Daily Monitoring Report

April 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • AMISOM Troops Reaches Adado Town To Safeguard Central State Formation Conference(Goobjoog News)
  • Premier Sharmarke Expected In Garowe Today (Wacaal Media)
  • IJA Comments On Kenyan Planes Targeting Al Shabaab Bases (Goobjoog News)
  • Effects Of Hawala Closure Felt In Kenya (Wacaal Media)
  • Global Somali Diaspora Decries Kenya’s Decision To Close Hawalas (Somali Current)
  • Somalia Reward For Information On Terrorists Updated (The Star Kenya)
  • Fire Security Staff Over Lapse Clerics Urge (Mediamax Network)
  • Kenya Plans Great Wall To Block Terror (Mail & Guardian)
  • Aid Agencies Urge Kenya To let Somali Remittances Resume (Reuters)
  • Think Again – Somaliland and the Trouble With a Free Press (Institute for Security Studies)
  • Clan Federalism Continues to Thwart Reconciliation and Democratic Governance in Somalia (Somali Current)
  • Can Radio Drama Improve Child Health And Nutrition In Somalia? (BBC Media Action)

April 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somaliland Says Its Airspace Will Not Be Used By Saudi-Led Coalition To Attack Yemen (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalis In Eastleigh Nairobi Concerned About The Closure of Remittances (Goobjoog News)
  • Some Major Mogadishu Roads Closed Today (Wacaal Media)
  • Life Goes From Bad To Worse For Somali Refugees In Yemen (Horseed Media)
  • Uganda Police Arrest Somali Man Over Terror Threat (Somali Current)
  • Terrorism And The Rising Cost Of Kenya’s War In Somalia (Standard Media)
  • Support Our Multi Agency Remittance Somalia Leaders Say (Citizen News)
  • US Maintains Existing Sanctions Against Somalia(China.org/Xinhua)
  • The Human Cost Of Ending Money Transfers To War-Torn Countries (The Guardian)
  • Kenyan Neglect Of Northeast Seen Stoking Islamist Resentment (Bloomberg News)
  • Attacks Are Crippling Northeastern Takeoff (The Star Kenya)

April 8, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somalia’s President And Prime Minister Warn: “Do not Hurt Somalia’s Fledgling Peace And State-Building Process By Constricting Remittances. (Al Shahid)
  • Elders Leave Jubbaland Assembly Formation Conference In Protest (Goobjoog News)
  • Kenya Closes Down 13 Somali Hawalas (Somali Current)
  • Puntland ‘Ready’ To Host Refugees Escaping Yemen Violence (Horseed Media)
  • Somali President Welcomes Adoption Of Counter Terrorism Strategy (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Central Somali State Formation Conference Kicks Off On Saturday (Goobjoog News)
  • Insecurity Risks Increasing Cost Of Logistics In Kenya (The East African)
  • Don’t withdraw KDF Troops From Somalia Kembi Tells Government (The Star Kenya)
  • Somali Suspect Charged With Ferrying Explosives For Terror Attack  (Coastweek/Xinhua) Al-Shabaab Terror Attacks Raise Extremist Threat In East Africa Experts Warn (Fox News)
  • Al-Shabab: One Terror Group Many Brands (NPR)
  • After Garissa Kenyans And Somalis Face Divided Future (Newsweek)

April 7, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Security Operation In Jalalaqsi Nets Suspects (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Marks Int’l Day Of Sport For Development And Peace In Mogadishu (Somali Update)
  • Dhusamereb Delegation Heads To Abudwak (Goobjoog News)
  • Kenyans Organize Anti-Al Shabaab Processions Along Major Streets In Nairobi Today(Wacaal Media)
  • Somalia President: We Are Committed To Implement Vision 2016 (Somali Current)
  • Somalia: Yemen Crisis Spurs Arms Smuggling Into Puntland (Garowe Online)
  • Kenya Bombs Shabaab In Somalia (The Star Kenya)
  • Somali President: Kenya Should Not Build Wall (VOA)
  • Kenya Foreign Minister Calls Attack Response ‘Adequate’ (CNN)
  • Shabab Militants Learning To Kill On A Shoestring (The New York Times)
  • Don’t Blame It On Refugees The New Terrorist Is Nurtured Here At Home (Daily Nation)
  • Marginalisation Mismanagement Provoked Kenya Massacre: Experts (AFP/Yahoo News)
  • ‘Gentle’ Ex-Teacher Accused Of Masterminding Kenya Massacre (AFP/Yahoo News)

April 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • War Planes Hit Areas In Gedo In Response To Garissa University Attack (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Clan Withdraws From Kismayo Assembly (Radio Danan)
  • Grenade Attack At Checkpoint Kills One In Puntland (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia: Federal Government In Talks With Senior Al Shabaab Officials (Garowe Online)
  • Build The Somali National Army To Stop Al Shabaab Says Former Somalia Premier (Somali Current)
  • Raila Odinga Wants KDF Withdrawn From Somalia To Curb Terror Attacks (Standard Media)
  • State Shouldn’t Withdraw Kenya Defence Forces From Somalia Says Francis Atwoli (Standard Media)
  • QC Sponsors 10000 People In Somalia (Gulf Times)
  • Kenyan Churches Tighten Security After Al-Shabaab Kills 148 University Students (Xinhua News)
  • Somali President Says Al-Shabab Must be Confronted (VOA)
  • Kenyan Authorities Say Son of Official Was Among Gunmen in University Attack (The New York Times)
  • Why Al-Shabab Has Gained Foothold In Kenya (Al Jazeera)
  • Amisom Handed Shabaab A Lemon They Made Grapefruit Juice (The East African)

