July 30, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Full Speech: Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Opening Remarks HLPF Forum (Somali Update)
As Government Dismisses 2016 Popular Elections UN Rules Out Somali Leaders’ Possible Term Extension (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Bars Media From Covering Ex-president’s Hero Welcome Home (Garowe Online)
Heritage Institute Says They Have Foreseen Failure Of 2016 Election (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland In Operation To Liberate Buaale And Hagar (Wacaal Media)
Mogadishu: IDPs Trying To Get Alternative Sources Of Income (Radio Ergo)
Somalia Offers Apology Seeks China’s Help (China Daily)
Plan To Build Wall On Somali Border On course Insists CS (Media Max)
Crisis in Europe: Ismail’s Journey To Italy (Save The Children)

July 29, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

High Level Partnership Forum Opens In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Two Al-Shabaab Militants Executed In Bulagadud (Wacaal Media)
Constituent Assembly Opens In Kismayo To Adopt Jubbaland Charter (Goobjoog News)
Faroole Accuses Federal Government Of Trashing Constitution And Causing Friction Among Local Administrations (Wacaal Media)
Ahlu Sunna fighters In Bardhere Integrated In To National Army ( Goobjoog News)
Somalia Police Locks Down Key Roads In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Embassy Continues Its Work In Aftermath Of Car Bombing (China Daily)
Obama Warns On Africa Leaders Refusing To Step Down (BBC)
Senior AMISOM Officials Visit Barawe Hospital In South Somalia (Coastweek)
The Rule of Law And Security Institutions Group (UNSOM)

July 28, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

No General Elections In 2016 Says Somali Parliament Speaker (RBC Radio)
National Conference Set To Open In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
Obama Lauds Ethiopia Over Fight Against Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
Galmudug Assembly Amends Its Provisional Charter To Appease Puntland (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Attack Will Not Affect ‘Diplomatic Missions’: FM (Garowe Online)
SIMHA Condemns The Killing of Journalists In Mogadishu Hotel Attack (Radio Dalsan)China Condemns Somalia Hotel Bombing (CRI English)
Obama Rules Out Sending Troops To Somalia (The Economic Times)
UK Pledges To Deepen Support To Somalia (Public Finance International)
Talented Somali Refugee Dreams Of New Life In America To Honour Father Who Died For His Art(UNHCR.Org)
Piracy Analysis: EU Somali Coastguard Initiative Delivers (IHS Maritime 360)

July 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Death Toll Rises In Jazeera Hotel Attack (Wacaal Media)
Somali President: A Message for the Terrorists: Our Resilience Will Triumph Over Your Brutality (Somali Update)
Somali Foreign Minister Says Al-Shabaab Attacks Will Not Deter International Community’s Presence In Mogadishu (RBC Radio)
AMISOM And Government Forces Battle Al-Shabaab Between Garbaharey And Baardheere (Wacaal Media)
Ethiopian Forces Vow To Eliminate Al-Shabaab (Baidoa News)
Puntland To Upgrade Animal Quarantines (Googjoog News)
New Kenyan Ambassador To Somalia Unhurt In Al Shabaab Attack (Radio Dalsan)
Chinese National Killed In Somalia Bombing (Yahoo News/Reuters)
China Strongly Condemns Attack In Somalia (Xinhua)
While Obama Talks Security In Kenya Al-Shabaab Carries Out Attack In Somalia (NPR News)
Somalis: After The Terror (International Policy Digest)
From SYL Ideals To Mini Ethno States: How Federalism Is Tearing Somalia Apart (Hiiraan Online)

July 24, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali AU Troops Capture Al-Shabaab Stronghold: Defense Minister (The Star Lebanon)
UN Envoy For Somalia Welcomes Inauguration Of Galmudug Interim Administration President (Garowe Online)
Allied Forces Approach Dinsor Rebels Withdraw (Hiiraan Online)
IGAD Promises To Reconcile Puntland And Ahlu Sunna With Galmudug State (Wacaal Media)
Somalia President Says Committed To Reconciliation (Garowe Online)
Somaliland – 8th Hargeysa International Book Fair (Hiiraan Online)
What’s On The Agenda As Barack Obama Comes to Kenya (NDTV)
President Restores Somali Arts And Culture Academy (Pulse Nigeria)
MAST Security Update: Libya Yemen And Kenya/Somalia (Hellenincshippingnews.com)
An Encounter With Somali Hospitality (Sahan Journal)
Photos: Pumping Iron And Making Art While Stuck In The World’s Largest Refugee Camp (PBS)

