April 30, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Deputy Premier Returns Home (Radio Mogadishu)
Large-scale Security Sweep Detains Dozens Outside Capital (Hiiraan online)
Ex-Somalia PMs Want Mogadishu Federated (Garowe Online)
Rights Group Demands Somaliland Authorities Free Detained Human Rights Activist (Mareeg Media)
South-West President Reaches Garowe (RBC Radio)
Shock As Former US Senator Brands Somalis in US ‘Terrorist’ (Somali Current)
Uganda Opposition Worried By Museveni Military Service Proposal (RFI English)
Somali Hotel Chain Owner Strives To Make A Difference (VOA English)
Guidelines For A Somali Maritime Administration Being Drawn Up (Allafrica.com)
Vision 2016: Beyond Ownership And How to Make it Happen! (Hiiraan Online)

April 29, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Bomb Targets UNOCHA Officer In Galkayo (Garowe Online)
Somali President Receives High Profile Reception In Garowe (Radio RBC)
Jubaland Concludes Election Of Parliament Speaker (Goobjoog News)
Mogadishu Aden Ade International Airport Flights Double (Somali Update)
Somalia Expresses Gratitude For Djibouti’s Continued Assistance (Wacaal Media)
Government Should Not Surrender To Terrorists Says Musalia Mudavadi (Standard Media)
Somali Man Charged With Making A Fake Refugee Certificate (The Star Kenya)
Kenyan Police Question Parliamentary Employee Over Possible Plot (Reuters)
Sicilian Court Convicts 20 Somalis Of Migrant-Trafficking (ABC/AP)
Who Is A Somali? (Wardheer News)
Ambassador Americo: Bye Kenya Hello Villa Somalia (Sahan Journal)

April 28, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Forty Somali Refugees Killed By Saudi-led Bombing Campaign In Yemen (Goodjoog News)
President Mohamud Applauds Jubbaland Parliament Formation (RBC Radio)
Drama As Two Bullet-Proof Vans Arrive In Mogadishu From The US (Somali Current)
Somalia President Convenes Federal Parliament (Garowe Online)
Likely Candidates To Clinch The Position Of Speaker Of Jubbaland Parliament (Wacaal Media)
Somali Infighting May Halt Landmark Election (The Times Africa)
Kenya Senate Staff Arrested Over Plot To Bomb Kenyan Parliament (Standard Media)
In Bid To Counter Al-Shabaab Kenya Tightens Noose On Aid Efforts For Somalis (Devex.com)Pay Up Or Die: Mogadishu At Mercy Of Al-Shabaab (The Times)
Uganda President Gives Rare Insight Into Shabaab Attacks In Kenya Somalia Kampala – and America’s Fail (Mail & Guardian Africa)

April 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Puntland President Vows To ‘Degrade’ Al-Shabaab Insurgents (Horseed Media)
Premier Sharmarke: Regional Administration For Hiraan And Middle Shabele Regions In The Pipeline(Wacaal Media)
Somalia PM Calls Remittances Shut Down By Kenya ‘Worrying’ (Garowe Online)
Investigations Of UN Mini-bus Attack Are Still Ongoing But Will Be Concluded Soon Says Gaas
(Goobjoog Media)
Somalia Government Urges Somali Diaspora To Support Somalis In Yemen (Somali Current)
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Kills Three Officials Former Lawmaker In Mogadishu (International Business Times)
Somalia FM Says His Country and Kenya Are On Good Terms (VOA)
Garissa KMTC Closed As Government Fails To Provide Security (Daily Nation)
Minneapolis Nonprofit Tests Program To Pull Teens From Terror’s Grasp (Star Tribune)
What Kenya Wants From Somalia (Hiraan Online)

April 24, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Hundreds Demonstrate In Garbaharay Against Interim Jubba Administration (Goobjoog News)
British Ambassador To Somalia Visits Kismayo Applauds IJA On Progress Made (Radio RBC)
Mogadishu University’s Bosaso Campus Holds Awareness Campaigns For Local Residents (Wacaal Media)
Kenya To Plead To Donors Over The Closure Of Dadaab Refugee Camps (Somali Current)
Parliament’s Social Services Development Committee Concern Over Situation Of Somali Refugees(Goobjoog News)
Mandera Chief Abducted By Suspected Al-Shabaab Gunmen Leaders Demand KDF’s Return From Somalia (The Star Kenya)
Somali PM Sees Risk To His Country In Yemen Strife (Leadership/AFP)
Somalia Seeks To Drive Militants From Southern Valley Bases – PM (Reuters)
The Long Journey To Understanding Between Kenya And Somalia (Networked News .org)

