June 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia Thwarts Al-Shabaab Attack On Conference But 7 killed (News 24)
Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility For Adaado Attack (Wacaal Media)
Ramadan In Mogadishu: A Fearful Month Ahead (Hiiraan Online)
Security Measures To Be Introduced In Garowe ( RBC Radio)
Nugaal University Computer Science Students Create Intranet And E-Learning Platform (RBC Radio)
The New Police Unit That Has Got Mogadishu Talking (Somali Current)
Ethiopia Prime Minister Says Consolidates Efforts To Bring Peace To Somalia (Mareeg Media)
The Cost Of A Cigarette In Somalia (Malta Today)
Maine’s Newest Entrepreneurs Thriving Despite Obstacles (MPBN New)

June 17, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Ahlu Sunna Told To Leave Dhusa Mareb (Somali Current)
Ahlu Suna New Proposals For Peace In Central Regional State Formation (Radio Dalsan)
Reconciliation Conference in Hiran Set for Extension (Goobjoog News)
Somalia AMISOM Police To Ensure Safety During Ramadhan ( Shabelle News)
Puntland Leader Sacks 8 Ministers In First Cabinet Reshuffle (Garowe Online)
Somalia Aviation Minister Visits ICAO Headquarters (Goobjoog News)
Muslims Advised To Pray For War Victims This Ramadan (The Observer)
MSDF Anti-Piracy Mission Off Somalia To Be Extended By Another Year (Japan Times)
Somali Man Accused In Amanda Lindhout Kidnapping Intends To Seek Legal Aid (Ottawa Citizen)
Independence Day Of Somalia Celebrated In St. Cloud Minnesota (Wire Service Blog)
A Disheveled Sharmarke Comes To The Beltway (Wardheer News)

June 16, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali Islamists Kill At Least Three Soldiers In Roadside Blast (Reuters)
Heavy Presence Of Armed Forces In Baidoa As Regional State Seeks To Thwart Terror Attacks( Wacaal Media)
Hope for Somali Children On The International Day Of The African Child (Goobjoog News)
Baidoa Youth Put Skills Training Into Practice (Radio Ergo)
Somali President Meets Tanzanian President (Goobjoog News)
Intellectuals From Gedo Region Brush Aside Jubbaland Draft Constitution (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Security Forces On High Alert For Al-Shabaab Militants (SpyGhana/Xinhua)
‘Don’t Cry For Me I’ll Be In Paradise’: Body Of Briton Who Died Fighting For Al-Shabaab Islamists Will Stay In Kenya ( Daily Mail)
Faces Of The Somali Remittance Crisis ( The Stranger)
Somaliland Surprise Stars Of African Nations Cup UK (WSC.com)
Hedge Fund Managers Pitch In To Give Young Somalis An Education ( Institutional Investor)
Should Somali Government Print Money? (RBC Radio)

June 15, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Interior Minister Heads To Dhuusamareeb As Federal Government Seeks To Resolve Ahlusuna Stand-off(Wacaal Media)
Gedo Elders Oppose IJA Regional Charter (Goobjoog News)
Puntland President To Open The 35th Session Of The Puntland Parliament (Radio RBC)
GarissaWajir And Mandera Residents Begin 30 Day Peace Walk (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Somali Government Set To Print More Money (Somali Current)
Sustainable Charcoal Reduction Summit Held in Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
From Dadaab Refugee Camp To Harvard University (Sahan Journal)
British Terrorist Thomas Evans Among 11 Al-Shabaab Militia Killed In Lamu (The Star Kenya)
Amanda Lindhout speaks out on arrest of Somali man accused in kidnapping (The Toronto Star)
Al-Shabab Garissa Raid: Militants Storm Kenya Border Village Target Military Vehicle With IED(International Business Times)
Dadaab Refugees Live In Fear Of Camp Closure (Standard Digital)
A President In Search Of Foreign Trips (Hiiraan Online)
Global Somali Women Launch Movement To Play An Important Role In Politics (Sahan Journal)
Somali Female MPs Complete Capacity Building Training On The Law And Media (AMISOM)

June 12, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Ethiopian Forces Repulse Al-Shabaab In Fierce Gunfight After Ambush In Bay Region (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Seeks More Participation In Eala Affairs As It Awaits EAC Approval (Goobjoog News)
Farmers Fleeing Drought Arrive In Bardale (Radio Ergo)
Somalia Police Force Recruits High School Graduates (Somali Current)
Federal Government Seeks To Resolve Stand-off With Jubbaland (Wacaal Media)
Gedo Admin Denies Big Rally Against AU Held In South Somalia (Shabelle News)
Charcoal Traffic: One Million Bags Of Terror (Standard Digital)
Kenya To Restrict Dadaab Refugee Movement Over Al-Al-Shabaab Concerns (Xinhua)
Minnesota Somali-American Ordered Held For Trial On Charges Of Trying To Help Islamic State(Reuters/Yahoo News)
Security Sector Gets Lion Share In Budget Allocation (Capital News)
Somali Event Aims To Promote Respect Understanding (SC Times)
Can E-learning Save The Somali Language Of The Next Generation? (Hiiraan Online)