April 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somali Cabinet Passes Anti-Terrorist Bill (Goobjoog News)
  • Kenya Offers $215500 Bounty On The Head Of Al-Shabab Leader Suspected Of Garissa University Attack (Somali Updates)
  • Ahlu Sunnah Accuses Government Of Violating Accord (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia’s Defense Minister Arrives In Abuudwaq (Wacaal Media)
  • Parents Of Kenyan University Students Say Their Children Had Told Them The Region Was Insecure(Standard Media)
  • Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery Says Garissa Attack Caught Government By ‘Surprise’ (Daily Nation)
  • Searching For A Solution For Somali Remittances (Seattle Times)
  • Kenya Garissa University Attack: The US Is Waging A Little-Publicised War On The Al-Shabaab Terror Group (The Independent)
  • Kenya University Attack: ‘Kenya Has Learned Nothing’ (Deutsche Welle)
  • Who Are Somalia’s Al-Shabab? (BBC)

April 2, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Security Forces In Kismayu Thwart Mine Attack (Wacaal Media)
  • UAE Ambassador Somalia’s Minister For Higher Education Discuss Cooperation Relations (Al Shahid/Radio Muqdisho)
  • Security Forces Blockade Key Roads In Mogadishu (Mareeg Media)
  • Fewer Executions Carried Out In Somalia – Amnesty (Horseed Media)
  • Somalia Among The Most Dangerous Countries In The World (Somali Current)
  • Al Shabaab Attack Kenyan University 15 Dead Over 60 Wounded (Standard Media)
  • Boy 13 Rescued From Suspected Al Shabaab Abductors (Citizen News)
  • Ex-Shabab Official Claims Al-Qaida Ties Dissolved (VOA)
  • Mom’s Push To Help Poor Kids With Autism Brings New Federal Benefits (Star Tribune)
  • Somali Journal Launches Without any Somali Voices Highlighting Another Case of White Privilege in Academia (VICE)

April 1, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Ahlu Sunnah Blocks AMISOM Convoy En Route To Adado (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland President Appoints New Deputy Minister (Radio Dalsan)
  • Two Alleged Al Shabab Members Killed Execution-Style In Baladweyne (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Scholars Warn Against The Spread Of Shia Ideology (Radio Dalsan)
  • Clan Elder Shot Dead In Baidoa (Garowe Online)
  • Mogadishu Mayor Arrives In Nairobi (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • AMISOM Ambassador Meets EU Partners And Somali Diaspora (Coastweek/Xinhua News)
  • UN Offers Kenya $40m Refund For Somalia Operation (Africa Review)
  • Counter Piracy Patrols: China Out Chile In ( IHS Maritime 360)
  • Mixed Reactions To Kenya’s Plan To Build Border Security Wall (Xinhua News/China.org)
  • Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa Leave Communities In Fear (Channel News Asia)
  • To Shabaab; Barbaric Attacks Will Not Deter Progress Of A Nation (Warya Post)

March 31, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Signs Cooperation Agreement With Sweden Statistics (Wacaal Media)
  • Security Operation In Lower Shabelle Nabs 15 Suspects (Goobjoog News)
  • Martial Court In Hiran Warns Armed Forces Not To Sleep On The Job (Goobjoog News)
  • Water Shortage Hits Villages In Baidoa (Radio Ergo)
  • Yemeni Refugees Fleeing Conflict Arrive In Somalia UNHCR (Mareeg Media)
  • Relatives In Shock As ‘Jihadi Brides’ Arraigned In Court (Standard Digital Media)
  • Radical Cleric Arrested While Fleeing To Somalia (The Star Kenya)
  • Senior Ugandan Public Prosecutor Shot And Killed In Kampala Suburb (Reuters Africa)
  • British Woman’s Shock At Learning Her Mother Is A Top Jihadist Who Helps Suicide Bombers And Is Known As Mama Shabab (Daily Mail)
  • Chile To Dispatch Ship To Support EU Somalia Counter-Piracy Campaign (IHS Jane)
  • Mogadishu City Report Card: The Good The Bad And The Ugly (Hiiraan Online)

March 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Administration Offers Help In Yemen Fighting (Somali Current)
  • Salad Ali Jelle: “Government Should Do A Census” (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Ex-Puntland President Lambasts Central Government For Security Lapse (Garowe Online)
  • UN Chief And Somalia President Discuss On Key Vision 2016 Deadlines (Horseed Media)
  • Somali Government Says It Cannot Dismantle Al-Shabab Without The Support Of The People (RBC Radio)
  • Somali Diaspora Plea To Westpac: Don’t Cut Remittances Lifeline (Somali Remittance Action Group/Hiiraan Online)
  • Women Nabbed At Kenya-Somalia Border En Route To Join Al-Shabaab (Standard Media)
  • Garissa Residents Demand Answers After Two Killed Bodies Carried Away (Daily Nation)
  • ‘We Need Change Now’ (Minnesota Daily)
  • First Football Academy Opened In Mogadishu (CCTV Africa)
  • UN Strongly Condemns Deadly Terrorist Attack On Mogadishu Hotel (UN News Centre)
  • Somalia Border Wall Is A Vital Strategy For Kenya (The Star Kenya)