July 16, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

US Drone Strike Kills Two Senior Al-Shabaab Commanders In Somalia Stronghold (The Star)
Parliament Speaker Warns Police Bosses Not To Involve Politics (Goobjoog News)
Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Visits Qardho (Horseed Media)
Mogadishu Residents Prepare To Celebrate Eid Al-Fitr (Bar-Kulan Radio)
Amid Row Top Somaliland Opposition Party Officials Resign (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Renegade General Back In Garowe After 2 Months Mutiny (Goobjoog News)
New Court Martial Panel Sworn In (New Vision)
Integrate Somali Refugees Into Kenya Society (The Star)
World Braces For Kiprop Farah Collision In Monaco (Daily Nation)
136 Cattle Stolen In Garissa Returned (The Star)
Federal Agents Raid Local Somali Grocery (post bulletin.com)
Somalia Needs A Long Term Focus And Holistic FDI Partners (Garowe Online)
Two Young Somali Designer’s Invention Receives 266% Kickstarter Campaign Funding(allthingssomalia.com)

July 15, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia: 7 Militants Killed After Ambush On Ethiopian Troops (Horseed Media)
Somali President Meets Norway Foreign Minister In Addis Ababa (Goobjoog News)
Guled Fails To Turn Up For Scheduled Meeting With Ahlu Sunna at Abuudwak After The Group Issued Orders Barring Him (Wacaal Media)
Al-Shabaab Releases Hundreds Of Prisoners (Sahmis Online)
Humanitarian Situation In Besieged Town Sours (Horseed Media)
Lamu Attack Victims Were Somalis (The Star)
Somali Man Brings Youths Together With Basketball School (Postbulletin.com)
Somalis To Boycott MOA For Celebration In Stand With Black Lives Matter (CBS Minnesota)
Huge Losses Threaten Somalia’s Vision 2016 (AllAfrica/Institute For Security Studies)
On Minute Al-Shabaab (Al-Jazeera)

July 14, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia Prime Minister On Visit To Puntland As Relations Worsen (Garowe Online)
Government Finally Pays Civil Servants After 4 Months Delay (Goobjoog News)
Connecting Families Fleeing Yemen Conflict (Somali Update)
Second Woman From Diaspora Announces Candidacy For President Of Somalia (Sahan Journal)
Women Milk Sellers Get Cool Boxes (Radio Ergo)
At Least Three Killed In Bomb Attack On Kenyan Police Vehicle (Reuters)
US Issues Travel Warning Ahead Of Obama’s Kenya Visit (e-NCA/AFP)
Kenya Dismisses Somalia Suit In Border Dispute (The East African)
What If Uganda And Kenya Pulled Out Of Somalia? (New Vision)
We Want To Show Our Identity As Somali Muslim Women — But Also We Want To Look Good(Minnpost.com)

July 13, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Somali Militants Attack Base Kill At Least Four Soldiers (Reuters)
Prime Minister Omar Travels To Garowe As Madobe and Gas Team Up Ahead Of 2016 (Goobjoog News)
Head Of Galmudug State Extends An Olive branch To Puntland (Wacaal Media)
Progress Made In Quelling Tension Says Puntland Security Minister (Garowe Online)
Somali Militia Infighting Kills Five In Kismayo (Hiiraan Online)
Neighbourhood Watch Director Resolute In Restoring Safety In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Maritime Suit Against Kenya In Hague (The Star)
Airstrikes Kill 10 Somalis Including Children: Reports (International Business Times)
Kenyan Refugee Camp Friendship Rekindled in St. Cloud (SC Times)
Somalia Suffers From Machiavellian Politics (Mareeg Media)

July 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Kenyan Policemen Freed After Two Years Of Captivity In Somalia (The Guardian Nigeria)
Galmudug Parliament Speaker In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Corruption Allegations Emerge After Galmudug Election (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland Pondering To Sever Ties With Somali Government (Somali Current)
Quran Recitation Contest Kicks Off In Garowe (Radio Bar-Kulan)
In Somali Enclave A Bittersweet Homecoming For Kenya’s Prodigal Sons (Christian Science Monitor)
Kenya To Speed Up Construction Of Security Wall Along Somali Border (News 24/Xinhua)
How Can Somalia Re-emerge? (The Namibian)

