Obama on money transfers to Somalia (MPR News)

February 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Galmudug protests Mogadishu meeting (Dalsan Radio)
• Prime minister Omar announces sixty-six cabinet members (Garowe Online/Radio Goobjoog)
• Jalalaqsi administration and AMISOM officials vow to annihilate Al-Shabaab fighters (Radio Goobjoog)
• Shortage of water in villages near Jowha (Radio Ergo)
• Gal-Mudug denounces a conference between SFG and regional governments provokes cooperation with the SFG (Radio RBC)
• The governor of Middle Shabelle region appoints committee to mediate two clans (Radio Goobjoog)
• Mandera terror three remanded in Nairobi (The Star Kenya)
• Three injured in Mandera grenade attack (Daily Nation)
• U.N. Envoy to Somalia warns against cutting off remittances (Foreign Policy)
• Security Council encourages Somali political leaders to work together (UN News Centre)
• Special Ops staying put in the horn – for now (Foreign Policy)

February 6, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Somali military court sentences four Al-Shabaab militants to jail terms (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Somali parliament holds session over Merchant’s Bank of California Decision (Somali current)
• UN urges Somali parliament to endorse female ministers (Hiraan online)
• Al-Shabaab accused of looting livestock from pastoralists in Lower Jubba (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Presidential aspirant Ahmed Fiqi welcomes the Dhusamareb conference (Radio Goobjoog)
• Mogadishu residents urged to install light bulbs outside their houses (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Deportation of businessman an act of impunity says Haki Africa (Star Kenya)
• You’re not special Nkaissery tells Mandera teachers (Capital News)
• MP sobs as teachers tell of Mandera ordeal (Star Kenya)
• Spanish court sentences six Somalis for piracy (Business standard)
• UNHCR relocates over 1200 Somali refugees from Kenya (Xinhua)
• Gun was not mine: Somali shopkeeper (Times live/Hiraan online)

February 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Integral Horn African Naval Forces trained in Djibouti (Radio Danan)
• Somali man kills his 39-year-old wife in Norway (Sahan Journal)
• Foreign influence within the politics of Somalia (Radio Danan)
• There are no primary services here in Jalalaksi district in Hiiraan region (Radio Muqdisho)
• Somali twin sisters appear taking training with ISIS (Somali Current)
• Ethiopia to deploy extra peace-keeping forces to Somalia South Sudan and Abiye (Addisababaonline)
• Volunteer teachers cushion Mandera County crisis (Sabahi Online)
• China firmly supports Somalia’s peace process: envoy (Xinhua)
• UN Somalia envoy ‘excited and worried’ about political progress in year ahead (UN News) Centre
• Bank to close accounts related to Somalia (Wall Street Journal)
• Man in al-Shabaab getting out of prison (AP/Twincities)

February 5, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Al-Shabaab burns bus carrying food for Bulo-burte kidnaps driver and his assistant (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Measles outbreak in villages near Beledweyne (Radio Ergo)
• One killed as Somali official survives bomb attack – UPDATE (Garowe Online)
• Somali regional leaders arrive in Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
• Allied forces capture Aborrey village in Hiran region (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Somali trader deported over terror links – UPDATE (The Star Kenya)
• Instant Network Schools open up a new world for Somali refugees (UNHCR)
• Somali shop owner due in court (East Coast Radio/Hiiraan Online)
• Somalia says Parliament to vote on new cabinet on Feb. 9 (ABC News)

February 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Car bomb targets government official in Mogadishu (Radio RBC)
• Inaugural Arabian Sea Region Oil & Gas Summit to be held on 26th-27th May in Muscat Oman (Radio Goobjoog)
• QRC QC open health centre in Somalia (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Al-Shabab fighters storm police station in Bossaso Bari Region (Radio RBC)
• Puntland official survives bomb attack (Garowe Online)
• Negotiate with north eastern teachers Sabatia MP Alfred Agoi tells government (Standard Media)
• Kisenyi: Al-Shabaab terror suspects remanded further (New Vision Uganda)
• Senior Shabaab leader killed in U.S. drone strike (Los Angeles Times)
• Shabaab commander captured in Somalia (Worldbulletin)
• US bank ending of Somali money transfers to have “catastrophic” impact – TRFN (Reuters)

February 4, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Families returning to Gedo from Dadaab refugee camps (Ergo Radio)
• Ahlu Sunna group hails Dhusamarreb reconciliation conference (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Somali PM set to expand cabinet (Hiraan Online)
• Three Somali jihadists fighting for ISIS killed in Syria (Horseed media)
• Twenty-seven Al-Shabaab fighters killed in airstrikes in Lower Jubba region (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Serbia appoints new ambassador to Somalia (Horseed Media)
• Acquitted terror suspect now deported to Somalia (The Star)
• Rep wants KDF out of Somalia (The Star)
• Turkey extends naval presence off Somali coast (Today’s Zaman)
• EU training mission in Somalia: Gen. Maggi an Italian is new commander (Onuitalia.com)

February 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Gunmen kill famous Somali cleric in Baidoa town (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somaliland Government sends huge arms consignment back to Sudan (Garowe Online)
• Minnesota police offer cash reward for information on the killers of Somali man (Sahan Journal)
• Kenya planes conduct airstrike in Yoontooy (Radio Goobjoog)
• A secret British Foreign Office “A base for subversion into Africa” (Geeska Afrika)
• One killed as pirates clash in central town (Horseed Media)
• Acquitted Mombasa terror suspect re-arrested police boss denies knowledge of arrest (The Star)
• Floating arsenal help battle pirates on high seas (Wall Street Journal)
• Between a war and looting Somalis linger in Mayfair (Daily Maverick)
• Dozens missing as migrant boat capsizes off Yemen (Al-Jazeera English)
• Kenya teachers strike fearing Al-Shabaab attacks (BBC News)