May 8, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

SNA Commanders In Bullo-Burde Claim Victory Over Clashes With Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Federal Cabinet Endorses Three Key Commissions (Garowe Online)
Technical Committee Of Somali Central State Formation Publicises State Formation Roadmap (Goobjoog News)
Somalia South West Regional Administration Oppose Jubbaland Parliament Formation (Somali Current)
Amid Power Sharing Controversy Two Somali Regions On Collision Course (Hiiraan Online)
Report: Somalia Is The Worst Country To Be A Rape Victim (Somali Current)
3000 Men Trained By KDF Missing (All Africa/The Star Kenya)
Somali Islamists Driven Into North South Pockets (Reuters)
Reviving Culture To Fight Radicalization (Anadolu Agency)
Somalia’s Way Of Seeking Justice For Rape Victims Is Working (Huffington Post)
Somali Citizen Brutally Murdered In Uganda (New Vision/All Africa)
UNESCO Chief Condemns Murder Of Journalists In Separate Incidents In East Africa (UN News Centre)
Is Direct Election Possible In Somalia In 2016? (Wardheer News)
Closing A Huge Somali Refugee Camp In Kenya Would Not Reduce Terrorism (The Economist)
Decades Of Service To Keysaney Hospital In Mogadishu (ICRC)

May 7, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Kerry Praises Djibouti Role In Fight Against Extremism (Somali Current)
Somalis In Yemen Face Desperate Situation (Goobjoog News)
Human Rights Activist Guled Ahmed Jama Released From Unlawful Detention by Somaliland Charges Have Not Been Dropped (Somali Update)
River Shabelle Flood Victims In Duduble Locality Appeal For Help (Goobjoog News)
Knaan Says He Supports Pirates Because They Protect The Coastline (Radio Dalsan)
Kenya Steps Back From Threat To Expel Somali Refugees (New York Times)
Abe Encourages SDF Officer Leading Somalia Mission (NHK World)
Djibouti To Host Somalia Rwanda Tie (Super Sport)
UN Roots For Investments In Somalia To Facilitate Return Of Refugees (Shanghai Daily)
Despite Kerry’s Visit Little Movement On Lifeline For Somalis (U.S. News)
Brace Yourselves Somalia: America’s Back (Daily Maverick)
A Test Case For ‘Deradicalization’ (Wall Street Journal)
Dispatches: Kerry’s Lost Opportunity In Mogadishu (Human Rights Watch)

May 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Clans Reach Peace Agreement At Beledweyne Reconciliation Conference (Goobjoog News)
MPs From Federal Somali Parliament Arrive In Adaado (Wacaal Media)
Wounded Victims Of Mogadishu Attacks Airlifted To Qatar (Goobjoog News)
Hundreds Of Somali Refugees From Yemen Receive Warm Reception In Puntland (RBC Radio)
Freedom Of Expression Under Attack In Somalia Says Rights Group (Radio Dalsan)
Illegal Fishing in Somalia Threatens Resurgence Of Piracy (Somali Current)
US Reopens Embassy In Somalia (VOA)
Blaming The Victims Of Rape In Somalia (AFP/Yahoo News)
Three To Be Charged With Joining Shabaab (The Star Kenya)
Kerry in Djibouti To Discuss Security Aid To Yemen And Somalia
From Somalia To Sweden: The Refugee Forced To Live Apart From His Wife And Child (The Guardian)
When Somalia Was Cool (Observer)

May 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

One Killed And Two Others Injured in Somalia Grenade Attack (Somali Current)
Second Puntland Official Resigns In Two Days (Garowe Online)
Somalia Media Raise Concern Over Government’s New Directive (Somali Current)
Both Somalia’s Government And Al-Shabaab Ban Each Other’s Name From Media (Somali Update)
Former Senior Official Of Ahlu-Sunna Waljamaa Gunned Down In Mogadishu (Goobjog News)
Kerry Visits Somalia; 1st Such Trip For A Secretary Of State (Associated Press)
Kerry Says Kenya Has Role In Resolving Somalia South Sudan Conflicts (Reuters)
RA Projects Designs Boarding School For Somalia (BD Online)
KDF Cannot Exit Somalia Just Yet – Kerry (Capital FM)
Somalia Islamists Storm Puntland Police Station Kill Three – Police (Reuters)
Cord Lobbies For Somalia Pull Out (Daily Nation)
Journalism In Somalia : Choosing Between Two Evils (Wardheer News)
Somalia’s First Female Prosecutors Change The Face Of Justice (UNSOM)

May 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Major Security Crackdown Apprehends Hundreds In Mogadishu (RBC Radio)
Shabelle River Continues To Rise With Fears Of More Floods (Goobjoog News)
Enhancing The Somali Language In Media (Radio Ergo)
One Killed As Lorry Carrying Somalis Returning From Yemen Capsizes (Radio Danaan)
Somaliland’s House of Elders To Discuss Presidential Term Extension (Garowe Online)
Somalia To Establish Journalism Academy (Somali Current)
Somali Official Four Others Injured In Landmine Blast (Shanghai Daily)
Kerry Honors Victims In Kenya As Talks Focus On Al-Shabaab (Associated Press)
‘It’s Time For Brothers In The U.S. To Do Their Part’: American Jihadi Allegedly Called For Attack On Texas Muhammad Drawing Contest
Minneapolis Somali Community To Open Expansive New Community Center (Star Tribune)
Kenya Links 4 Terror Suspects To Youth Recruitment (China.org.cn)
Nkaissery Denies Kenya Is building Sh20bn Border Wall (Business Daily Africa)
The Garowe Agreement And The Smallness Of Our Leaders: The Politics Of Subtraction (RBC Radio)
Somalia’s Vision 2016: Reality Check And The Road Ahead (The Heritage Institute)

