Daily Monitoring Report

August 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Literary Feast As Mogadishu International Book Fair Opens (Goobjoog News)
  • President Asks Dinsor Residents To Work With Security Agencies To Defeat Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
  • Somalia Members Of Parliament Expose Corruption And Money-Laundering In Finance Ministry (Somali Current)
  • Local Elder Gunned Down In Belet Weyne Hiiraan Region (Somali Update)
  • Dozens Killed As Somali Al-Shabaab Ambush Troops: Government (Times Live)
  • Minnesota FBI: Terror Arrests Haven’t Stopped Travel Plots (Business Insider/Associated Press)
  • Flush Out Militants Living In Lamu’s Ras Mboni Forest (Standard Digital)
  • The Ties That Bind Pt. II (Mandeeq.com)

August 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Forces Kill 12 ‘Al-Shabaab’ Militants Near Garbaharey Town (Xinhua)
  • Somali National Army And AMISOM Attack Al-Shabaab In The Bay Region (Radio Dalsan)
  • First Civilian Plane Lands In Bardhere After Militants’ Ouster (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia Gives Turkish Firm 20-Year Contract To Run Mogadishu Port (Horseed Media)
  • Galmudug Ministers Likely To Be Appointed (Radio Dalsan)
  • 10 Suspected Al-Shabaab Recruits Arrested In Kenya (The Standard)
  • Somali Police Investigate Minnesota-born Teen’s Death At Boarding School (StarTribune)
  • Two Hundred Al-Shabaab Linked-Youth Go Missing After Release (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia National Human Rights Day An Opportunity To Enhance Accountability (RBC Radio)

August 25, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Border Wall Will Ward Off Terrorists Says Mandera Governor Ali Roba (Daily Nation)
  • Shariif Hassan Asks AMISOM To Double Their Efforts To Ensure His Administration Reaches All Corners Of Bay and Bakol (Wacaal Media)
  • Spurious Banknotes Paid To Puntland Government Employees (Garowe Online)
  • Acute Water Shortage Hits Hafun Locality (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Grand Consultation Conference To Kick Off On Tuesday (Villa Puntland)
  • Somaliland Re-buries Skeletons Uncovered From Mass Grave (Hiiraan Online)
  • Djibouti Denies Claims Of ‘Hidden Agenda’ In Somalia Operation (Xinhua)
  • St. Cloud Somalis Hope Bullying Won’t Return For New School Year (MPR News)
  • Family Believes Minnesota Teen Killed At School In Somalia For Being American (KMSP-TV/Minneapolis-St.Paul)
  • Islamabad’s Little Somalia (Herald)
  • The Wedding That Was A Feast For The Senses (Somali Current)

August 24, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Three Al-Shabaab Fighters Die After Attack On Somali National Army Military Base (Goobjoog News)
  • Jubbaland Bars Universal TV From Operating In Its Territories (Wacaal Media)
  • German Deputy Ambassador To Somalia Arrives In Bossaso (Villa Puntland)
  • Somali National Army Overpowers Al-Shabaab In Lower Shabelle (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Scores Of Wounded Victims Airlifted To Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Bardhere Town Comes To Life After Liberation From ‘Al-Shabaab’ (Xinhua)
  • Somali President UAE Envoy Talk Mutual Interests (Gulf Today)
  • Australian Aid Money Misused Says Canberra (Bernama.com)
  • Albayrak Group To Operate Somalia’s Mogadishu Port (Daily Sabah)
  • An Insider’s Guide To Mogadishu: ‘There’s No Life Without Peace’ (The Guardian)
  • Disposition of Impeachment Motion Will Shape Somali Politics (Hiiraan Online)

August 21, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Set To Inspect Shipments Over Quality Concerns (Hiiraan Online)
  • Bardhere Airport To Start Its Operation (Goobjoog News)
  • Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a  Galmudug Vice President Detained In Adaado (Wacaal Media)
  • Somalia PM Appoints Special Envoy For Child Rights (Horseed Media)
  • Extension of Government’s Deadline On Vacating State Owned Properties (Villa Puntland )
  • On The Frontline Of Somalia’s Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Al Jazeera)
  • Football ‘Sweetens’ Life For Somali Orphans At Turkish School (Soko25East)
  • Somali Members of Parliament Set To Impeach President For Corruption (Azeri Press Agency)
  • Why People Jump Lives And Confuse Politicians (Business Day)
  • Somalia Is Back (Mareeg Media)

