August 17, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Hires Lawyers For Its Citizens Accused Of Piracy In India (Goobjoog News)
  • Khatumo State In Talks With Somaliland (Shabelle News)
  • Puntland Plans To Impose Ban On Cutting Trees (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Recruiters In Kenya Target New Regions (Daily Nation)
  • Challenges Facing Somali Athletes In Rio (Al Jazeera)
  • Second Book Festival To Open In Mogadishu Founder Says 2015 Fair Inspired New Writers (Goobjoog News)

August 17, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Over 300 Al-Shabaab Suspects Nabbed In Mogadishu: Official (Xinhua News)
  • Ugandan Soldiers Handed Jail Terms Over Oil Scam In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Jubbaland Welcomes Kenya To Lead War On Al-Shabaab (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Shops Vandalised After Fatal Shooting (Goobjoog News/IOL)
  • Somaliland: IFJ Urges End To Judicial Harassment Of Journalists (IFJ)
  • Police Link Youths’ Disappearance To Shabaab Recruitment (Daily Nation)
  • Somali Man Denied Refugee Status Has Decision Overturned On Appeal By High Court (The Journal)
  • Somalia FA Launches Third Phase Development (SuperSport)
August 17, 2016 | Morning Headlines

August 16, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Government Confirms Sakoow Raid Affirms Key Al-Shabaab Leaders Felled (Goobjoog News)
  • Tension Rises High In Central Somalia Between Two Rival Clans (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Commandos Destroy Al-Shabaab Base In Southern Somalia (Goobjoog News)
  • President: Somalia Standing On Its Feet Again (Shabelle News)
  • Marriage Discrepancy Clouds Ilhan Omar’s Historic Primary Victory (Star Tribune)
  • Toronto Activists Demand Justice For Abdirahman Abdi (Ottawa Citizen)
  • In Somalia Al-Shabaab Allegedly Loses Its Leader (Stratfor)

August 16, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • US Confirms Operation In Southern Somalia Declines Its Forces Were Involved (Goobjoog News)
  • Somaliland President Makes Fourth Cabinet Reshuffle In Less Than A Year (Goobjoog News)
  • National Union Of Somali Journalists Condemns Arrest Of Media Worker (Mareeg Online)
  • Jailed Somali Pirates Face Grim Life Conditions In Kenyan Prison (Goobjoog News)
  • Report Says East African Countries Face Increasing Threat From Al-Shabaab (The Washington Post)
  • Government Forces Capture 4 Locations From Al-Shabaab In Somalia (Xinhua News)
  • UNHCR Steps Up Repatriation Of Somali Refugees From Kenya (Xinhua News)
  • A Welcome Somali Voice At The Minnesota State Capitol (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
August 16, 2016 | Morning Headlines

August 15, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Faces Security Challenges From Local Politicians Says President (Shabelle News)
  • AMISOM And Government Soldiers Launch Operations In Lower Shabelle (Goobjoog News)
  • Nasteho Indho’s Upcoming Concert In Hargeisa Cancelled (Hiiraan Online)
  • AMISOM Nigeria Police Contingent Undergo Induction Course (AMISOM)
  • Yemeni Refugees Caught Up in Somaliland’s Struggle for Nationhood (News Deeply)
  • America’s Shrinking Small Towns See Hope In Refugees (The Seattle Times)

August 15, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Assents To Human Rights Bill (Goobjoog News)
  • Opposition Wants President To Leave Office After Term Ends (Garowe Online)
  • Puntland Military Court Executes Officer Over Killing (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Caught With 38g Of Cannabis Remanded In Custody (Goobjoog/Malta News)
  • U.S Special Forces Kill 30 Al-Shabaab Militants In Southern Somalia (Xinhua News)
  • Rio 2016: Somali Sprinter Hailed As ‘Inspiration’ Despite Finishing Slower Than Most High School Girls(The Independent)
  • Ethiopian Government Donates Food Aid To Hiiraan Residents (AMISOM)
  • Isiolo Terror Suspects Had Been To Somalia In 2012 For Radicalisation Police Say (The Standard)
  • How UPDF Somalia Mission Was Planned (Daily Monitor)
August 15, 2016 | Morning Headlines

August 12, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somali Cabinet Endorses New Policy On Al-Shabaab Defectors (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Attacks Somali Military Base In Southern Somalia (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia Ethiopia Discuss Regional Security (Radio Kulmiye)
  • After Big Win Former Somali Refugee Now The Favorite To Win Minnesota State Senate Seat (New York Times)
  • 12 Sentenced To 5 Years For Piracy (Pulse Magazine)
  • Did BBC Radio Presenter Go Too Far With ‘Racist’ Somali Olympic Sailing Team Joke? (The Mirror)

August 12, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Two Wounded In Grenade Blast In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Mungab Sworn-in During Mogadishu Ceremony (Shabelle News)
  • Somali Pirates Get Five Years In Jail (AFP)
  • Somali President: Iran Threatens Arab Security Hence Ties Were Cut (Al-Sharq Al-Awsat)
  • A Short History Of Somalia-U.S. Relations (Newsweek)
August 12, 2016 | Morning Headlines

August 11, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali Commandos Apprehend Top Al-Qaeda/Al-Shabaab Leader In Galkayo (Goobjooge.com)
  • Two dead Four Injured In Somali Army Base Attack (Shabelle News)
  • Hiiraan And Middle Shabelle State Formation Conference To Be Moved To Mogadishu (Jowhar.com)
  • IMF Sees Financing For Somalia If Government Sticks To Reforms (Business Times)
  • Somali Women Vow To Push For Gender Equality In The Next Election (AMISOM)
  • The Harrowing Lives And Deaths Of Muslims Victimized By Islamist Extremism (Washington Post)

August 11, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somali Forces Nab Foreign Jihadist In Central Region (Xinhua News)
  • Opposition Candidates Reject Extension of Term of Government (Garowe Online)
  • All MPs To Join Political Parties Before 2018 Or Lose Their Seats – Somali Leadership (Goobjoog News)
  • Gunmen Kill Well-known Elder In Mogadishu (Shabelle News)
  • Galmudug Leader Terms Extra Seats To Somaliland Cover-up For Puntland (Goobjoog News)
  • From Refugee Camp To Minnesota State Capitol (VOA)
  • Former Al-Shabaab Combatants Graduate From Baidoa Rehabilitation Centre (UNSOM)
  • Who Is Stephen Schwartz The First US Ambassador To Somalia In 25 years? (IBTimes)
August 11, 2016 | Morning Headlines