February 12, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Fighting reignites in Guri El (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Prime Minister Sharmarke calls for the cessation of fighting in Guri’el
  • Youths take to the streets in Baladweyne (Radio Danan)
  • Two people die of hunger in Raaga Elle Middle Shabelle (Radio Goobjoog)
  • UN agrees to pay Somali forces like AMISOM (Dalsan Radio)
  • 10 Al Shabaab Militants Killed in Somalia – UPDATE (Coastweek.com)
  • Somali Petroleum Minister sees start of oil gas output by 2020 (Bloomberg)
  • Mpls. City Council member aims to help Somalis send money back home (KSTP.com)
  • Somali food truckers open Queen St. W. takeout shop (Toronto Star)
February 12, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 11, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • UNSC urges stabilization of areas recovered from Al-Shabaab (Radio Goobjoog)
  • PM chairs first weekly cabinet meeting (Garowe Online)
  • Calm returns to Guriel after a day of deadly clashes (Radio Barkulan)
  • Selection Process for Jubbaland MPs condemned (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Luq farmers complain of crop pests (Radio Ergo)
  • US confirms killing militants in Somalia Afghanistan – UPDATE (Kuwait News Agency)
  • New Somali cabinet offers glimmer of hope (Deutche Welle)
  • I don’t think we know who we killed (Opendemocracy.net)
February 11, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Delegates gather in Garbahareey for “Unity Conference” (Radio Goobjoog)|
  • Fighting erupts in Gurieel (Radio Danan/Radio Mustaqbal/Horseed Media)
  • Elders cry for safety of civilians in Kismayo (Radio Mustaqbal/Baidoa news/Warqaad.org)
  • United States welcomes the confirmation of the new council of ministers (Radio Goobjoog/Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland looks into helping Somali Ethiopian refugees to go back home (Radio Ergo)
  • President Hassan to visit Galgaduud (Radio Danan)
  • HelloCash Mobile Money Service launches in Ethiopia (VenturesAfrica.com)
  • Gen Gutti summoned in Ondoga trial (Daily Monitor)
  • Thanks to tweets suspected ISIS backer stays in jail (MPR News)
February 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Parliament to vote on new cabinet (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Government calls for a ceasefire to the fighting in Hiiraan (Radio Danan)
  • Pirate hostages in a dire situation (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Wealthy Somalis hide over $15 million in secret Swiss bank accounts (Sahan Journal)
  • Djibouti and Ethiopia agree to eliminate Al-Shabaab from Somalia (Horseed media)
  • Hibo Nuura quits the music industry (Sahan Journal)
  • Al-Shabaab takes credit for Puntland’s checkpoint attack (Somali current)
  • Somalia urges US to resume money transfer services (Gulf Today)
  • Al-Shabaab gunmen assassinate lawmaker (AFP/Yahoo news)
  • Has Somali piracy ended? ( Hellenic Shipping News)
  • Cops foil Somali’s Rs 80k marriage contract (Times of India)
February 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Galmudug protests Mogadishu meeting (Dalsan Radio)
  • Prime minister Omar announces sixty-six cabinet members (Garowe Online/Radio Goobjoog)
  • Jalalaqsi administration and AMISOM officials vow to annihilate Al-Shabaab fighters (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Shortage of water in villages near Jowha (Radio Ergo)
  • Gal-Mudug denounces a conference between SFG and regional governments provokes cooperation with the SFG (Radio RBC)
  • The governor of Middle Shabelle region appoints committee to mediate two clans (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Mandera terror three remanded in Nairobi (The Star Kenya)
  • Three injured in Mandera grenade attack (Daily Nation)
  • U.N. Envoy to Somalia warns against cutting off remittances (Foreign Policy)
  • Security Council encourages Somali political leaders to work together (UN News Centre)
  • Special Ops staying put in the horn – for now (Foreign Policy)
February 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Integral Horn African Naval Forces trained in Djibouti (Radio Danan)
  • Somali man kills his 39-year-old wife in Norway (Sahan Journal)
  • Foreign influence within the politics of Somalia (Radio Danan)
