June 4, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Nearly A Dozen Dead In Hiiraan Fighting (Garowe Online)
Fuel Price Rises In Puntland (Radio Ergo)
President Hassan Is Back To Home After Visit To Nigeria & Sudan (Goobjoog News)
Five Kenyan Somalis Languish In Kismaayo Prisons As Suspected Members Of Al-Shabaab (Wacaal Media)
Six Killed As Rival Clans Fight In Southern Somalia (Radio Danan)
Children Die In Measles Outbreak In Middle Shabelle (Radio Ergo)
Al-Shabaab Expands In Kenya Begins “Taxing” Population (Breitbart.com)
United Nations Assistance Mission In Somalia Marks Its 2nd Year (UNSOM)
Kenya: We’ll Flush Out Hostile And Violent Somali Herders Says Kitui Official (The Star)
Somali Health Project Aims To Build Trust (Mankato Free Press)
From Somalian Refugee Camp To College: Desert Pines Senior Runs To Success (Las Vegas Sun)
Education In Kenya Suffers at Hands Of Al-Shabaab Extremists (The New York Times)
Silencing A Political Critic: Let Ali Yare Go Free (Wardheer News)

Somalia Appoints Ambassadors To The US And Turkey (Somali Current)
Food And Fuel Prices Rise In Burdubo (Radio Ergo)
Somaliland Arrests Elders Over Mining Controversy (Hiiraan Online)
Security Operations Kick Off In Baidoa Following Killing Of Deputy Police Commander (Wacaal Media)
Fake Currency Floods Buhodle (Radio Ergo)
Ex-Somali FIFA Official Was First Whistleblower To Expose FIFA Scandal (Sahan Journal)
MasterCard Crosses Final African Frontier As It Enters Somalia (Bloomberg)
Somali MPs Protest Against Border Wall (The Star Kenya)
Kenyan Leader Proposes New Tactics In fight Against Militant Islam (Reuters)
Thousands of Yemenis Seeking Refuge In Troubled Somalia (CCTV)
Geopolitical Showdown in the Horn (Hiiraan Online)

Government Forces and AMISOM Take Over Taaratorow (Wacaal Media)
Tension High As Juba Admin Tries To Seize Hosingow Township (Radio Danan)
UN Human Rights Expert Urges Somalia to Further Protect Human Rights Defenders Including Journalists (Somali Update)
Somalia PM Opens Second Phase Of Adado Conference (Garowe Online)
Construction Work Started On Erigabo Tar Road (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Raises Alarm Over Deteriorating Situation Of Yemeni Refugees (Somali Current)
Al-Shabaab Graft Top List of threats to Kenya: Uhuru (Daily Nation)
Somali Refugees Not Moving Out Of Kenya Any Time Soon Says United Nations (Standard Digital)
Department Of Homeland Security Extends Somali Nationals’ Temporary Protected Status Designation(Breitbart News)
My 977 Days Held Hostage By Somali Pirates (The Guardian)
Minnesota Painter’s Art Captures Scenes Of Pre War Somalia (Star Tribune)

Somalia And Kenya Presidents Hold Talks In Nairobi (Shabelle News)
Somalia Parliament Set To Decide The Fate Of Jubbaland Parliament (Somali Current)
Anyone Who Shed Human Blood Should Not Be Elected As President Of Somali Central State
Says Former President Of Galmudug (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Mayor Dismisses Government Population Survey Estimate (Hiiraan Online)
Jubbaland State’s Constitutional Making Process In Top Gear (Wacaal Media)
Nurture Somali Trust And Use It To Defeat Al-Shabaab Says Wajir North MP ( Daily Nation)
Can Kenya Convince Somali Refugees To Head Home? (Public Radio East)
Lewiston Police Actively Recruiting Officers From Growing Immigrant Community (Portland Press Herald)
Italy Works Against The Somali Compact On Statebuilding (Hiiraan Online)
The Status of Mogadishu As A Capital City (RBC Radio)
Federal State In Central Somalia May Stoke Fresh Grudges (Garowe Online)

