Daily Monitoring Report

March 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Fresh Clan Clashes In Deefow Locality (Radio Goobjoog)
  • IS Likely Trying To Add Al-Shabab To Its Ranks (Garowe Online/VOA)
  • Benadir Administration Reconstructs Hawo Asir-Fagah Road In Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Danish Police Arrest Two Over Plot Against Minister (Shabelle News)
  • Civil Society Groups Review Human Rights Progress In Somalia (Somali Current)
  • Ugandan Fighter’s Story Of Al Shabaab Somalia Camp (Chimp Reports)
  • Fencing Off Al-Shabab (Al-Ahram Weekly)
  • Top Shabaab Commander Captured (IOL News)
  • Rochester Ringleaders In Khat-Trafficking Sentenced (Democrat & Chronicle)
  • St. Cloud Business Leaders Learn About Somali Workforce (SC Times)
  • Kenya: Official Apology For Past Wrongs (New York Times)
  • Her Instagram Feed Finds The Fun In Long-Suffering Somalia (NPR)
  • A Fiery Dissenter Rethinks Her Views (NYT Live)

March 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • IJA And AMISOM Amass Troops In The Countryside (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Fifth Somali Man Killed In Canada Since The Start Of Year (Sahan Journal)
  • Former Mogadishu Mayor Says Somalia Is Heading To Balkanization (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Humanitarian Crisis In Southern Somalia (Shabelle Media)
  • Somali Defence Minister Meets EU Military Officials (Horseed Media)
  • African Armies Told To Tackle Terrorism (New Vision)
  • Wall Meant To Forestall Forays By Somalia Gunmen (Daily Nation)
  • Why A Retired British Army Colonel Has Become The Last Hope For Somalia’s Forgotten Hostages (The Telegraph)
  • Despite Low Income Traditional Blacksmiths Thriving In Mogadishu (CCTV Africa)
  • In Somalia Wire Transfers Go Underground (Marketplace)
  • Turkey In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
  • Business Lessons I Have Learned From Somali Traders (Africa Supply Chain Frontier)

March 25, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Vehicle Loaded With Explosives Confiscated In Ceelbur (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Police Officials Military Clash At A Checkpoint In Afgooye (Wacaal.com)
  • Federal Government Of Somalia And Partners Approve Key Programmes Under The New Deal (Somali Current)
  • South West State To Renovate Government Hotels To Attract Tourism (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Interferes With Sweden-Saudi Arabia Row (Horseed Media)
  • Somalia Rejects Kenya’s Plan To Construct Wall Along Border (The Star)
  • ISIS Reaches Out To Somali Terror Group Al-Shabaab (Breitbart.com)
  • Why A Delegation Of Turkish Officials Visited Minnesota (Minnpost.com)
  • In Somalia Wire Transfers Go Underground (Marketplace)

March 24, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Galmudug State Sends Stern Warning To Illegal Fishing Vessels (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Bill Could Boost Funding For Somali Youth (Minnesota Daily/Hiiraan Online)
  • IJA Seeks Resettlement For Displaced Kudhaa Residents (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Two Federal Govt Soldiers Executed For Civilians’ Murder (Garowe Online)
  • In Last Minute Twist Dhusamareeb To Host Regional Formation Conference (Somali Current)
  • Clan Clashes Erupt In Central Somalia (RBC Radio)
  • Peace Agreement Signed In Dhusamareeb (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Mandera Elders Dismiss Calls To Remove County Commissioner Over Insecurity (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia ‘Overwhelmed’ By Illegal Fishing (Africa Review)
  • ISIL Courts Al-Shabab As Al-Qaeda Ties Fade Away (Al Jazeera)
  • ‘Shock’ And ‘Anger’ In Grand Forks After Racist Graffiti Targets Somalis (Inforum)
  • President Obama Is Backing The Wrong Partners In Somalia (The Daily Caller)
  • Somalia: What Has The Money Achieved? (The Guardian)

March 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Marks World Water Day Amid Water Shortage In Parts Of The Country (Somali Current)
  • MP Says Justice Is A Foundation Stone For Building Strong State (Radio Goobjoog)
  • University Of Nugal Students Conclude Tour (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Six Al-Shabaab Members Killed In Bardalem (Radio Dalsan)
  • President Hassan Fires Top Somali Military Commander (Waryalist/Somali Current)
  • Kenya To Build Wall Along Somalia Border In Terror Fight (Standard Digital)
  • AMISOM Head Engages With EU Partners And Somali Diaspora (AMISOM News)
  • Strategic Port Captured In Fight Against Al-Shabaab In S. Somalia: Military Source (Xinhua News)
  • Turkish Model In Somalia Focus Of Daily Sabah’s London Panel (Daily Sabah)
  • From Minneapolis To ISIS: An American’s Path to Jihad (New York Times)
  • Somalia: For Detainees Water Is A Particularly Urgent Need (ICRC)

