December 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Suspected U.S. Air Strike Targets Islamist Militants In Somalia (Bloomberg)
  • Somali Politicians Threatened With Accountability (Garowe Online)
  • Deaths From Undiagnosed Disease And Diarrhoea In Middle Shabelle (Radio Ergo)
  • The Brits Are Coming (Africa Confidential)
  • Somali Who Escaped Detention Centre Two Years Ago Given Suspended Sentence (Mata Independent)
  • British Terror Suspect Jermaine Grant Jailed In Kenya (BBC News)
  • Newcomers’ Helpers Await Syrian Students (Toronto Star)

December 2, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • SNA Claims Killing 10 Militants In Attack Against Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
  • Pressure Mounts On Puntland Leader To Sign Peace Deal (Shabelle News)
  • Federal MP Passes Away in Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Security Agents Say Missing Youth Have Joined Al-Shabaab (The Star)
  • Metro Transit Officer Works to Prevent Terrorism in Minn. Somalia (EyeWitness News)
  • New VOA Radio Program Reaches Out To Somali Youth (VoA)
  • Failed Refugee Stuck In Jail Because Canada Considers It Too Dangerous To Escort Him Back To Somalia (National Post)

December 1, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • UPDF Captures Somali Territory From Al-Shabaab (New Vision)
  • Army Troops In Gedo Complain Of Delayed Salaries (Goobjoog News)
  • Two Rival Somali Regions Reach Peace Deal After Deadly Fighting (Hiiraan Online)
  • Major Conference To Discuss One Curriculum For Somalia Schools Ends In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
  • Somalia Fighting: 30 Dead 40 000 Flee (News24)
  • Terror Drill Ends In Death Of Woman (Sky News)
  • Kenya-Somalia Border Wall To Shut Out Al-Shabaab Under Construction Amid Debate (IBTimes)
  • “Clan-blind” And Educated Younger Generations To Save A Nation in Ruins (Horseed Media)

November 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • More Soldiers Sent To Somali Border To Fight Al-Shabaab (Standard Digital)
  • Calm Returns To Galkayo Town As Government Brokers Peace (Hiiraan Online)
  • Four Persons Die 20 Sustain Wounds In Fatal Road Accident (Wacaal Media)
  • UNFPA Donates Emergency Kits To Puntland Health Ministry (Villa Puntland)
  • Somali Tribesmen To Sue Dutch State Over US Drone Strike (Dutch News Online)
  • Kenya’s Enemy Within (Al Jazeera)
  • Minneapolis Is A Paradise Of Somali Food (theneeds.com)

November 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali PM Arrives In Adado On Mission To Defuse Galkayo Tension (Shabelle News)
  • Two Revenue Collection Security Officers Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
  • Somalia Prime Minister Postpones Much Anticipated Trip To Puntland (Garowe Online)
  • One Dies As Somali Government Soldiers Allegedly Open Fire On Minibus (Goobjoog News)
  • Rights Ruling: Detention Of Somali Was A Violation (Times of Malta)
  • China NATO Hold First Joint Anti-Piracy Drills In Gulf Of Aden (Sputnik News)
  • Kenyan-Somalis Air Their Views On Culture And Politics (Daily Nation)

November 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Puntland Forces Repulse Al-Shabaab After Militants Attacked Their Base In Galgala Hills (Wacaal Media)
  • A Wider National Conference On Media In Mogadishu (Somali Update)
  • Somali Immigrants Stranded At The Border Of Greece And Macedonia Decry Segregation (Wacaal Media)
  • Puntland MPs Blame Federal Government For Stoking Galkayo Clashes (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Officials Warn Of Attacks By Al-Shabaab Faction (Voice of America)
  • UN Envoy For Somalia Expresses Concerns Over Recent Rise In Piracy Acts (UNSOM)
  • How Al-Qaeda And Islamic State Are Fighting For Al-Shabaab Affections In Somalia (The Telegraph)

November 25, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Seized Boat Not Here Eyl Administration Says (Goobjoog News)
  • Mogadishu Gangs Devise New Tricks To Lure Victims (Wacaal Media)
  • Former Galmudug State Leader Voices Concern Over Galkayo Fighting (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Traffic Commandant Reports Major Changes In The Traffic Department (Villa Puntland)
  • Parliamentary Committee Oks Extension Of Troop Deployment In UAE Somalia (Yonhap News Agency)
  • UN Envoy For Somalia Concerned About Continuous Detention Of Puntland Journalist (UNSOM)
  • Somalia’s Premier Appoints New Ministers Of Industry Energy (Bloomberg)
  • All Return Is Not The Same Return (Maandeeq)

November 24, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali PM Makes Minor Cabinet Reshuffle Two Ministers Replaced (Hiiraan Online)
  • We Are Committed To Entrenching Political Party System In Somalia Interior Minister Says (Goobjoog News)
  • Kahda District Upgrades 2km Road In The District (Goobjoog News)
  • Consultative Forum Report Indicates Puntland Favors Geographical Representation Model In 2016 Elections (Villa Puntland)
  • Sweden Responds Early To Save Lives In The Somali Region Of Ethiopia (WFP)
  • Galmudug Regional Assembly Members Undergo Training On Parliamentary Functions (AMISOM)
  • Recent Floods Damage Supply Routes Vital Infrastructure In Somalia UN Relief Wing Warns (UN News Centre)
  • Al-Shabaab Wants IS To Back Off In East Africa (BBC)

November 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Fighting Ceases In Galkayo But Tension High As Leaders Intervene (Goobjoog News/Villa Puntland)
  • Long-serving Somali Diplomat Dies Aged 72 (Hiiraan Online)
  • Fact-finding Committee To Deliver The Findings Of The Wall Construction By Kenya To The Parliament(Goobjoog News)
  • UN Envoy For Somalia Nicholas Kay Praises ISWA Government Efforts To Establish Strong And Representative Institutions (UNSOM)
  • Implications Of Kenyan Al-Shabaab Recruits Defecting From The Militia To Return Home (The Star)
  • Somali-American Student From Columbus Youngstown State Senior Earn Rhodes Scholarships (Daily Journal/AP)
  • Can Ethiopia’s Railway Bring Peace To Somalia? (BBC)
November 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

November 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Police Conduct Security Sweep Outside Mogadishu Detain Al-Shabaab Suspects (Shabelle News)
  • Over Five Hundred Families Displaced By Floods In Fanweyn (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali Journalists Based In Nairobi Condemn Arrest Of Television Journalist In Garowe (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Reopens Its US Embassy After 24 Years (CCTV)
  • Minneapolis Community Struggles With ISIS Recruiting Tactics (CBS News)
  • Korea China Conduct Joint Anti-piracy Drills (The Korea Herald)
  • Somalia Blames Deforestation On Saudi Arabia Smoking Too Much Shisha In UN Submission(Metro.co.uk)
  • Africans Too Patient With Politicians – Somali Activist (The Observer)