Daily Monitoring Report

March 13, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Constitutional Review Commission Concludes First Phase Of The Constitution Review (Radio Goobjoog)
  • President Hassan Sheikh leaves For Egypt (Wacal Media/Danan Radio)
  • Governor Of Banadir Attends Showcasing of Service Delivery For Shibis District (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Local NGO Gets Poor Children Into School (Radio Ergo)
  • Mogadishu Hotels To Comply With New Security Regulation (Somali Update)
  • US Drone Attack In Somalia Kills Westgate Terror Mastermind Adan Garaar (Standard Digital)
  • IMF Says New Multi-Donor Fund Will Boost Somalia’s Development (Outlaw.com)
  • Facing Death Row In Somalia (video.aljazeera.com)
  • Art Hounds: Somali Poetry And Music/Improv Mashup (MPRNews)
  • Will Kenya “Berlin Wall” Curb Infiltration Of Somalia-Based Terror Group? (Warya Post)
  • Sincere Advice To President Gaas (Garowe Online)
  • Will Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Take Similar Steps Of Boko Haram To Join ISIS(Horseed Media)
March 13, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

March 12, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • At Least 6 Die after Al-Shabaab Attacks in Baidao (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somalia Prime Minister Djibouti Visit Affirm Strength Of Somali/Djibouti Relations  (Somali Current/Dhacdo.org)
  • Somali Radical Group Al-Shabaab Attacked Southern Somali Strategic Town (Midnimo.com)
  • Applications Opens For Members Of Somali Electoral Commision (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Security In Mogadishu Beefed Up After Deadly Attacks (Horseed Media)
  • New Police Post Set Up In Eastleigh To Boost Security (X-News)
  • Kenyan Court Orders Repatriation of 10 Somali Pirates (Shanghai Daily.com)
  • Bank Seeks To Raise $10 Million Via Share Sale In War-Torn Somalia (Reuters)
  • A New Homeland: OSU Advisor’s Return To His Native Somalia Reveals A Nation On The Rebound(Gazettetimes.com)
  • The Son Of Somalia Gone But Not Forgotten (Hiiraan Online)
  • Undergraduate Researcher Wins Award (University Of Minnesota)
March 12, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

March 11, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Civil Society Interest Groups Hold Two-Day Consultations In Garowe (Radio Danan)
  • Al-Shabaab Fighters Briefly Took Over Wanlaweyn Police Post (Radio Goobjoog)
  • SNA Forces And KDF In Elwak Somalia Disagree (Radio Danan/Radio Risala)
  • At Least Five People Injured In Jowhar Blast (Somali Current)
  • Somalia To Make New Laws Addressing Illegal Fishing (Horseed Media)
  • 93000 To Benefit From QRC Somalia Project (Peninsula Qatar)
  • Officials Set Aside $15M To Combat Recruiting (Minnesota Daily)
  • Western Girls Holiday In Kenya To Undergo FGM In Secret (Reuters)
  • Kenya To Set Up Center To Tackle Proliferation Of Small Arms (Global Post/Xinhua)
  • Prohibition Not The Only Solution (Warya Post)
  • Somaliland: Somalia – Blind To The Past And Future (Wargane News Network)
March 11, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

March 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • United Nations Office For Project Services and UN Assistance Mission In Somalia Train Somali Custodial Corps (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somaliland Postpones Presidential Elections (Radio Dalsan)
  • Kenyan Somali MPs Denounce “Outlandish” Plans For Border Wall (Radio Goobjoog)
  • IMF Launches Somalia Trust Fund For Capacity Development (Horseed Media)
  • Guriel IDPs Asked To Return Home – Minister (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Three Starve To Death In Bulla Burte (Radio Bar-kulan)
  • UNDP Gives In Five Bullet Proof Cars To Somali PM Office (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia’s Al-Shabab Loses Jihadist Lustre (New Vision)
  • The True Cost Of Media Restrictions In Somalia (Irin News)
  • Celebrating All Things Somali At The U Of M (MinnPost)
  • Abdi Hersy Calgary Imam Wanted In U.S. On Sex Assault Charges (CBC News)
  • A Somali Mother’s Long Journey To Resilience (ICRC.org)
  • Hersman Townsman American : My Segmented Life (Wardheer News)
March 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

March 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Attorney General “Those Who Perform FGM Rituals On Girls Would Be Prosecuted” (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somali President Attends Event Marking The World Women’s Day (Danan Radio)
  • Somali Immigrants Die In Car Crash (Radio Danan/BBC Somali)
  • Col. Roobow: It Is Good To Discard Traitors From The Patriots (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Two TV Journalists Arrested In Somaliland (Garowe Online)
  • Gunmen Kill Government Soldier In Wadajir (Radio Bar-kulan)
  • Prime Minister Omar Pledges Assistance For The Galgaduud Reconciliation Conference (Radio Danan)
  • Al-Shabaab Release Chilling Video About Mpeketoni Attack(Standard Media)
  • UN Envoy Lauds Formation Of Regional Assembly In South Somalia (Xinhua/Global Post)
  • Somalia To Deploy Drones In Battle With Al-Shabab (VOA English)
  • VEAW Seeks To Open Understanding Between Somali Community And Hennepin County Law Enforcement (Twincity Daily)
  • International Women’s Day: Remittances Are A Lifeline For Women In Somalia (BlogsOxfam.Org)
March 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

