August 21, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • US Planning To Hone Somalia Drone Attacks (Garowe Online)
  • Garowe Council Elects A New Mayor (Villa Puntland)
  • Buulamareer Administrator Killed (Wacaal Media)
  • Soldier Executed For Murder Of His Colleague (Horseed Media)
  • High Level UN Delegation Visits Bardhere (Wacaal Media)
  • Somali Regional Leader Wants States Not Elders To Choose Parliament (Reuters)
  • Somali Man Dies After Falling Off Condo Unit (The Rakyat Post)
  • UN Warns El Nino May Reverse Humanitarian Gains In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Michael Howard Must Have Chance To Clear Up Soma’s Somalia Oil Row (Evening Standard)
  • The Politics Behind the Khat Ban (Hiiraan Online)
August 21, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somali President Urges Parliament And Cabinet To Fast Track National Issues To Build Strong State(Somali Update)
  • Minster Evicts Civilians From EX-Fiyoore Compound (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia Wants Debts Cancellation (Horseed Media)
  • Puntland Opens Training For Hundreds Of Police Forces In Armo (Villa Puntland)
  • Somaliland To Hold Elections In 2017 (Garowe Online)
  • Over 20 Killed In A Fight Between Somali Forces And Al-Shabaab In Bakol (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Even War Won’t Stop us: Determined Ethiopians Somalis Brave Death And Head To Yemen..Then Finally Saudi Arabia (Mail & Guardian Africa)
  • 25 Militants Killed In Central Somalia: Official (Xinhua)
  • Somali Money Transfer Companies Must Self-Regulate To Maintain The Integrity Of Their Services(Sahan Journal)
August 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 19, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • United Nations AMISOM IGAD EU and UK Congratulate Ahmed Madobe On Presidential Elections(Radio Bar- Kulan)
  • Somalia President Keen To Appear In Parliament Amid Political Uncertainty (Garowe Online)
  • Mogadishu Central Jail Gets First Skills Training Centre (Goobjoog News)
  • A Somali Woman In The UK Will Likely Have More Children Than Average UK Born Woman (Somali Current)
  • Malnourished Children Being Treated In Bardhere (Radio Ergo)
  • Man Who ‘Confessed’ To Be Al-Shabaab Member Remanded Pending Investigations (Standard Digital)
  • Group Of 50  Al-Shabaab Militants Preaching To Basuba Villagers (Coastweek/Xinhua)
  • Why Running Is A Huge Challenge For Somali Women (Fittish)
August 19, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 18, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Dispute Over Deploying AMISOM Troops To Puntland State (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Officers Surrender To Somali Government (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland Government Orders Internal Displacement Persons To Vacate Government Buildings(Goobjoog News)
  • Ethiopian Warplanes Hit Militant Bases In Masagawaa (Wacaal Media)
  • Elbuur Traders Charged Over Al-Shabaab Links (Mareeg Media)
  • Somali Police Nab 11 Militants In Operation: Official (Xinhua)
  • Coleman Backs Headscarf Ban For Columbus Police Officers (The Columbus Dispatch)
  • Do Not Impeach The President (Wardheer News)
  • First Footsteps in Europe: Among the British (Maandeeq.com)
August 18, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 17, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Banadir Regional Court Sentences Child Rapists With 10 to 15 Years In Jail (Somali Update)
  • Somalia’s Former Ambassador To Kenya Denied Entry Into Belet Weyne (Garowe Online)
  • Madoobe Was Elected By An Illegal Parliament Says Members of Parliament (Wacaal Media)
  • Football Growth In Somalia Cheers Minister of Sport (Goobjoog News)
  • First Female Candidate Announces Run For Garowe Mayor (Garowe Online)
  • Human Rights Training For Officials And Staff Of Ministry Concluded (Goobjoog News)
  • Suspected Al-Shabaab Fighters Warn Kenyan Villagers To Shun Police (Reuters)
  • Former Warlord Ahmed Madobe Re-elected To Fight Al-Shabaab In Somalia’s Jubaland (The Star)
  • Somali Refugees Work Together To Settle Into New Life In The Grand Cities (Grand Forks Herald)
  • I Fear Al-Shabaab But I Love My pupils So Much I Can’t Leave (Daily Nation)
August 17, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 14, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Impeachment Motion Is A Hindrance To The Country – President (Horseed Media)
  • Doolow District Commissioner  Jails Traditional Elders For Raising Their Voices Against Jubbaland Policies (Wacaal Media)
  • Puntland State TV Director Fired After Journalists Ditch Jobs (Garowe Online)
  • The Refurbishment Of A Landmark Hotel In Mogadishu To Cost USD 60 Million (Somali Current)
