July 24, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Research Finding On Citizen’s Perception Of Peace And Stabilization Initiative In Somalia Released (AMISOM/UNSOM)
Somali Defence Minister Unveils Plans To Retrieve New Strategic Towns From Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Leader IGAD and UN Diplomats Arrive In Adaado (Mareeg Media)
Puntland President Ponders Dissolving Eyl District Council (Garowe Online)
Jubaland Forces Set To Launch Offensive On Haregeisa Yarey Town Of Lower Jubba Region (Wacaal Media)
Dawn To Dusk Curfew Imposed On Just Recovered Bardhere (Goobjoog News)
Somali Government Says It Is Ready For Al-Shabaab Defectors (Mareeg Media)
U.S. Launches Airstrikes Against Al Qaeda Affiliate Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Los Angeles Times)
KDF Kill 24 Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia (Capital FM)
Fake Democracy And Governance” Can’t Create Stable Somali State (Hiiraan Online)

July 23, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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UPDATE: Bardhere Falls To Allied Forces In A Final Assault As Al-Shabaab Flees (Goobjoog News)
Somali Lawmaker Calls For Extension Of Parliament’s Mandate (Horseed Media)
Gulleid To Be Officially Crowned As Galmudug Head Of State In A Ceremony To Be Held In AdaadoTomorrow (Wacaal Media)
Gedo: Hundreds Flee Homes Over Conflict Fears (Radio Ergo)
Somalia Needs Urgent Efforts To Protect Civilians From Violence (Somali Update)
Well-known Elder Gunned Down In Bardhere As Allied Troops Close In On The Town (Goobjoog News)
Somali-Based Pirates Down But Not Out (Hellenic Shipping News)
Miraa Has Same Effects As Illicit Brew MP Says Calls For Ban In Kenya (The Star Kenya)
Somalia: Unlikely Pageant (Garowe Online)

July 22, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Coalition Forces Advance to Al-Shabaab Stronghold (Mareeg Media)
Kenyan Warplanes Carry Out Airstrikes In Gedo Region (RBC Radio)
Over 1200 Somali Returnees Arrive In Northern Somalia (Horseed Media)
Somalia To Rebuild Somali Language And Culture Academy (Goobjoog News)
Galmudug State Denies Abudwaq Capture By Ahlu Sunna (Wacaal Media)
Government Officials To Take A 25% Wage Reduction Following Foreign Aid Cuts (Horseed Media)
Japan To Extend Anti-piracy Mission Off Somalia (Joc.com)
Uhuru Meets Youth In Walk of Hope Campaign At State House (The Star)
City Dwellers Throng Afgoye The New Getaway Destination For Mogadishu Residents To Mark Eid(Goobjoog News)
How Somali Piracy Became Big Business (Business Standard)

July 21, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Al-Shabaab Shuts Down Andalus Radio Amid Imminent Clash With Allied Forces (Goobjoog News)
Somalia President Receives Credentials From UK Ambassador (Horseed Media)
Parliament Fails To Swear In Independent Commissions As House Fails Quorum (Goobjoog News)
Government And AMISOM Forces Capture Key Entry Point As Battle To Liberate Diinsoor Gains Momentum (Wacaal Media)
Dozens Of Somali Refugees In Denmark Fear Deportation (Horseed Media)
Somali Prime Minister Returns To Mogadishu (RBC Radio)
Deploy KDF To Guard Waters MP Tells State (Standard Digital)
Kenya And Somalia Feuds Far From Over (The Star Kenya)
US Policies In Somalia Doomed To Failure: Activist (Press TV)
Is Puntland’s Ali Gaas Slowly Becoming Unpopular? (Somali Current)

July 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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One Dies As Somali Forces Clash With Ahlu-Sunna Fighters In Hananbuur (Goobjoog News)
Uneasy Calm Returns In Ufurow Following Takeover By Government And AMISOM Forces (Wacaal Media)
Somalia Government Puntland and Jubaland Agree Joint Communiqué (Garowe Online)
Somali Cabinet Emergency Meeting Cuts Salary And Increase Member of Parliament Tax (Radio Dalsan)
Coalition Forces Advancing To Al-Shabaab Stronghold City Of Bardere (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Extends Amnesty For Al-Shabaab Fighters (Mareeg Media)
Uganda Sending Helicopters To Join Fight Against Al-Shabaab In Somalia Ahead Of President Obama’s Visit To Kenya (International Business Times)
Ethiopian Troops Lead Big New AU Offensive Against Al-Shabaab In Somalia; Heavy Fighting Raging(Mail & Guardian Africa)
Shoppers Businesses Return To Nairobi’s Westgate Mall (wpxi.com)
Somali Community Leaders Push Voter Initiative (Press TV)
A Joyous Eid In Somalia: Ugaaso Abukar Boocow’s Instagram Photos Capture The Celebrations In Mogadishu (Huffington Post)
The (Im)possibility Of The Ethiopian Somali Pt. I (Maandeeq.com)

