May 17, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

Cabinet holds meeting in Mogadishu 16 May- Source: Raxanreeb/Jowhar Online/Radio Mogadishu/SNTV- 116 words The council of ministers of Somalia Federal Government have on Thursday approved two suggestion plan from the interior and the justice ministers. The new counter-terrorism bill was submitted by the interior and national security ministry together with the justice ministry which after […]

May 17, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

May 16, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Somalia: More than 90 MPs table a motion against cabinet 16 May – Source: Raxanreeb/Hiiraan Online – 186 words At least 97 Members of Somali Federal Parliament have tabled the first motion against the cabinet on Wednesday calling for the vote of no confidence, RBC Radio reports. The Deputy Speaker of Somalia Federal Parliament, Mahad […]

May 16, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.

May 16, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

Somalia: Ahmed Madobe elected first president of Jubaland in landslide victory 15 May – Source: Garowe Online/Shabelle/Bar-kulan/Hiiraan Online/Dhanaan Online/RBC – 116 words Some 500 delegates the Jubaland state formation conference in Kismayo have elected Sheikh Ahmed “Madobe” Mohamed Islam as the first president of Jubaland State of Somalia, even as Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah […]

May 16, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

May 15, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.

PM mandates joint committee to resolve Jubbaland reconciliation 15 May – Source: Raxanreeb/Radio Mogadishu/Bar-kulan/Horseed Media/Jowhar Online – 263 words Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has appointed a 16 members-joint committee assigned to resolve the disputes on Jubbaland administration formation and reconciliation process, RBC Radio reports. The joint committee comprises of the Interior Ministry and […]

May 15, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.

May 15, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

Somaliland administration bans UN flights 14 May- Source: Raxanreeb/Qarannews/Bar-kulan/Somali Channel- 350 words A breakaway administration in Somalia’s Northern region of Somaliland has banned on Tuesday UN flights from its airports following anger at Somalia Federal Government’s take over itsairspace control declared on Monday, RBC Radio reports. Somaliland Civil Aviation Minister Mohamud Hashi Abdi issued the […]

May 15, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

May 14, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Al Shabaab raids joint troops in Gof-Gadud 14 May – Source: Bar-kulan/Hiiraan Online – 143 words At least 5 people were reported to have been killed and 10 others injured in heavy clashes between al Shabaab militant and Somali government troops backed by AMISOM forces on Monday in God-Gadud village, located at south-west Baidoa, capital […]

May 14, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.

May 14, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

Somali gov’t to take control of Somalia airspace end of year 13 May – Source: Raxanreeb/Shabelle/Radio Kulmiye – 199 words Somali government has announced on Sunday that it is preparing to take over the control of its airspace by the end of this year, The Minister of Information, Posts, Telecommunications and Transportation said. The minister […]

May 14, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

May 13, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Peacekeepers admit to their heavy losses  13 May- Source: Strategy Page – 750 words The AU (African Union) revealed that in the last six years some 3,000 AU peacekeepers have died in Somalia. The peacekeeping effort began small and it took a year to get the force up to 3,000 troops. Currently there are nearly […]

May 13, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.

May 13, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

Somali PM calls on police to redouble efforts to stabilize Somalia 12 May- Source: Raxanreeb/Jowhar Online/Universal TV/SNTV- 301 words Somalia Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon and Interior Minister Abdikarin Hussein Gulled on Sunday welcome the new Somali Police Chief Commissioner Brigadier General Abdihakim Dahir Said well-known as Gen. Saacid. Prime Minister speaking at the handover […]

May 13, 2013 | Morning Headlines.

May 10, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Up to 3,000 African peacekeepers killed in Somalia since 2007: UN 10 May – Source: Reuters/New York Times – 173 words As many as 3,000 African Union peacekeepers have been killed in Somalia in recent years in an attempt to end an Islamist insurgency and bring stability to the Horn of Africa nation, a senior […]

May 10, 2013 | Daily Monitoring Report.