March 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • SNA Forces And AMISOM Advance To Bar-Dere Town (Radio Goobjoog)
  • African Union Peacekeepers Arrive In Adado Town (Garsoor Online)
  • EFASOM Conducted An Education Forum on National Priorities in Hiiraan Region (Radio Danan)
  • Kismayo Revives Justice System (Radio Ergo)
  • Turkish Delegation Visits Jowhar (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Lari Police Arrest Seven Somalis From Kakuma (The Star Kenya)
  • Obama Hails Uganda Anti-Terror Efforts (Chimp Reports)
  • East African Teachers Connect With Younger Versions Of Themselves (MPR News)
  • Conflict Resolution On Minds Of Somalis Administrators (SC Times)
  • Is Al-Shabaab Merging Forces With ISIS? (Fox 9/KMSP-TV)
  • Information Is Critical For People With Disabilities (Internews)
  • Don’t Blame The Banks (Foreign Affairs)
  • 20 March: International Day of Happiness (Somali Update)

March 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Qatar Sign New Bilateral And Cooperation Deals (Somali Update)
  • Head Of Unsom Human Rights Division Visits Garowe Puntland (Wacaal.com)
  • Galmudug State: Government Is Dragging Its Feet On Central State Formation (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Jubaland Parliamentary Selection Process Likely To Be Concluded (Xikmo News)
  • Children Right’s Meeting Held In Mogadishu(Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Mandera Governor Warns Of Terror Cells Along Kenya-Somalia Border (Daily Nation)
  • Duale Elaborates On What He Meant During Interview With The BBC Somali Service (Standard Media)
  • Pentagon: Al-Shabab’s Garaar Killed By Drone Strike In Somalia (Voice of America English)
  • Al-Shabaab Cleric Gives Daesh Stamp Of Approval (Anadolu Agency)
  • Tech Protest Puts Ethnic Tension In Spotlight (SC Times)
  • The Somali Community; A Measure Of Hardworking Foreign African Entrepreneurs (Warya Post)

March 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Skirmishes Break Out Between Locals And Al-Shabaab In Bakol (Goobjoog News)
  • Conference To Discuss Regional Development Concludes in Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Fishermen Protest Against Illegal Fishing (Horseed Media)
  • Politicians Lobby For The Formation Of Hiran State (Goobjoog News)
  • Security Operation Starts In Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Mogadishu Mayor Met UN Special Envoy Nicholas Kay (Midnimo.com)
  • Somalia Premier Arrives (Peninsula)
  • Kerrow Alleges State House Link In Attacks (Mediamax Network)
  • Somali Islamists Kill Four In Cross-Border Attack On Kenyan Town (Reuter)
  • Nine Killed In Mogadishu Road Crash (Turkish Weekly)
  • March 16 1993: Edmonton Paratrooper Guilty In Beating Death Of Somali Teenager (Edmonton Journal)
  • Somaliland: Our Peaceful Country and Backbone of Democracy and Good Governance (Somaliland Sun)
March 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

March 17, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Baladweyn Commissioner Blames Hiiran Governor For Attack On His Home (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Quran Teacher Shot Dead In Central Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Turkish Health Minister Visits Somali Deputy Premier In Ankara Hospital (Wacaal.com)
  • IJA Applauds New Deal Initiatives (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Garbage Collection Company Launched In Buhodle (Radio Bar-kulan)
  • 15 Children Die Of Measles In Southern Mudug (Radio Ergo)
  • Suspect Linked To Mandera Attack On Governor’s Convoy Arrested (Standard Media)
  • Fix Security Or Else State Told (Daily Nation)
  • North Kenya Official Says Security Situation ‘Hopeless’ (Yahoo News/AFP)
  • ‘It Touches My Heart His Death’ Says Friend Of Edmonton Homicide Victim (Edmonton Journal)
  • Strange How Kenya Is Silent As Somalia Lays Claim To Its Territory (Daily Nation)
  • A German Mom’s Anguish Over Her Son In Somalia (Wardheer News)
  • AMISOM Police Use Sports To Spread Peace In Somalia (KTN – Video)
March 17, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

March 16, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility For Attack In Mandera (Midnimo)
  • Former Interior Minister “Interim Administrations Are Illegal” (Radio Goobjoog)
  • President Mohamud Meets Palestinian President Mohamud Abas In Egypt (RBC Radio)
  • Guriel Elders And AMISOM Officials Pass Resolutions Expelling Ahlu Sunna And Government Forces From Inside The Town (Wacaal Media)
  • 21 Arrested In Luq (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Al-Shabaab Pondering A Response To Kenya Offer (Somali Current)
  • Aden Duale Speaks Of Possible Talks With Al-Shabaab To Curb Attacks (Standard Digital)
  • KDF Should Secure Kenya Somalia Border – Duale (Capital News)
  • Somali Islamists Kill At Least One In Attack In North Kenya (Reuters)
  • Vaccinating The Somali Children From The Psychological Injuries Of The Civil War
  • (Hiiraan Online)
  • It Is Time To review Vision 2016 And To Be More Optimistic About Somalia (Somali Update)
March 16, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.