March 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somali Government Reaches Agreement With Ahlu-Sunna Waljamea (Radio Goobjoog/Garowe Online)
  • Senior Officers Arrested For Al-Shabaab Hotel Attack (Horseed Media/BBC Somali)
  • Somali  Security Forces Conduct Security Operations In Mogadishu (Radio Danan)
  • Somali Military Launches Operations To Track Down Robbers In Leego (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Benadir Administration Asks Hotels To Register Customers (Radio Bar-kulan)
  • Wanlaweyn Hospital Nutrition Unit Closes (Radio Ergo)
  • Mandera Clinches First A in 2014 KCSE Exam (The Star)
  • Solar PV: Somalia To Power 100k Homes Through EU-NGO Project (ESI-Africa.com)
  • Shopping At Night In Mogadishu Comes To live Thanks To Retail Chain (Xinhua/Shanghai Daily)
  • Edmonton Man Omar Aden Believed To Have Joined ISIS (CBC News)
  • Turkey Ups The Ante In International Aid Efforts (Daily Sabah)
  • The Invisible IDPs And Their Silent Cry (Somali Current)
  • Skeptics Question If Amnesty For Al-Shabaab Fighters Will Bring Peace (The Current/CBC Radio)

March 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Forces Of South-West State To Remove Roadblocks (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Government of Kenya Arrests SNA Official (Radio Danan)
  • Foreign Minister Receives UNHCR Somalia Representative (Radio Bar-kulan)
  • Auto-Rickshaw Drivers In Mogadishu Stage Demos Against “Exorbitant” Tax (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somali PM Meets Envoys And Donors On New Deal (Mareeg Media)
  • Somaliland Opposition Parties Warn Government Of Election Delay (Garowe Online)
  • Nelson Marwa Threatens To Storm Mosque Over ‘Inflammatory’ Sermons (Standard  Media)
  • Strengthening The Quality Of Somali Maternal Health Care (Midwivesforall.org)
  • Growing Somali Mall In Minneapolis Now Boasts One Of The State’s Largest Mosques (Star Tribune)
  • Kenyan Sentenced To Death Over Judith Tebbutt Pirate Kidnap Could Be Freed Thanks To British Data Protection Laws (Telegraph)
  • Yes I’m ‘Mr Black’ And Here Is My Story (Somali Investor)
  • With Grit and Girded by College Possible Young Immigrant Makes His Way (Minnpost)

March 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Anti-Al Shabaab Operations Kick Off In Ceel Bur (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Shortage Of Medical Supplies At Balad Hawo Hospital (Radio Goobjoog)
  • South-West State President Nominates More Ministers (Radio Danan)
  • Somalia: Minister For Women And Human Rights Development Calls For Increased measures to protect the rights of women (Midnimo)
  • Two Somaliland Ministers Resign In Twenty Four Hours (Radio RBC)
  • New Deal Meeting Held In Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Over 60 Undocumented Migrants Found In Serbia In 48 Hours (Anadolu Agency)
  • Ethiopia’s TACON Completes Somaliland’s New Airport Terminal and Fence with 80M Birr  (Addis Fortune)
  • Somalia Top Priority In U.N. Agriculture Organization Funding Appeal (Reuters)
  • Exposed: ISIS’ Somali-American Terrorist Pipeline (The National Interest)
  • Somalis In Banyule Fear Loss Of Remittance Accounts As Banks Cease Transfer Service (Herald Sun)
  • Somalia’s Remittance Crisis Eclipses News Of First US Ambassador Since 1991 (Christian Science Monitor)

March 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Puntland President To Visit Kismayo (Radio Danan)
  • Suspected Al Shabaab Gunmen Carry Out Grenade Attack In Bossaso (Garowe Online)
  • Marka District Commissioner: Whoever Kills Someone Will Be Dealt With In Accordance With Sharia Law (Radio Danan)
  • Former Puntland Vice President Attends Court Hearing (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Crime Watch: Casualty Figures In February 2015 (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Turkey-Brokered Talks Break Down (Garowe Online)
  • Calls For Joint Effort In War On Terror  (Standard Media)
  • Virginia Cabbie On FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List Detained In Somalia(Washington Post)
  • UN Seeks To Rescue 26 Asian Crew (Bangkok News)
  • Solidifying Ties With Somalia (VOA)
  • Somalia: Is Patriarchy Invincible In Puntland? (Radio RBC)

March 2, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Non State Actors Call Government To Intervene In Guri El Clashes (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somaliland Puts Conditions To Attend Talks In Turkey (Radio RBC)
  • Benadir Court Sentences Journalists (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Puntland Forces Carry Out Operations (Radio Danan)
  • Fighting Drives Hundreds In South-Western Somalia Into Misery (Garowe Online)
  • Al-Shabab Set Alight Commodities(Radio Goobjoog)
  • Al-Shabaab ‘Is Plotting To Blow Up Parliament’ (Daily Nation)
  • How Police Helped Al Shabaab Smuggle Their Arsenal (Standard Media)
  • New Alberta-Wide Somali TV Show Will Connect Community Says Host(Edmonton Journal)
  • Somali Hotel Attack Victims Airlifted To Dubai For Treatment (Shanghai Daily/Xinhua)
  • Twin Cities Somalis Say They’re Unfairly Affected By Anti-Terror Efforts (CBS Local)
  • Why Shabab Poses Little Threat To American Malls (Economist)
  • Why Kenya-Somalia Border Wall Is Not The Answer (Standard Media)
  • Public Policy Challenges: Somalia Behind The World – Reflection (Blog)