Daily Monitoring Report

January 29, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Gedo military officials capture Al-shabaab members (Radio Goobjoog/Garowe Online)
• President Hassan in Addis Ababa for AU Summit (Garowe Online/Radio Goobjoog)
• Galmudug welcomes new Somali cabinet (Radio Bar-kulan/Radio Goobjoog)
• Hiran Governor refutes claims that he is forming his own militia (Radio Goobjoog)
• IJA forces recover areas from Al-Shabab (Radio Goobjoog/Mareeg Media)
• Somaliland interior minister vows to contain banditry activities in Hargeisa (Radio Bar-kulan)
• Al-Shabaab victims seek justice government support (Sabahi Online)
• Somalia PM urges Parliament to pass his new Cabinet list (Daily Nation)
• EU warship escorts UN food supplies to Somalia (Xinhua/China.org)
• Minneapolis FBI refused to use Somali outreach for spying (Star Tribune)

January 28, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Somali President: the door is always open to those who reject Al-Shabaab’s doctrine of destruction and embrace peace” (Dalsan Radio)
• Fresh clashes erupts in Lego Lower Shabelle (Radio Goobjoog)
• ASWJ welcomes Somali premier’s new cabinet lineup (Radio Bar-kulan)
• EHAHRDP supports historic first country visit by the African Commission’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders (Mareeg Media)
• Five women die in childbirth in Lower Juba (Radio Ergo/Radio Bar-kulan)
• Militias kill a young man in Bakara market (Radio Danan)
• Alarm raised over Somalia pupils influx (Daily Nation)
• Training on governance (Star Kenya)
• Kenyan forces militants clash in Somalia; 5 killed (Worldbulletin)
• Somali suicide bomber lived in Switzerland (Associated Press)
• Minneapolis police’s Somali outreach gets national attention (Star Tribune)
• Hundreds of Somali refugees call East Texas home (KTRE)

January 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• President Hassan: “former ministers will be accommodated in the upcoming babinet”
• (Radio Goobjoog)
• Al-Shabaab kidnaps farmers pastoralists for ransom (Garowe Online/Somali current)
• Government forces conduct an operation in Berdale (Radio Muqdisho)
• Somali parliament warns PM over ministers’ recall (Hiraan Online/Radio RBC)
• Measles kills 34 in Middle Shabelle (Radio Ergo)
• Progress made on construction of Bosaso airport runway (Horseed Media)
• Qatar Red Crescent to extend charity mission to Somalia (The Peninsula)
• Allied forces drive Al-Shabaab from Bakol villages (Sabahi Online)
• Somalia shows signs of recovery and optimism after decades of turmoil (ITV)
• Somalis begin 3862 km journey home from Swaziland by foot (Hiraan Online/The Observer)
• MP says Somalis lead to fewer pubs in part of Bristol (ITV)

January 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Galmudug to fine vehicles bearing Puntland number plates (Radio Goobjoog)
• 13-yr old rape victim compensated for $500 rapists still at large in Mogadishu (Somali Update)
• Mogadishu hospital named after Turkish President (Radio Dalsan)
• Turkey’s president pledges to construct 10000 new houses in Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
• Sierra Leone troops in Somalia return home safely (Al Shahid)
• Federal MP dies in Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
• Turkey sees extensive efforts in Somalia sprouting fresh hope (Daily Sabah)
• Somalia S.Sudan await admission to the EAC (The East African)
• Somali shopkeeper back in court over teen murder (SABC)
• Turkish president pledges more investment for war-torn Somalia (AFP/Yahoo News)
• Foreign traders in South Africa thank networks for their success (Hiiraan Online/Business Day)

January 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Somali president says: “Al-Shabaab Seek To Thrive On Headlines: Tomorrow We Will Give You Better Headlines” (Al Shahid)
• Somali President says Al Shabaab attack will not scare them (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Measles affects many people in Mahadaay (Radio Danan)
• Puntland condemns Somaliland leader’s visit to Lasanod (Radio Danan)
• Somali PM condemns Al Shabaab attack (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Jowhar clashes cause farmers to flee (Radio Ergo)
• Somali elders defy al-Shabaab order to stay away from Central State conference (Sabahi Online)
• Mogadishu locked down ahead of Erdogan visit (Anadolu Agency)
• Erdogan delays Somalia trip to attend Saudi king’s funeral (Reuters)
• Somalia president hails Turkey’s ‘remarkable support’ (World Bulletin)
• Calgary police working to recruit more officers from city’s Somali community (Metro News)