Somaliland Calls EU To Mediate Talks With Somalia Government (Somali Current)
Puntland Launches Bosaaso Port Expansion Project (Garowe Online)
Somaliland Orders A Boat Loaded With Somalis Not To Dock At Its Port (Goobjoog News)
Galgaduud Region: Several People Dead In Tribal Clashes (Wacaal News)
Somali President Arrives in Abuja (RBC Radio)
Somalia May Pay 90% Of Oil Revenue To Explorer Under Draft Deal (World Oil)
Portland Swears In Its First Somali-born Police Officer (The Columbian)
Shift To Training Regional Forces As Somali Piracy Decreases (Defence Web)

Al-Shabaab Leader Who Met Osama Bin Laden Dead After Long Illness (Radio Dalsan)
Somalia: Puntland President Fires Bari Governor And Bosaaso Mayor (Horseed Media)
EU Donates $6M To Somalia Government (Somali Current)
Somali Government Forces Engage In Direct Gun Battle In Mogadishu (RBC Radio)
Somalia: Female Journalist Summoned To Puntland Court (Garowe Online)
Somaliland To Pick Berbera Port Partner By End Of Year (Reuters)
Terrorism Conviction Upheld For Ex-janitor At Minneapolis Mosque (Star Tribune)
Somalia: A Threat By Any Name (Financial Mail)

Talks Collapse Between Government And Opposition In Somaliland (Goobjoog News)
Deputy PM Held Meeting With Top Financial Committee (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Launches New Campaign To End Female Genital Mutilation (Radio Danaan)
Kenya Police: No Officers Killed In Al-Shabaab Attack (Somali Current)
Sharmarke and Madoobe Hold Talks To Iron Differences Between The Federal Government And The Regional State (Wacaal News)
Security Council Renews Mandate Of UN Mission in Somalia (Xinhua)
Kenyans Lament Al-Shabaab’s Recruitment Of Youths (Voice of America)
Somali Filmmaker Hopes ‘Lobby’ Prompts Dialogue (Twin Cities Press)

Somaliland Govt Opposition At Loggerheads Over Term Extension (Garowe Online)
Jubbaland Receives Delivery of Rare Military Hardware from UAE (Goobjoog News)
The President: “I Thank Our African Brothers For Supporting Us And I Hope That Somalia Will Soon Be Playing Its Full Role In The Continent” (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland President Hints At Shakeup Over Incompetence (Garowe Online)
Senior Somali Kenyan Politician In Hot Water After Failing To Submit Al-Shabaab List (Somali Current)
Al-Shabaab Executes 4 For Spying For Kenya And Ethiopia (Wacaal News)
Al-Shabaab Militants Kill 20 Kenyan Policemen in Northeast (Bloomberg)
Al-Shabaab Takes Control Of Strategic Town In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
Somalia’s New International Bank Brings More Debit Cards to War-Torn Country (All Africa/Radio France International)

Fighting Breaks Out In Marka Town (Radio Danaan)
Yemen Launches Consulate In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Expert Says Somali President Has No Control Over Security (Radio Dalsan)
Products In Somalia To Be Inspected As Govt Contracts Turkish Firm (Somali Current)
UN Official Condemns Killing Of Parliamentarian Reiterates Support For Political Process (UN News Centre)
KDF ‘Aiding’ Sh22b Illegal Charcoal Trade (Standard Digital)
The Surgeons Of Mogadishu (Al Jazeera English)
The Legal And Constitutional Context Of The Garowe Agreement (RBC Radio)

Several Suspects Arrested In Kismaayo Following Killing Of Traditional Leader (Wacaal Media)
Luuq Administration Opposes The Motion Presented Before The Federal Parliament (Goobjoog News)
Former Somalia Premier Urges Somali Diaspora To Participate Somalia Democratic Process (Somali Current)
Qardo Welcomes In Style Puntland Head Of State (Wacaal Media)
Al-Shabaab Called To Pledge Allegiance To ISIS (Somali Current)
EU Steps Up Engagement In Support Of Somali Culture (Somali Current)
War-Torn Somalia Opens 2nd Bank In Capital (Xinhua)
Al-Shabaab Fighters Storm Garissa Mosques Threaten ‘Traitors’ Day After Ethiopian Soldiers Crossed To Kenya (Standard Digital News)
Mogadishu’s Lido beach: Sun Surf And… Grenade (BBC)