May 1, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

General Abdi Qaybdiid Decries Federal Government’s Interference With Adaado Conference (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Marks International Labour Day (Somali Current)
Somali Prime Minister Welcomes “Gurmad and Gargaar” Campaign Spearheaded by Goobjoog News(Goobjoog News)
Federal Government Puntland At Loggerheads Over Mudug (Garowe Online)
Kenya’s Crackdown On Somali Migrants Spells Trouble For The Economy (Quartz)
After Somalia’s Famine Hunger Persists (AFP/Yahoo News)
Hungary Extends Its Participation In EUTM Somalia (Xinhua News)
Explosions Reported In Lower Shabelle Amid Recent Al-Shabaab Attacks In Mogadishu (International Business Times)
Mass Grave Found In Wajir Town 11 Bodies Thought To Be Of Terror Suspects Found In Lanbiib (The Star Newspaper)
Somali Journalist And Wife Shot Dead (eNCA)
Khalwale In Trouble Over Somali Claims (Daily Nation)
Fight Against Al-Shabaab A Focus Of Kerry Trip (VOA English Service)
Chaos In Tower Danger In Skies At Base In Africa (Washington Post)
Facebook Sells ‘Paradise On Earth’ To Young Somalis (Al Jazeera)

April 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Phase Two Talks Between Federal Government And Regional States Starts In Garowe Puntland(Goobjoog News)
Technical Committee Dissolved Over Alleged Meddling By Federal Government (Garowe Online)
A Somali Journalist And His Wife Killed In Baidoa Town (Radio Muqdisho)
One Killed Five Injured In Bosaso (Goobjoog News)
Human Rights Defender Begins Hunger Strike Protesting Imprisonment (Somali Update)
KDF Arrests Two Suicide Bombers Going To Nairobi (The Star Kenya)
Kenya Tanzania Blame Youth Radicalization On Rise Of Terrorist Activities (Shanghai Times)
Eastern Africa: Regional Humanitarian Snapshot As of 28 April 2015 (Reliefweb)
Kenya Backpedals On Closure Of Somali Refugee Camp (IRIN)
Breaking Up The Logjam: Realistic Options On Overcoming The Jubbaland Political Conundrum(Wardheer News)

April 29, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Gunmen Raid Mandera County Chief’s Offices (Radio Danan)
Somalia Ready To Evacuate Thousands From Yemen-President (Garowe Online)
Somaliland Delays Election Extend President’s Term (Hiraan Online)
FIFA Training Course For Somali Football Referees Gets Under Way In Mogadishu (Somali Current)
SOSCENSA Expresses Its Concern Over Situation Of Somali refugees In Yemen (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Registers Record Exports Of 5 Million Livestock In 2014 (Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Monitor Madrassas Says National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi (Standard Media)
Somali Refugees Fear Being Thrown Out Of Kenya (Time Magazine)
Somali Police Recruit Leaves Class Over Headscarf Rule (The Columbus Dispatch)
Somali Group To Purchase Building To Create Community Center In Minneapolis (Star Tribune)
Somalia Looks Forward To 2016 And Beyond (Wardheer News)

April 28, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Finally Somalia Will Have A National Army (Somali Current)
President Due To Reach Garowe (Goobjoog News)
Hope As Mogadishu Residents Stand Up For Clean City (Somali Current)
Puntland President Visits UN HQ To Express Grief At Loss Of Lives In Attack (Horseed Media)
First Insurance Company Opens In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Ugandan President Calls For Military Training For Citizens To Fight Terrorist Group (Pulse.com.ng)
Somalia Coming Together As “United Federal Country” Despite Challenges (UN Radio)
IMO Forum Aims To Rebuild Somalia’s Maritime Sector ( Maritime Activity Report)
Refugees In Kenya Fear Forced Repatriation To Somalia (VOA)
JICA To Sponsor Job Training In Somalia (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
A Tribute To The Late Ambassador Yussuf Mohamed Ismail Bari-Bari The Consummate Human Right Activist(Wardheer News)

April 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Three Officials Killed In Mogadishu In 24 hours (Garowe Online)
Dozens Arrested In Mogadishu Security Sweeps (Radio Danan)
Somali Government Warns Of Possible Al-Shabaab Attacks In Mogadishu (Somali Current)
Over 1000 Somali Refugees Arrive In Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Dadaab Refugees Dismiss Attacks Orchestrated From Camps (Hiraan Online)
DP World To Run Somaliland’s Berbera Port (Garowe Online)
Outgoing Somalia Ambassador Grateful To Kenya (Standard Media)
1200 Somalis Return Home From War-torn Yemen (The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
Rwanda Down Somalia In Kigali (CAF Online)
Islamic State Or Al-Qaeda? Somalia’s Al Shabaab Mulls Future (Standard Digital)
Somalia Needs A Fearless And Patriotic Leader Not Elections (Hiiraan Online)