  • There are no primary services here in Jalalaksi district in Hiiraan region (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Somali twin sisters appear taking training with ISIS (Somali Current)
  • Ethiopia to deploy extra peace-keeping forces to Somalia South Sudan and Abiye (Addisababaonline)
  • Volunteer teachers cushion Mandera County crisis (Sabahi Online)
  • China firmly supports Somalia’s peace process: envoy (Xinhua)
  • UN Somalia envoy ‘excited and worried’ about political progress in year ahead (UN News) Centre
  • Bank to close accounts related to Somalia (Wall Street Journal)
  • Man in al-Shabaab getting out of prison (AP/Twincities)
February 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Car bomb targets government official in Mogadishu (Radio RBC)
  • Inaugural Arabian Sea Region Oil & Gas Summit to be held on 26th-27th May in Muscat Oman (Radio Goobjoog)
  • QRC QC open health centre in Somalia (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Al-Shabab fighters storm police station in Bossaso Bari Region (Radio RBC)
  • Puntland official survives bomb attack (Garowe Online)
  • Negotiate with north eastern teachers Sabatia MP Alfred Agoi tells government (Standard Media)
  • Kisenyi: Al-Shabaab terror suspects remanded further (New Vision Uganda)
  • Senior Shabaab leader killed in U.S. drone strike (Los Angeles Times)
  • Shabaab commander captured in Somalia (Worldbulletin)
  • US bank ending of Somali money transfers to have “catastrophic” impact – TRFN (Reuters)
February 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Gunmen kill famous Somali cleric in Baidoa town (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somaliland Government sends huge arms consignment back to Sudan (Garowe Online)
  • Minnesota police offer cash reward for information on the killers of Somali man (Sahan Journal)
  • Kenya planes conduct airstrike in Yoontooy (Radio Goobjoog)
  • A secret British Foreign Office “A base for subversion into Africa” (Geeska Afrika)
  • One killed as pirates clash in central town (Horseed Media)
  • Acquitted Mombasa terror suspect re-arrested police boss denies knowledge of arrest (The Star)
  • Floating arsenal help battle pirates on high seas (Wall Street Journal)
  • Between a war and looting Somalis linger in Mayfair (Daily Maverick)
  • Dozens missing as migrant boat capsizes off Yemen (Al-Jazeera English)
  • Kenya teachers strike fearing Al-Shabaab attacks (BBC News)
February 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

February 2, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Mogadishu Mayor: “there has been tax evasion for 25 Years now is the time to pay” (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Fighting erupts in South Galkayo (Radio Danan)
  • Prominent Somali academic dies (Hiraan Online)
  • Somaliland puts seized weapons shipment on display (Garowe Online)
  • AU delegation reaches Baidoa (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somali region gets a second micro finance institutions (Addisfortune.net)
  • Foreign nationals urged to stay away from townships (SABC News)
  • Somali protesters demand teacher resign over Mohammed cartoons (Seattleglobalist)
  • As Somali-American fights no-fly list FBI says his brother is most wanted (CS Monitor)
February 2, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

January 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Bad weather leaves Hobyo fishermen hungry (Radio Ergo)
  • Ex-Bank Chief appointed as Somalia’s FM accused of corruption (Horseed Media)
  • The President Hasan Sheikh Mohamud attends IGAD-mediated talks of South Sudan (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Water shortage hits many villages in Gedo region (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somaliland denies UN Monitors access to Berbera Port (Garowe Online)
  • New security laws justified as Kenya is at war says Solicitor General (Star)
  • 38000 Somali children facing starvation (Daily Nation)
  • 3 Million Somalis need humanitarian aid (Worldbulletin)
  • Former DC-area taxi driver added to most-wanted terrorist list (ABC News)
  • Red Emperor Resources falls as it withdraws from Somalia project (Londonsouthwest.co.uk)
January 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.