Daily Monitoring Report

May 21, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • South West State To Reopen KM50 Airport (Goobjoog News)
  • AMISOM To Receive Fighter Jets (Somali Current)
  • Somali Minister For Internal Security Jets Off to Djibouti (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Lashes Out At Galmudug Over Ownership Of Mudug Region (Wacaal News)
  • AMISOM Police Commences Refresher Training In Belet Weyne (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Denies Deal Over Deportees From Denmark (Horseed Media)
  • 5 Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants Nabbed In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite ‘Commands Army Of 200 Female Jihadis And Is Called Mother of Holy War (Mirror)
  • A Onetime Refugee Aims High (Harvard Gazette)

May 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Mogadishu Tax Collectors Undergoes Fresh Training (Goobjoog News)
  • US To Offer Capacity Building To Jubbaland Armed Forces (Wacaal News)
  • Somali Federal Government In Budget Deficit (Goobjoog News)
  • MP Hosh Jibril “Federal Parliament Has Only Advisory Role In The Regional States” (Goobjoog News)
  • Burundi Might Leave Somalia As US Cuts Aid (The Observer)
  • 7000 Somali Refugees Return From Yemen (Gulf Today)
  • Ethiopian Forces ‘Cross Into Kenya’ Risk Diplomatic Fallout With Key Regional Ally (Mail & Guardian Africa)
  • Who Really Rules Somalia? – The Tale Of Three Big Clans And Three Countries (Mail & Guardian Africa)
  • Somalia’s Al-Shabaab ‘Taking The Wrong Path’ (BBC News)

May 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Somali Regional Leader Says He Survived Ambush Near Mogadishu (Radio Danaan)
  • Hundreds Demonstrate Against Motion Presented Before The Federal Parliament of
  • Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali King In South Africa To Meet Zulu King Over Xenophobia Attacks (Horseed Media)
  • Puntland Govt Lifts Ban On Nat’l Broadcaster Operations (Garowe Online)
  • South West State Executes Convicted Al-shabab Fighter In Baidoa (RBC Radio)
  • Two Missing Girls Claim They’ve Joined Islamist Group In Syria (Standard Digital)
  • How Al-Shabaab Is Dividing Communities In Northern Kenya (Channel 4 News)
  • Life as a Somali Nomad Motivates Starbucks Partner to Help Children (Starbucks Newsroom)
  • How Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Turned Against Its Own Foreign Fighters (The Intercept)
May 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

May 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • South-West State President Escapes Assassination Attempt (Goobjoog News)
  • Residents Of Lower Jubba Take To The Streets Protesting Against Motion Tabled In Federal Parliament On Jubbaland (Wacaal Media)
  • Mogadishu Mayor Pledges Resettlement For Returning Refugees (Goobjoog News)
  • Minister of Defense Visits Kismaayo (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Ban Ki-Moon: Yemen Crisis Could Open Jihadist Path Through Somalia (Economic Times)
  • Somalia Evacuates 95  Nationals From Yemen: Official (Xinhua)
  • Muslim Preacher Charged In Nairobi Court With Incitement To Kill ( Daily Nation)
  • Where there is oil and gas there is Schlumberger (The Guardian)
  • Meeting Maternal And Child Health Needs In  A Complex Operating Environment (IFRC)

May 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Women Full-Face Veil Banned For Security Fears In Central Somalia Town (Garowe Online)
  • Boat Packed With Somali Returnees Departures From Yemen (Goobjoog News)
  • 25 killed in Somalia including AMISOM forces (Somali Current)
  • Puntland President Meets Yemeni Envoy Amid Refugee Influx (Garowe Online)
  • Al-Shabaab Claims Control Of US Drone In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • UAE Exerts Utmost Efforts To Save Somalia Revive Its  Economy Says Somali official (WAM)
  • Somali Islamists deny Burundian President’s Claim Of Planned Attack (Reuters)
  • White Widow ‘has killed 400 people’ as key figure in Al-Shabaab (The Telegraph)
  • Hargeisa’s Isolation & Idiosyncratic Presidency In the South: A Fool’s Errand! (Wardeer News)
  • What we did not tell to the Turkish (Hiiraan)

May 15, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somali Youth League Day Anniversary Celebrations Are Due To Take Place in Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Minister For Information Calls Somali People To Help Refugees Trapped In Yemen (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Parliament Speaker Accused Of  Not Accepting Motion Against Cabinet(Shabelle News)
  • Somali Government Challenges Regional Administrations’ Status (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia Cabinet Approves Counter-Terrorism Bill (Garowe Online)
  • Al-Shabaab Attacks Somali Towns (VoA News)
  • Uganda on Alert Over Terror Threat (The Statesman)
  • Somali Women Stalked By Rape As They Migrate (Times of Malta)
  • UN Refugee Chief Visits Kenya and Somalia to Discuss Further Future of Dadaab Camp (UN News Centre)
  • Refugee Elders Escape Somali Strife – Now struggle to Escape U.S Beauracracy (New American Media)
  • The Road to Independence SYL (Warya Post)