January 22, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Buulo-Burde commissioner and mayor arrested for allegedly mismanaging food aid (Radio Goobjoog)
• Food aid to be distributed in El-Buur soon (Radio Danan)
• Nine children die from measles in Middle Shabelle (Garowe Online)
• Somali President calls for an investigation into alleged death threats against Auditor General (Radio Danan)
• Puntland government frees detained web editor (Radio Garowe)
• Body of Mogadishu businessman found days after disappearance (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Somali children crossing into Kenya to get education (Capital FM)
• Xenophobia rears its head again: Looting shooting dying in Soweto (Daily Maverick)
• UN Says 826 Somali refugees return home from Kenya (Xinhua News/Hiraan Online)
• Somali Islamist militants praise strikes at ‘heart of Crusader’ (Reuters)

January 21, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Himan-Heb state announces the arrival of the technical committee and the opening of state formation conference (Radio Goobjoog)
• East and Central African journalists’ peace operations talks underway (Radio RBC)
• Puntland hosts historic climate change conference in Garowe (Somali Current)
• Elder Ahmed Diiriye calls for MPs to fear Allah and approve upcoming cabinet (Radio Danan)
• 750 Somali refugees set to return home (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Somali forces tighten security in Mogadishu (Sabahi Online)
• Refugees in Kenyan camps hail resumption of food rations (Sabahi Online)
• Somali children still vulnerable despite signing of UN convention (Shanghai Daily/Xinhua)

January 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Lower Shabelle administration investigating the killing of Afgoye mayor (Radio Goobjoog)
• Security beefed up in Mogadishu ahead of Turkish President visit (Horseed Media)
• Ahlu Sunnah accepts the location for Central State formation conference (Radio Goobjoog)
• Bula Burte authorities capture boats claiming they belong to Al-Shabaab (Radio Danan)
• The administration of Bula Burte denies allegations about food aid (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somali opposition lawmakers welcome cabinet recall (Sabahi Online)
• NCIC mulling over amnesty for Kenyan youths in the Al-Shabaab (Star Kenya)
• Government of Somalia ratifies UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNICEF)
• Somali PM faces huge task to form a cabinet accepted by parliament (Xinhua News/Hiiraan Online)
• Twin Cities-based Somali youth group seeks funding for expansion (MPR News)

January 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Jubaland to set up first parliament on Tuesday (Garowe Online)
• Three wheeler explosion kills two in Mogadishu (Dalsan Radio)
• Government and AMISOM disarm residents in Jalalaqsi Hiiran (Radio Goobjoog)
• Two children burn to death in Beled Hawo (Radio Bar-Kulan)
• Security has improved in Mogadishu’s Hodan District (Radio Danan)
• Al Shabaab blockade spurs acute food shortage in Wajid (Garowe Online)
• Anti-Charlie Hedbo protests in Somalia and Pakistan (Garowe Online/Daily Mail)
• Omani-Somali talks held (Bahrain News Agency)
• Africa Cup of Nations – Somalia (AMISOM News)
• Somalis torn between hunger in Dadaab and uncertainty at home (The Guardian)
• Somali National Olympic Committee President hails unity following tough year (Inside The Games)

January 16, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Federal parliament rejects Somali PM’s request (Radio Goobjoog)
• Somali Parliament approves Anti-Corruption Commission bill (Somali Current)
• Somali government due to distribute food aid to Mahas residents (Radio Goobjoog)
• 700000 goats vaccinated in Himan and Heb (Radio Ergo)
• Heavy fighting between government forces and Al-Shabaab fighters in Gedo region (Radio Goobjoog)
• MP wants security on Somalia rim (The Star)
• Somali drought causing death (Anadolu News Agency/World Bulletin)
• New Nigerian police contingent conclude induction course (AMISOM News)
• Ethiopia: Britons among 3 jailed for terrorism (AP/Yahoo News)
• Somalia contingent to undergo Ebola training before reintegration (Sierra Leone Concord Times)
• Trapped in Yemen (Al Jazeera)