June 11, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somalia Petitions To Join EAC (RBC Radio)
Somalia’s Humanitarian Crisis Remains Fragile Says UN Humanitarian Coordination Office (Somali Update)
UAE Delivers Second Military Aid To Somalia (Goobjoog News)Win The Heart Of The Win Win The Heart Of The Citizens To Defeat Al-Shabaab Somalia Government Told (Somali Current)
Tribal Clashes Leave 10 Dead In War-sheikh Town (Shabelle News)
Somali Foreign Minister Says OIC Relevant Despite Numerous Challenges (Radio Dalsan)
UN Peacekeepers Regularly ‘Swap Jewellery And Dresses For Sex’ Finds Report (The Telegraph)
AU Summit Gives South Africa Chance to Calm Xenophobia Outrage (Bloomberg Business)
Kenya Shifts Anti-terror Focus Offers Amnesty To Militant Youth (World Magazine)
A Former Muslim’s Grave Warning To America (American Thinker)
Maine City Recruiting Somalis As Cops (wnd.com)
Kenya: Education Crisis Looms Near Border With Somalia As 2000 Teachers Flee Due To Al-Shabaab Attacks (International Business Times)

June 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Interior Minister Urges Ahlu Sunna To Withdraw From Dhusamareb (Shabelle News)
Statistic Information By Soma Oil And Gas Belongs To Somali Government And Its People Says Petroleum Minister (Goobjoog News)
Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a Militia Reject Pull-back Calls (Horseed Media)
Mogadishu-bound Turkish Airline Abandons Passengers At Djibouti Airport (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland President Replaces His Chief Of Staff (Goobjoog News)
Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a Seize More Towns In Central Somalia (Somali Current)
A Section Of Gedo Residents Take To The Streets Over “Inaction” By AMISOM (Wacaal Media)
EALA Speaker And Somalia Parliament Counterpart Hold Talks In Kampala (Star Africa)
Fate Of Police Officer Abducted By Al-Shabaab In 2013 Still Uncertain (Standard Digital)
Former Regional Editor Helps Found New Bilingual Newspaper (holdthefrontpage.co.uk)
MasterCard Taps Into Somalia’s Remittance Money Battles Visa In Africa (International Business Times)
Judge OKs Home Release For MN Man Convicted Of Threatening FBI Agents (MPR News)
The Perilous Plague Without A Bridle (Somaliland Sun)

June 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali Leader Predicts Defeat Of Extremists By End Of 2015 (Yahoo News/Associated Press)
As MasterCard Enters Somali Financial Markets Get Boosted By Payment Card Processor (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Starts Major Relocation Of Yemeni Refugees (Horseed Media)
Jubbaland Asks Hassan Sheikh To Come Clear On Action By Federal Parliament (Wacaal Media)
Vision 2016: Jubbaland Sees Red (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Detains Social Media Imposters (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia Army Regroups To Re-take Over Dhusamareb (Shabelle News)
Somalia: UN Envoy Applauds Successes As Country ‘Comes Together’ (UN News Centre)
Qatar Charity Launches Iftar Project In 40 Countries (The Peninsula Online)
Somali Australian Council Of Victoria Gets $50000 To Fight Radicalisation and Extremism (The Herald Sun)
Man 25 Shot Dead Near Cedar Cultural Center In Minneapolis (Star Tribune)
High Court Declines Review Of Somali Man’s Asylum Bid (Law 360)
Mo Farah’s Medical Records Probed As He’s Urged To Ditch Salazar (London Evening Star)
Yemen’s ‘Permanent Refugees’ Quest For Somaliland Haven (Middle East Eye)
The Danger of False Narratives: Al-Shabaab’s Faux Ivory Trade (Council On Foreign Relations)

June 8, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Hundreds Of Somali Passengers Stranded In Nairobi As Kenya Suspends Flights To Somalia (Somali Current)
Somalia UAE Sign Bilateral Aviation Agreement (Hiiraan Online)
Jubbaland Head Of State Jets Back In Kismaayo (Wacaal Media)
Anti-Federal Government Demonstrations Kick Off In Kismaayo (Wacaal Media)
Somali Government Vows To Take Stern Action Against Ahlu Sunna (Somali Current)
Ahlu Sunni Forces Tightens Grip On Dhusamareeb After Surprising Take-Over (Goobjoog News)
Somali-Led Shebab Militants Are Bringing Their Attacks To Northeastern Kenya (AFP/Atlanta Black Star)
Key Somali State Cuts Ties With Federal Government (Xinhua)
Mayo Clinic’s Somali Health Project Aims To Build Trust (The Washington Times)
Fighting The Stigma: Resident Wins Award For Raising Autism Awareness (Savagepacer.com)
‘Drained’ Farah Withdraws From Diamond League Meet (AFP/Times of India)
Three Simple Tricks President Mohamud Must Learn (RBC Radio)
Somalia Is Tired Of Conflict And Distruction (Fair Observer)

June 5, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Somali Cabinet Names New Head Of Constitutional Review Commission (Wacaal Media)
Sultan Madoobe: I Shall Desert Somali State Formation Conference If The Government Does Not Come With Clear Plan (Goobjoog News)
US Upbeat On Somalia’s ‘Fragile’ Progress (Hiiraan Online)
The AMISOM Police Training Unit Has Concluded A Two Week Close Protection Course For 30 Officers Of The Somali Police Force in Baidoa (Radio Dalsan)
Startups Are Bringing Mobile Banking To Remote Villages (The Guardian)
Arab League Calls For Providing Aid To Somalia Djibouti (Kuwait News Agency)
In Minnesota ISIS Offers A Different Allure (U.S. News)
Kenyans Take Out Anger At Al-Shabaab On Somali Residents (France 24)
UNSOM 2nd Year Anniversary (UNSOM)
Somaliland: Suleiman Gaal Is Still Adamant On His Illegal Decision But The Law Will Prevail (Somaliland Sun)