July 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Ethiopian Troops Enter Somalia For Attack On Al-Shabaab (VoA)
US Ambassador Says Proposed Kenyan Border Wall Not Good Idea (Radio Dalsan)
President Hassan And Security Agencies Address Armed Forces Welfare (Goobjoog News)
Uneasy Calm Returns To Luuq District In Gedo Region After Thursday Morning Al-shabaab Raid(Wacaal Media)
Puntland Parliament Approves Adjusted Budget (Goobjoog News)
EU Says Piracy Off Somalia Suppressed (Shabelle News)
Somalia To Present Case At UN Court In Maritime Spat With Kenya (Bloomberg)
Minnesota Cracks Down On Child Care Assistance Fraud (Star Tribune )
3 Somali Youth Track Stars Racing Through Record Books In Minneapolis (Fox9.com)
Somali-American Songwriter Rayzak Details The Immigrant Experience In ‘The Garden’ (Okayafrica)

July 8, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

National Security Committee Meets In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
The President Welcomes Successful Election Of The Galmudug Interim Administration (Radio Dalsan)
AMISOM Police Engage In Patrols With Somali Police Force (Jowhar News)
Former District Commissioner Gunned Down In Afgoye (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland Struck Unity Deal With Somali Government Puntland: Wikileaks (Garowe Online)
Somaliland Dwarfs Announce Association To Fight Stereotypes (Radio Dalsan)
Militants Attack Buses In Kenyan Coastal Region (Times Live/AFP)
Car Bomb Kills Two And Leaves Four Injured In Mogadishu (Xinhua)
Prosecutors: Plans For Terror Defendants’ Release ‘Untested (ABC News/AP)
Police Pursue Gunmen Behind Murder Of 14 In Kenya’s Border Town (China.org)
Human Rights In Somalia Still Suffer (VoA)
GOLIS: Transforming Somalia Through Telecommunication (RBC Radio)

July 7, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Grenade Attack Kills Four In Baidoa (Hiiraan Online)
Federal Parliament Endorses Controversial Commissions (Garowe Online)
Federal Government Say Puntland Complains About Galmudug Would Be Settled Through Constitutional Means (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Moves To Reduce Maternal Deaths (Garowe Online)
Kenya Expresses Concern Over Sophisticated Weapons Under Al-Shabaab’s Possession (Wacaal Media)
Houthi Shelling Kills Six Somali Refugees In Yemen (Radio Dalsan)
Al-Shabaab Kills More Than A Dozen In Kenya Attack Weeks Before Obama Visit (The Guardian)
Anti-Piracy Mission Off Somalia To Be Extended (NHK World News)
For Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir A Wish That FIBA Would Catch Up To FIFA (USA Today)

July 6, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Uneasy Calm Returns In Mahadaay And Jalalaqsi After Simultaneous Al-Shabaab Attacks (Wacaal Media)
Puntland President “General Muhyadin Should Surrender And Disarm” (Goobjoog News)
Somalis Fleeing Yemen Arrive In Bossaso (Radio Ergo)
The Somali Federal Government Forces Left Janale District Fear Of Terror (Sahal News)
Interior Ministry Says Italian Company Would Train Somali Youth (Goobjoog News)
Confirmed: Secret U.S. Bases In Somalia U.S. Boots On The Ground (The New American)
Parents’ Agony As Two Students Join Al -Shabaab (Standard Digital)
The President Of Britain’s Largest Muslim Student Group Has Died In A Drowning Incident (Buzzfeed)
The Humanity Never Stops (RBC Radio)

July 3, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia Is Home To Two Secret US Drone Bases – Report (RT)
UN Hails China’s Humanitarian Role In Somalia (Somali Current)
Jubbaland Deploys Troops In Buula-Gaduud Ahead Of Major Offensive On Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
Guri-El District Commissioner Blames Ahlu-Sunna For Disrupting The Future Of Central Regions(Goobjoog News)
EU Training Mission To Provide Somali Army Only With Basic Equipment (Shabelle News)
Ship With Yemen Refugees Docks At The Port City Of Bosaaso (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Four Women Charged Over Al-Shabaab Links (The Star)
Counterfeit Medicine Endangering Somali Lives (Al Jazeera)
UN Official: Donor Fatigue Insecurity Threaten Somalia’s Progress (VOA)
No Visa – No Entry As Kenya Launches New Rules (Global Travel Industry News)
Call To Tell A Different Story About Somalia (BBC)
Somali Economy Would Crumble Without Remittances (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Rising And The Single Story Of Progress (themandeeq.com)