April 23, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Puntland Identified Suspect Of Suicide Bombing In Garowe (Garowe Online)
U.S. Somali Recruiter Not Dead Still Active In Syria: Officials (Bar-Kulan Radio)
International Partners Welcome The Formation Of The Jubba Regional Assembly (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Moves To Combat Illegal Fishing (Horseed Media)
Somaliland: Activist Who Decried Executions Detained (Bar-Kulan Radio)
Somali Refugees Ready To Return Home – UNHCR (Capital FM)
Families Deny Somali-American Men Linked to Islamic State (Voice Of America English)
Is Kenya’s Security Policy The Real Enemy Within? (IRIN)
‘Respect for UN Flag Disappearing’ UN Relief Chief Warns As Aid Workers Increasingly Targeted For Violence (UN News Centre)
Beyond The Violent Headlines This Woman’s Instagram Shows A Different Side To Daily Life In Somalia(Huffington Post)

April 22, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

UN Staff held A Commemorative Ceremony At UNSOM Compound (Goobjoog News)
Ethiopian Consulate In Puntland Ceises Visas Issuance (Garowe Online)
President: Al-Shabaab Is Fighting For Its Own Extremist Agenda Not Somali Agenda (Somali Update)
Somaliland Sets Date For Next General Elections (Goobjoog News)
Car Bomb Explodes Outside Busy Mogadishu Restaurant (VOA)
Maine’s Somali Community Fears Loss Of Financial Lifeline To Families Back Home (Maine National Public Radio)
Ugandan Official Killed By Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Daily Monitor)
Kenya Somalia And UNHCR Form Team To Return Somali Refugees (Daily Nation)
Jubaland: An Institutionalized Land Robbing (Hiraan Online)

April 21, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

KDF Should Stay In Somalia Until Their Job Is Done – MP (The Star Kenya/All Africa)
Update: Ten Killed As Bomb Targets Bus Carrying UN employees (Hiiraan Online)
President: We Grieve With The UN Family And Condemn The Horrific Brutality Of Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Names Committee After UN Bus Attack (Garowe Online)
Somali Minister For Planning Reaches Adado (Goobjoog News)
San Diego Police Shot Somali Suspect Over Robbery (Somali Current)
On The Enemy Side? Riddle Of Missing KDF-Trained Youth (Standard Digital)
Terror Suspect Out On Sh 2 Million Bond Faces Fresh Charges (The Star Kenya)
Kenya Needs To Target Terrorists Not Its Muslims (Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg)
Minnesota Has ‘A Terror Recruiting Problem’ (Business Insider)

April 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Kenya-Based Somali Muslim Scholars Vow Closer Collaboration After University Attack (Hiraan Online)
Jubaland Sets Date For Parliament Speaker Election (Garowe Online)
Somaliland Leader Fires High Court Chief Judge (Garowe Online)
Adado Administration Installs Solar Powered Lights (Radio Goobjoog)
Gunmen Kill Puntland Lawmaker In Mogadishu (Somali Update)
Government Soldier Shot Dead In Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
Parents ‘Must Name Somali Returnees’ (The Star Kenya)
Al-Shabab Ambush Kills AU Soldier In Somalia (VOA)
Kenya Failings Drive Al-Shabaab Recruitment (BBC)
US Report Warned Of Links Between Somali Hawala Banks And Terrorism To Kenya (Standard Media)
Have Kenyan Forces Achieved Their Core Mission In Somalia? (Daily Nation)

April 17, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Adado Conference Kicks Off In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
Government Forces In Mareeray Launch Operations To Remove Roadblocks (Goobjoog News)
Kenyan Lawmakers Against Forceful Repatriation Of Somali Refugees (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Downpour Disrupts Traffic In Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
Beletweyne Schools And Universities Booming (Radio Ergo)
Somali Al-Shabaab University Massacre Gunmen Were Kenyans: Report (Daily Nation/AFP)
Taekwondo: Somali Exile Fights For Olympic Dream (The Peninsula Qatar)
Matar Al Kaabi Minister Of Religious Affairs Of Somalia Discuss Cooperation (Emirates News Agency)
Pope Pleas To Kenya University Gunmen To “Come To Their Senses” (Reuters)
South African Authorities’ Xenophobic Remarks ‘Contributed To Outbreak Of Violence’ (RT)
Should Kenyan Troops Pull Out Of Somalia? (Standard Media)
Al-Shabaab’s Kenyan Ambitions (International Crisis Group)