August 7, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Al-Shabaab Suffers Huge Damages As Ethiopian Warplanes Hit Their Bases In Galgaduud region(Wacaal Media)
Election Committee Sets Out Criteria For Jubaland Presidency (Garowe Online)
Yemen Fishing Vessel Sinks Off Somalia Coast (Horseed Media)
Somalia Set To Join League Of Countries That Banned FGM (Somali Current)
Nothing To Celebrate So Far As Jubbaland Delegation Continues With Series Of Closed Door Meetings In Doolow (Wacaal Media)
Kenyan Troops Should Stay In Somalia Says Maman Sidikou (Daily Nation)
Kenya Gets US Funds For Counter-terror War (Defence News)
Voluntary Repatriation of Somali Refugees Begins (Voice of America)
Puntland Seeks Resources As Somali Militants Enter Its Territory (Reuters)
Ice Cream And ATMs: A Glimpse Of Hope For War-torn Mogadishu (Dalje.com)
AMISOM Head of Mission Speaks On The Progress In Somalia (AMISOM)

August 6, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Over A Hundred Militants Surrender To Federal Government Forces Scores Killed (Garowe Online)
EU Shuts Down Office In Somaliland
Over Hundred Somali Refugees Return Home From Kenya (Horseed Media)
Forty people Hospitalised Due To Outbreak Of Undiagnosed Disease In Mahaday (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Accuses Soma Oil & Gas Of Backing Petroleum Bill (Garowe Online)
AMISOM To Probe Civilian Death In Somalia Days After 6 Family Members Were Allegedly Killed By The Forces ( Somali Current)
FM: China Played An Important Role In Somalia’s Development (Diplomat News Network)
Arab Museum Exhibit Depicts Lives Of Somali Men In Minnesota (CBC Minnesota)
Kenyan Youth Spend 8 Hours Daily On Terror Related Websites Official Says (Standard Digital)
A Long Term Comprehensive Focus Will Translate As Success For The Somali National Army (Hiiraan Online)

August 5, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Hobyo Fishermen Issued ID Cards Differentiating Them From Pirates (Goobjoog News)
Janale District Commissioner Killed In Raid (Garowe Online)
Police Ramp Up Security Measures In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Jubbaland Electoral Commission Elects Chairperson (Wacaal Media)
President Uhuru Receives Credentials From The New Somali Ambassador To Kenya (Somali Current)
Deputy UN Envoy Visits Refugee Camp In Puntland (Horseed Media)
July Drone Report: Casualties Spike in Afghanistan Strikes Increase in Somalia (Newsweek)
Somalia Where 95% Of Girls Undergo Female Genital Mutilation May Soon Ban Practice (Huffington Post)
UNHCR: Almost 3000 Yemeni Refugees Resorted To Somalia (Diplomat News Network)
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation With Somalia (African Brains)

August 4, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Somalia To Introduce Anti –FGM Laws (Somali Current)
Puntland Leader Vows To Fight And Eliminate Corruption (Horseed Media)
Parliament Debates Information And Communication Bill (Goobjoog News)
Detained Journalist In Somalia Released (Radio Dalsan)
Drug traffickers And Other Criminal Elements Arrested In Overnight Swoops In Dharkenley (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Offers U.K. ‘Full Cooperation’ In Soma Corruption Probe (Bloomberg Business)
Ex-Tory Leader Lord Howard Agrees To Speak To Fraud Investigators Over Corruption Probe At Oil Firm He Chairs (The Mirror)
Emirati Aid Ship Arrives In Somalia Delivers Food Supplies (Sputnik News)
Why Are Migrants So Desperate To Get To Leave Their Homelands? (Metro UK)
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Two Deadliest Military Groups (Daily Maverick)
Hargeysa Is The Hub Of Somali Culture (RBC Radio)

August 3, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Over 20 Al-Shabaab Members Surrender To Somali Officials (Mareeg Media)
Puntland Grants Renewed Amnesty For Al -Shabaab Defectors (Garowe Online)
IJA President Calls On MPs To Extend The Date Set For Presidential Elections (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Marks 17th Anniversary Of Establishment (Horseed Media)
We Can Thrive Through Rebuilding Our National Army: Defense Minister (Horseed Media)
Somali Government Urges Ahlu-Sunna To Free Six Journalists (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Region Leader ‘With 9 Lives Like A Cat’ (The Nation)
Remains Of Chinese Guard Killed In Somalia Attack Returns Home (Xinhua)
Somalia Receives More UAE Aid (The National UAE)
Serious Fraud Office Investigating Oil Firm Soma (Reuters)
Qurtuba Publishing House: Changing The Western Muslim Narrative (Muslimlink.ca)