August 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia: International Community ‘Concerned’ On President Impeachment Motion (Horseed Media)
  • More Ugandan Police Officers Join Colleagues In Mogadishu  (Wacaal Media)
  • Policing In Newly Liberated Areas Kickstarts (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Soldiers To Be Equipped For War On Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
  • Afgoye District Commissioner Orders IDPs To Vacate Government Buildings (Goobjoog News)
  • Soma Oil & Gas Requests Meeting With UN Over Somalia Allegations (Bloomberg)
  • Doing It Themselves: The Rebuilding Of Somalia’s Higher Education Sector (Time Higher Education)
  • Anti-radicalisation Day Held For Parents Worried About Children Going To Syria (Bristol Post)
  • Youth Unemployment In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)

August 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Kenyan Parliamentarians In Somalia To Discuss Bilateral Relations (Somali Update)
  • Despite Domestic Opposition International Community Hails Jubaland President’s Re-election (Hiiraan Online)
  • Tension High In Garbaharey Following Standoff Between Forces Allied To Incoming And Outgoing Administrations (Wacaal Media)
  • Galmudug Parliament Gives  President Guled 15 More Days To Form Cabinet (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Bur-Dhubo Hospital Struggles With Shortage Of Medical Supplies (Goobjoog News)
  • IGAD Top Envoy Shields Jubaland Administration From Frustration (Somali Current)
  • Garowe City Council Members Sworn Into Office (Villa Puntland)
  • Egypt: Al-Azhar Sheikh – We Are Keen On Supporting Somalia To Confront Extremism (All Africa)
  • Police: Vandalism Probe Lacks Evidence Of Race Motive (SC Times)
  • Somali Youth Group Wilderness Program Partner To Give Twin Cities Girls A Special Trip To Yellowstone (Star Tribune)
  • The Somali Federal Government Is A House On Fire With No Exit Part (Wardheer News)
  • On The Other Side Of Mogadishu (Somali Current)

August 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Five People Died In Deadly Battle In South Of Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Helicopter Attacks Destroy Al-Shabaab Vehicles In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Member of Parliaments Distance Themselves From President Motion Claim Their Signatures Forged  (Wacaal Media)
  • Prime Minister Appoint Yahya As The Permanent Secretary For Interior Affairs (Jowhar Online)
  • Finance Minister Requests Somalia’s Foreign Debts To Be Forgiven (Radio Muqdisho)
  • We Are Waiting For High Court Clearance Says Member of Parliament On Impeachment Motion(Goobjoog News)
  • Growing Number Of Former Al-Shabaab Fighters Giving Up Arms To Lead A Normal Life (Somali Current)
  • Inspector General Unveils Kenya’s Faces Of Terror (Mediamax/K24 TV)
  • Foundation To Help Somali People (Gulf Today)
  • St. Cloud Immigrants Get Global News In Unusual Ways (St. Cloud Times)
  • Caribou Employee Apologizes For Post About Somalis (MPR News)
  • Somalia: A letter from Jamaame (Horseed Media)

August 17, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Member of Parliaments Reject Mediations Insist On President’s Impeachment (Hiiraan Online)
  • Security Forces Discover Illicit Liquor (Goobjoog News)
  • Residents Of Garbaharey Demonstrate Against Jubaland Head And Ethiopian Forces (Wacaal Media)
  • Pro-Madoobe Demonstrations To Kick Off In Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
  • Speaker Meets Independent Constitution Review Committee (Somali Update)
  • Abdi Becomes The First Somali To Graduate As a Marine Corp (Somali Current)
  • Uganda Deploys More Police Officers To Somalia (New Vision)
  • Somali Transplants Put Down Roots In Maine (The Boston Globe)
  • Mr President Your Boarding Pass Is-Ready For Collection (Wardheer News)

August 14, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ethiopian Soldiers Have Got No Rights To Interfere Somalia’s Affairs Says Member of Parliament (Goobjoog News)
  • Four Cleared To Run For The Position Of Jubbaland Head Of State (Wacaal Media)
  • Former Minister Says Motion Against The President Will Be A Setback To The Upcoming State Formation (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Signs Education Agreement with Egypt (Radio Danan)
  • Puntland President Meets The Public In Galkayo (Horseed Media)
  • Appeals Court Orders Life Sentences For 5 Somali Pirates (Yahoo News/Associated Press)
  • Somali Militia Treated Them Cruelly Malaysian Shows Them Kindness (Star 2 Malaysia)
  • Burnsville Man Charged After Accidentally Shooting Friend (Star Tribune)
  • An Instagram Inside Somalia: I moved From Canada To Mogadishu To Meet My Mother – And Stayed(The Independent)
  • ‘Au Revoir Mogadishu’: A 1970s-80s Somali Disco Mixtape (Okayafrica.com)