May 14, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • We Welcome New Ideas President Hassan Tells  Youth Stakeholders In Visit to Villa Somalia (Somali Current)
  • Puntland Cabinet Debates Possible AMISOM Operation In Puntland (Garowe Online)
  • Job Placement Project For Somali Female Graduates Launched In Mogadishu (Somali Current)
  • Somali Lawmakers Gear Up A Move To Ban Khat In Somalia (RBC Radio)
  • Somalis Fleeing Yemeni Cities For Refugee Camps Find No Aid ( Radio Ergo)
  • Somali-American Back In Prison After ‘Deradicalization’ Attempt (Reuters)
  • Kenya To Host Engineering Unit Of UN Africa Peacekeepers Unit (Daily Nation)
  • US Appeals Court Hears Dispute Over Judge’s Rejection Of Life Sentences For 5 Somali Pirates (Star Tribune)
  • Al-Shabaab Kidnaps 14 Iranian Fishermen Stranded In Somalia – UPDATE ( The Guardian)
  • Case Against Alleged ISIL Recruits Raises Question Of Entrapment (Star Tribune)
  • University And Act for Somalia To Co-host UK Ambassador To Somalia’s Visit To Bristol Somali Community (Bristol University Website)
  • Malitia MaliMob Rapper Voices Somali American Struggles (The Seattle Globalist)

May 13, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • A Boat Carrying 1000 Somalis From Yemen Due To Dock At Bossaso port (Goobjoog News)
  • Over 200 Internally Displaced Youths Gain Life-Skills Training In Baidoa (Somali Current)
  • Puntland MPs Demand Emergency Session Over Security Lapse (Garowe Online)
  • Puntland Puts Surrendered Al-Shabaab Officials On Display (Garowe Online)
  • Judge Keeps Terror Suspects In Jail But Says He’s Open To Ideas (MPR News)
  • Two Swedes Somali Plead Guilty In NY Over  Al-Shabaab Conspiracy ( AFP/Yahoo News)
  • UNHCR Chief Visits Somali Port Of Kismayo Meets Refugee Returnees (UNHCR)
  • Life And Opportunity In The World’s Biggest Refugee Camp (AFP/Yahoo News)
  • The Siren Song Of IS: Why Young Midwestern Somalis Try To Join Islamic State (The Economist)

May 12, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • US Withdraws Nomination Of Ambassador To Somalia (Al Jazeera English)
  • Hundreds Displaced By Floods In Areas Under Lower Shabelle Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia President Meets British Swedish Ambassadors (Garowe Online)
  • Measles Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off In Mudug Region (Wacaal Media)
  • Somalia Government Sets Date For Hiiraan And Shabelle Conference (Somali Current)
  • Somalia To Evacuate Citizens From Yemen In Ceasefire Deal (Horseed Media)
  • Puntland deploys hundreds Of Police officers Into Bossaso Amid Intense Security Threats In The Region(Sahal News)
  • Step Up War On Terrorists Bishops Tell President Uhuru Kenyatta (Daily Nation)
  • Minnesota Terrorist Recruit Back In Custody After Allegedly Violating Conditions Of His Release (Star Tribune)
  • Fadumo Dayib Is Risking Her Life To Be Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate (Marie Claire)
  • A More Potent Threat (Beijing Review)
  • A Somali Solution To The Perilous Exodus( New York Times)

May 11, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Elders Of Two Jubba Regions Call On Government To Evacuate Somali Refugees From Yemen(Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Man Killed In Shooting In Minneapolis (Sahan Journal)
  • Somali Soccer Team Impressive Performance In Djibouti (Mareeg.com)
  • Somali President Dismisses Term Extension (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia Closely Watches Kenya’s Separation Wall: Minister (Radio Danan)
  • Somali Embassy In Yemen Makes Plea To Somali Federal Government (RBC Radio)
  • EU Delegation Office To Open In Somalia (AMISOM)
  • Female Police Officers Call For More Involvement In The Somali Police Force (UNDP)
  • Somali Mothers Struggle To Raise Up Children Amid Challenges (Xinhua News/Shanghai Daily)
  • Somalia: Farming Against Fighting (Africa Agribusiness)
  • Puntland Security Lapse (Garowe Online)
  • Somalia Grapples With Mayhem (Somali Current)
  • Somali Human Rights Roadmap Ready For Implementation (UNSOM)