  • Soldiers Refuse Bardhere District Commissioner To Take His Office (Shabelle News)
  • Ugandan Officer Shoots Dead Girlfriend Then Kills Himself in Somalia (Mareeg Media)
  • Somali Minister Hints At Move To Ban FGM (The Guardian)
  • Silatech Launches Job Centre For Somali Youth (Gulf Times)
  • Somalia: Helping People In Previously Inaccessible Regions (ICRC)
  • Somalia Can Have No ‘Political Legitimacy’ Without Genuine Reconciliation (Middle East Monitor)
  • Mixed Feelings About The Motion Of No Confidence Against Somali President (Hiiraan Online)
August 14, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 13, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Oversight Committee To Investigate Civilian Deaths In Southern Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Puntland Government Sues FM Station For Slur (Garowe Online)
  • Former Prime Minister Warns Federal Government Leaders Not To Extend Term (Horseed Media)
  • Situation In Puntland And Somaliland Still Dire UN Says (Goobjoog News)
  • Government Forces Battle In Buurdhuubo In A Case Of Mistaken Identity (Wacaal Media)
  • Somalia Inaugurates Its First Bomb Disposal Squad In Decades (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalia Commemorates The World International Youth Day (Horseed Media)
  • China Donates Equipment To Uganda For Peacekeeping Mission In Somalia(Xinhua)
  • Mogadishu Used To Be Hell. Now It’s Coming Back To life’ (Global Post)
  • The Somalia Oil Conundrum: Questionable Deals And Double Salaries (Goobjoog News)
August 13, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 12, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Al-Shabab Fighters Attack Kismayo Airstrip (Radio Dalsan)
  • Security Situation Continues to Pose Challenges for Delivery of Assistance in Somalia Aid Agencies Decry (Somali Update)
  • Madoobe Appoints A Former Fierce Critic Of  His Administration As The Head Of Security Forces In Gedo Region (Wacaal Media)
  • Farmers Displaced By Conflict Flee To Tiyeglow (Radio Ergo)
  • Rogue Soldier Opens Fire On Military Barrack In Somaliland (Goobjoog News)
  • Islamist Group Opposes Newly Signed Agreement In Mogadishu (Mareeg Media)
  • Dini Has Come From War-Torn Somalia To Star For Canada Wheelchair Team (The Brandon Sun Canada)
  • Young Leaders Make The Case For Peace In Somalia (UNFPA.Org)
  • Walking Into Danger: Migrants Still Head To Yemen (IRIN)
August 12, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 11, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • At least 1 Person Is Confirmed Dead And 4 Others Wounded In A Blast (Dalsan Radio)
  • Ahlusunna Arrests 10 People They Said Were Members Of The Somali National Forces (Wacaal Media)
  • New Puntland Police Chief Assumes Office (Radio Bar- Kulan)
  • The President Of South West State of Somalia Makes His First Trip To Bardale (Dalsan Radio)
  • Roads In Afgoye Town To Be Repaired (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Police Banned From Chewing Khat (Somali Current)
  • Kenya Signs Treaties On Regional Peace-keeping Missions (Daily Nation)
  • Raysut Cement Setting Up Subsidiary Firm In Somalia To Supply Cement (Times Of Oman)
  • Gang Member Who Murdered Drug Rival With Machine Gun In Edinburgh Jailed For Life (Daily Record Scotland)
  • Rethinking Political Identity For The ‘New Somalia’ (Garowe Online)
  • Mogadishu University Students Address The Role Of Youth In Peacebuilding And Poverty Alleviation(UNSOM)
August 11, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 10, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • NISA Along With AU Troops Seize Al-Shabaab Members (Shabelle News)
  • Uneasy Calm Returns In Marka Following Ceasefire Brokered By Local Elders (Wacaal Media)
  • Hiiraan & Middle Shabelle Gear Up For Federal State (Garowe Online)
  • Ahlu-Sunna Waljama’a Accuses Somali Government Of Deploying Troops In Adado (Goobjoog News)
  • Southwest States Members Of Parliament To Be Elected Within 30 Days (Dalsan Radio)
  • US Donates $1.5 Million For Somalia’s Police Force Rebuilding (Hiiraan Online)
  • Clan Militias Clash In Marka (Garowe Online)
  • Kenyan President Arrives In Uganda For Regional Security Talks (Coastweek)
  • Kenya Detains A Woman Due To Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Links (Diplomatic News Network)
  • Kenya’s Coastal Resorts See Signs Of Tourism Picking Up (Standard Digital)
  • Two Somali Refugees Reach Winnipeg After Swimming Down The Red (Winnipeg Free Press)
  • We Are Winning The Battle Against Terrorism In Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
  • AMISOM Commits To Gender Mainstreaming In Its Operations (AMISOM)
August 10, 2015 | Morning Headlines