July 5, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • UN Begins Sorting False From Genuine Refugees In Dadaab (Daily Nation)
  • Somali President Calls For Peace (Goobjoog News)
  • Puntland Ends Suspension On Radio Daljir (Puntland Today)
  • Uganda Reconsiders Pull-out From Somali Mission (Voice of America)
  • Mogadishu Prepares For The End Of The Holy Month Of Ramadan (AMISOM)
  • Well Water Is Creating Lush Green Farms In Bakol’s Semi-arid Lands (ICRC)
  • East African Businesses Recruited To Open Streets Event In Minneapolis (Star Tribune)

July 5, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Uganda Reconsiders Troops’ Pullout From Somalia Museveni Says (Bloomberg)
  • Mogadishu Residents Prepare For The Idd Festivity (Hiiraan Online)
  • Funding Crisis Could Delay Repatriation Of Somalia Refugees (Shabelle News)
  • A Difficult Eid Ahead (Hiiraan Online)
  • Gaas Dissolves Galkayo Council Over Security Lapse (Shabelle News)
  • State blamed For Bus Attack In Mandera (The Star)
  • Security Tight In Lamu After 20 Soldiers Escape Al-Shabaab Attack (Citizen Digital)
  • From Mogadishu To Ottawa (FCO Blog)
  • Who Would Kill A Man Of Peace? (Huffington Post)
  • Safe From Terrorist Violence A New Mainer Builds A Very American Life (Portland Press Herald)
  • Italy With Somalia And WFP: One Million Euros To Fight Drought From El Niño (Italy UN)
July 5, 2016 | Morning Headlines

July 4, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somali President To Name New Intelligence Chief Soon (Goobjooge)
  • Puntland Leader In Galkayo Amid Worsening Insecurity (Shabelle News)
  • Gas Replacing Charcoal For Cooking In Northeastern Somalia (Radio Ergo)
  • A Civilian Shot Dead In Clan Revenge Attack In Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Jitters Over Somalia’s Proposed Law To Protect Women (Daily Nation)
  • Provincial Funding In Limbo As Edmonton’s Somali Community Identifies Root Causes Of Violence(Edmonton Sun)
  • Some Refugees Returning Home To Help Rebuild Somalia (WAMC)

July 4, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • AU And SNA Move To Capture Back Rabdhure (Goobjoog News)
  • A Senior SNA Commander Injured In Gun Attack (Shabelle News)
  • Security Forces Seize Bomb-laden Car In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Militant Mortar Fire Kills Two In Somalia (The Gulf Today)
  • Kenya Government Begins With Repatriation Of Somali Refugees (Xinhua)
  • Minnesota Woman’s Guilty Plea Revealed In Case Against Alleged Ringleaders Of Online Network (Star Tribune)
July 4, 2016 | Morning Headlines

July 1, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Commemorates Its Independence Day (Goobjoog News)
  • US Removes Somali Businessman From Sanctions List (Hiiraan Online)
  • Puntland President Holds Security Meeting With Galkayo Security Officials (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali President Appoints 2016 Federal Electoral Implementation Team (Shabelle News)
  • Six Killed In Gun Attack On Two Buses In Kenya’s Mandera (Reuters)
  • Plan To Professionalise Somali Police (New Vision)
  • On The Path To Peace And Stability (Goobjoog News)

July 1, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Non-locals In Mandera Barred From Bus Journeys during Ramadan Due To Al-Shabaab Fear (Daily Nation)
  • Somali Religious Leaders Denounce New Gender Law (Radio Dalsan)
  • Al-Shabaab Is Suspected In Blast That Killed Pedestrians (Presna Latina)
  • US: Don’t Fund Child Soldiers Abroad (Human Rights Watch)
  • Kenyan Refugees May Be Forced To Join Al-Shabaab Or Face Sexual Abuse If Repatriated To Somalia(International Business Times)
July 1, 2016 | Morning Headlines

June 30, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • At Least 18 Killed By A Roadside Bomb In Somalia (Reuters)
  • Kenyan Air Force Jets Carry Out Airstrikes In Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Administration Of El-Ali locality Claims Victory In Battle With Al-Shabaab In Hiiraan (Goobjoog News)
  • Somali New Zealanders Held Up By Customs – National MP (NZ Herald)
  • Step Back For Press Freedom In Somalia (Voice of America)
  • US Urged To Use ‘Soft Power’ In Somalia (Voice of America)
  • As Conflict Zone Gets Safer Somalis Go For 3D Movies And Pizza (Bloomberg)

June 30, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • More Than 20 Killed In Central Somalia Fighting (Voice of America)
  • Elders Say Somaliland Is Fuelling The Fighting In Sool Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Sheikh Bashir Opposes Sections Of The Gender Law Calls It A Violation To The Sharia Law (Hiiraan Online)
  • Landmine Explosion Kills A  Government Soldier In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Plans To Attack US Forces Prompted Recent Airstrike In Somalia (The Hill)
  • 4 Extremists Killed Averting An Attack (Associated Press)
  • The Age Of Disintegration (Middle East Online)
June 30, 2016 | Morning Headlines

June 29, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Several Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed In Heavy Fighting In Bakool Region (Goobjoog News)
  • Fishing Vessel Rescues Comorian Sailors Off Jubaland (Garowe Online)
  • Elders Gathered In Las Anod town For Reconciliation Talks (Goobjoog News)
  • Corruption Accusations Against EU Somalia Envoy “Nonsense” (Garowe Online)
  • Missing Boys Found Unresponsive In Willmar’s Foot Lake (West Central Tribune)
  • Life Stories Of Heidelberg West’s Somali Community Feature In New Book (Herald Sun Leader)
  • From Williamsville South To The Diplomatic Mission Of A Lifetime Schwartz Tackles Challenge Of Somalia(The Buffalo News Agency)

June 29, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • KDF Kills 40 Al-Shabaab Militants In Airstrikes (Shabelle News)
  • Three Civilians Shot Dead In Las Anod (Goobjoog News)
  • UNICEF Calls For Rights Of All Somali Children To Be Respected (Hiiraan Online)
  • Gunmen Kill Senior Military Officer In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Somalia Launches Initiative To Spur Investment (The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
  • One Somali Family Two Deadly Tragedies (Voice of America)
June 29, 2016 | Morning Headlines