July 17, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Somali Government Claims Responsibility Over Drone Strike In Gedo (Goobjoog News)
Combined Forces Of Jubbaland and AMISOM Capture Tarako Ahead Of Expected Liberation Of Baardheere (Wacaal Media)
Somalia: Talks In Puntland End In Failure (Garowe Online)
Puntland President Extends Amnesty To Over Hundred Convicts In Prison (RBC Radio)
Germany Ends Atlanta Operation Off the Coast of Somalia (Shabelle News)
Ahlu-Sunna Fighters To Launch Attacks In Garbaharey Town Against Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
Children Die In Guriel Diarrhoea Outbreak (Radio Ergo)
UPDF to Deploy Choppers in Somalia (The Monitor Uganda)
Somaliland Losing Youth To Lure Of Europe (IRIN)
Tale Of Two Kenyan Refugee Camps Raises Concerns Of Prejudice (The Christian Science Monitor)
12 Trailblazing Women From The Horn Of Africa (okayafrica.com)

July 16, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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AMISOM And SNA Close In Al-Shabaab-Held Town Of Baardheere (Goobjoog News)
Kenya To Suspend Somalia Flights During Obama’s Stay (Wacaal Media)
Despite Sticking Points Trilateral Meeting Reopens In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Malnutrition Rises In Juba Regions (Radio Ergo)
Kenyan Military Convoy Hit By Explosion In Gedo (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Leader Meets Swedish Prime Minister EU Commissioner (Garowe Online)
Beledweyne Hospital Starts Charging For Services (Radio Ergo)
KDF Kills Seven Al-Shabaab Militants In Somalia (The Star)
Somalia’s Post-conflict Banana Harvest Revival (Al Jazeera)
Two Somali Youths Held For Forgery In Hyderabad (Business Standard)
10500 Refugees Arrive In Yemen By Sea Since Start Of Conflict: UNHCR (Xinhua)
Congressional Somalia Caucus Brings Little Reason To Celebrate (Star Tribune)

July 15, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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6 Killed In Heavy Clashes In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
Kenya Accused Of Killing Somali Government Soldiers In Airstrikes (Garowe Online)
General Manager Of Somali Civil Aviation And Meteorology Authority (SCAMA) Resigns (Goobjoog News)
Severe Drought Reported Near Bargal Coastal Town (Garowe Online)
Deadly Clan Battle Kills 4 People In Central Somalia (Shabelle News)
National Police Commissioner Promoted To Brigadier General (Goobjoog News)
Mortar Rounds Rain Down On Kismayo (Shabelle News)
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall To Reopen Nearly 2 Years After Deadly Al-Shabaab Attack (CTV News)
Somali Pirate Releases Raise Concerns (IHS Maritime 360)
Federalism In Somalia Is At A Crossroads (RBC Radio)
Good Literary Citizens: An Interview With Ladan Osman (The Paris Review)

July 14, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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Somalia Takes Kenya To International Court of Justice Over Sea Border (BBC News)
Residents Start To Flee After Kenya Airstrikes Death Toll Rises (Horseed Media)
Mogadishu Municipality Displays Draft Local Economic Development Strategy (Mareeg Media)
Three People Killed In Clan Clashes In Amara (Goobjoog News)
Uganda On High Alert As It Marks Kampala Bombing Anniversary (Wacaal Media)
32 Killed In Al-Shabaab Attack In Somalia (Xinhua)
Livestock Carrier Sinks Off Gulf of Aden (Marinelink.com)
Al-Shabaab Unit Formed To Cripple Kenya (The Star)
Former Minnesotan Works To Improve Equality For Women In Somalia (Star Tribune)
The Ups and Downs Of Somalia’s July 1 (Hiiraan Online)

July 13, 2015 | Morning Headlines

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District Official Killed As Assassinations Continue In Mogadishu (Horseed Media)
Puntland Parliament Calls National Commissions ‘Null’ (Garowe Online)
Ahlu Sunna Inaugurate New President (Somali Current)
Clashes In Kismayo Kills 3 Interim Juba Administration Soldiers (Goobjoog News)
Cargo Ship Sinks Off Gulf of Aden Crew Members Missing (Horseed Media)
US Condemns Attack On Somalia Hotels (VoA)
Somalia Says It Will Not Settle Sea Dispute With Kenya Out Of Court (The Standard Kenya)
UN Somalia Envoy Condemns Latest Terrorist Attacks In Mogadishu (UN News Center)
The Lost Boys Of Mogadishu (Al Jazeera)
Somalia: The Culture Of Patriarchy And Women’s Place in It (Hiiraan Online)