July 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Coalition Forces Head to Diinsoor Town Amid Heavy Military Offensive (Somali Update)
Ethiopian Forces Accused Of Killing Civilians In Bakool Region (Wacaal Media)
Dr. Ismael Jim’ale Human Rights Organization Says Marka Toll Stands At 22 (Goobjoog News)
Unmarried Men In Hargeisa Stage Protests Over Hiked Dowry And Bride Prices (Wacaal Media)
Djibouti’s US Ambassador Dies Aged 71 (Mustaqbal Radio)
President: ”UK’s Support Is Vital To Somalia’s Recovery” (Mareeg Media)
AU Somali forces Kill 17 Militants In South Somalia (Xinhua)
AU Somali Troops Take Al-Shabaab Town (News 24)
Suffocating Security Ahead Of Obama’s Kenya Visit (Times Live)
Obama’s Trip Raises Security Concerns (CNN Politics)

July 22, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Government And AMISOM Forces Take Control Of Juungal Ahead Of Baardheere Offensive (Wacaal Media)
Efforts To End Inter-clan Hostility In Jowhar District (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland: NEC Jumpstarts Phase I Of Voter Registration (Somaliland Sun)
Yemenis Pitch Camp In Mogadishu As Government Pledges To settle Them (Goobjoog News)
Thousands Flee As SNA And AMISOM Close In Al-Shabaab Stronghold (Radio Dalsan)
AU Troops Launch Airstrikes In South Somalia (Xinhua)
Kenyatta And Obama To Talk Security And Flights (Times Live)
Airline In Air Force One Security Breach: Report (Sky News)
Internship Program Growing In Cedar Riverside Neighborhood (CBS Minnesota)
Uganda’s Pullout Is No Guarantee To Al-Shabaab’s Terror End (New Vision)
Survivor Describes Her Body Being Consumed By Pain (Sky News)

July 21, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

New UN Deputy Special Representative Of The Secretary-General For Somalia Arrives In Mogadishu(Mareeg Media)
Galmudug President Donates To Galkayo-Hobyo Road Project (Goobjoog News)
Guleed And IGAD Delegation Expected In Dhusamareb Today As They Seek To Resolve Ahlu Sunna Standoff (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Government Delays Garowe Bossaso District Councils (Garowe Online)
Somalia Not Yet Ready To Manage Its Own Airspace (Horseed Media)
Somali President Reasserts Hiiraan Middle Shabelle Regions Integration Initiative (Hiiraan Online)
Women Want Obama To Discuss Withdrawing Soldiers From Somalia (The Star)
US Authorities Allege Oregon Imam Assisted Radicals (ABC News/Associated Press)
Syracuse Community Association Helps Immigrants Adjust To Life In Central New York (Local.syr.com)
U.S. Congress Urges President Obama To Nominate New Ambassador ASAP (Mareeg Media)
UN Special President for Somalia: Mr. President Stop Democracy of Hypocrisy (RBC Radio)

July 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

African Union Troops In New Offensive Against Al-Shabaab (Horseed Media)
Our First Priority Is Security Of Our State Says Galmudug President (Goobjoog News)
Ahlu Sunna Takeover Areas Previously Under Government Control (Wacaal Media)
Town of Armo Police Academy To Reopen Soon (Goobjoog News)
Wajir County Establishes Anti Radicalization Office To Counter Terror (Radio Dalsan)
Kenya: Al-Shabaab Set Up Camp In Boni Forest (The Star)
Lithuanian Troops Leaving For Somalia Anti-piracy Operation (The Lithuania Tribune)
Kenya And Somalia Feuds Far From Over (The Star)
How Severe Is The terror Threat In East Africa? (BBC News)
A Perfect Somali Political Regrouping In Picture (Horseed Media)
Universal TV’s Interview With Newly Appointed British Ambassador to Somalia Ms Harriet Mathews(Universal TV)

July 17, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali President Extends Eid Message To Somalis (Goobjoog News)
The US Government Joins The International Effort to Combat Piracy Off The Coast Of Somalia (Mustaqbal Radio)
Information Minister: “Somali People Demonstrated A Conclusive Rejection Of Violence And Intimidation By Extremists.” (Goobjoog News
Full-fledged UN Peacekeeping Mission In Somalia Would Be ‘High-risk Undertaking’ Security Council Told (UN News Centre)
Hargeisa: Inside Somaliland’s Would-be Capital City (CNN)
Investing In Post-War Somalia To Advance US Strategic Interests (The Hill)