July 31, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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UN Expresses Concern Over Absence Of Two States From Mogadishu Conference (Wacaal Media)
Somali Government Forces Claim Victory Over Al-Shabaab In Bakol (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Puntland Warns Federal Government Against Term Extension (Horseed Media)
China May Suspend Aid To Somalia After One Chinese Was Killed In Attack (Somali Current)
Water Shortage Hit Eel-Hur Locality (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland Did Not Contribute To The Capture Of Baardheere SNA’s Gedo Spokesman Claims (Wacaal Media)
Kenya Military Given Sh9bn From US To Fight Al-Shabaab (Daily Nation)
Somalia President : No Election In 2016 (Associated Press)
Somalia: Islamic Terrorists Are Easy Corruption Is Hard (The Strategy Page)

July 30, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Unanticipated Evacuation Of Foreigners From Hotels In Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
High-Level Partnership Forum Opens In Somalia (UNSOM)
Thousands Cheer Former Puntland President (Garowe Online)
Somali Women Graduates Demand Access To Jobs (Radio Ergo)
Wanlaweyn Administration Arrests Armed Men (Goobjoog News)
Jubbaland Head Of State Unveils Conference In Kismayu (Wacaal Media)
Three Al-Shabaab Militants Killed Five KDF Officers Injured In Lamu (The Star Kenya)
Somalia’s Planned 2016 Elections Will Not Be A Popular Vote (Reuters)
UN Says Somalia Making Progress Despite Election Delay ( Yahoo News/AFP)
Kenyan Experts Call For New Tactics To Degrade Al-Shabaab (Shanghai Daily)
Somalia Reaches Milestone With First IMF Review In Decades (International Monetary Fund)

July 29, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Security Council Renews Mandate Of UN Mission In Somalia (Xinhua)
Somali President UN Envoy To Co-host First-ever Ministerial High-Level Partnership Forum In Mogadishu (Somali Update)
IFJ Mourns Killing Of Two Journalists In A Terrorist Attack In Mogadishu (Somali Current)
Somalia Leader Slams Deadly Attack In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
Fafah-Dhun Administration Warns Of Food Shortage (Goobjoog News)
Al-Shabaab Urges Muslim In The Region To Rise Up (Radio Dalsan)
Anti-Terrorism Tops Agenda Of Somali FM’s Visit To Djibouti (Shanghai Daily/Xinhua)
Somalia Bomber Had Ties To Germany Report Says(Deutsche Welle)
Seeking A Better Life: From London To Somaliland ( Channel4)

July 28, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Somalia Minister Calls For Parliament To Approve New Anti-terrorism Bill (Horseed Media)
Bu’aale: Al-shabaab Executes Man In Public (Wacaal Media)
Jubaland Refuses To Attend Mogadishu Leadership Forum (Garowe Online)
President Obama Recognises Jamila Abass For Her Contribution In Community Development (Somali Current)
UN Envoy Kay Condemns Terrorist Attack On Jazeera Hotel In Mogadishu (RBC Radio)
Obama Vows To Keep Up Pressure On Somalia’s Al-Shabaab (Associated Press/Al-Arabiya)
UK Pledges To Deepen Support To Somalia (Public Finance International)
‘German-Somali’ Behind Mogadishu’s Jazeera Hotel Blast (BBC)
Seattle-area Somalis Seek To Shape Politics Back Home (The Seattle Times)

July 27, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Somalia Blast: Mogadishu Hotel Rocked By Bomb (BBC News)
Somali President Condemns Al-Shabaab Attack On Hotel Jazeera (Somali Update)
Al-Shabaab And Government Forces Battle In Gedo Region (RBC Radio)
President Hassan Witnesses Army Integration in Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
Let The Muslim Community Be Part Of The Anti-terror Campaign Obama Tells Kenyan Government(Somali Current)
Newly-Appointed Kenya Ambassador Arrives In Somalia (Horseed Media)
Somali Legislator Killed In Drive-by Shooting In Mogadishu (Hiiraan Online)
Obama Commits U.S. To Intensified Fight Against Terrorists In East Africa (Washington Post)
The ‘Back Door’ To Kenya: Security Threat From Porous Somali Border (CNN)
As Health Needs Rise In Somalia Funding Hits New Low Cutting Off 1.5 Million From Care – UN (UN News Centre)
AMISOM Police to train 600 Somali Police Force officers in Jubbaland (AMISOM)
UNSOM Trains Journalists In Kismayo (UNSOM)