January 21, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Syrian Fighters May Have Helped Plan Attack On KDF In Somalia (The Standard)
  • Somaliland Government Deports Over 300 Illegal Immigrants (Garowe Online)
  • Eleven Somali Nationals In Court For Entering Country Illegally (Shabelle News)
  • UNHCR Repatriates Somali Refugees From Kenya’s Camp (China.org)
  • Muslim Workers Quit Wisconsin Jobs After Company Limits Prayers To Scheduled Breaks (The Christian Today)
  • Kenya Rattled Al Shabaab Turns Sights On Somalia Military Targets (New York Times)
  • Somalia Should Make Concrete Pledges At Rights Council (Human Rights Watch)

January 21, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Blames ‘Disintegrated Forces’ For Escalating Insecurity  (Wacaal Media)
  • Somalia President Wraps Up Training Of Commandos (Horseed Media)
  • Sporting Activities At Benadir Stadium Suspended (Wacaal Media)
  • AU Convoy Repulses Al-Shabaab Attack In Somalia (Xinhua)
  • Interim South West Administration Inaugurates Regional Parliament In Baidoa (UNSOM)
  • Muslim Man Dies After Protecting Christian Bus Passengers From Al-Shabaab Terror Attack In Kenya(The Independent)
  • School Is Back In Session In Garissa For Now (Foreign Policy)
January 21, 2016 | Morning Headlines

January 20, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somaliland Launches Crackdown On ‘Illegal Foreigners’ (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somali Bantu And Galjecel Tribes Boycott Jowhar Conference (Radio Dalsan)
  • Federal Government Forces Close Down Main Roads In Mogadishu  (Goobjoog News)
  • Ethiopians Somalis Flooding Into Yemen Despite Conflict: UN (AFP)
  • Uhuru Summons KDF Bosses Over Raid (Daily Nation)
  • Expatriates Return To Help Rebuild Somalia (CCTV)
  • Four Most-Wanted Terror Suspects Killed In Malindi (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia Fails To Agree On System For President’s Election (The East African)

January 20, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Kenyan Troops To Remain In Somalia Despite Attacks: Kenyatta (SABC News )
  • Somali Minister Of Interior Arrives In Jowhar For State Formation Conference (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Minister Diini Hosts EU’s Head Of Military Training For Somalia (Wacaal Media)
  • Arab League Condemns Recent Terrorist Attack In Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Somali General: Kenyans Were Warned of Al-Shabab Attack (VoA News)
  • $885 Million Needed For Humanitarian Aid In Somalia (Relief Web)
  • Somali Children’s Magazine Aims To Boost Integration (Al Jazeera English)
January 20, 2016 | Morning Headlines

January 19, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Vows To Step Up Fights To Eliminate Al-Shabaab (China.org)
  • Somaliland Arrests Journalist After Interviewing Alleged Cannibal (Hiiraan Online)
  • Puntland President Says There Is No Room For Shia Missionary In The State (Villa Puntland)
  • International Partners Stress Expectation Of Early Presentation Of Agreed Electoral Model (UNSOM)
  • Remains Of Kenya Fallen Soldiers Arrive In Nairobi (SABC News)
  • Turkey Building Army Base In Somalia ( Trend News Agency)
  • The Muswell Hill Diplomat Who Rebuilt The British Embassy In Somalia (Ham & High)

January 19, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • New UN Envoy Meets Somalia’s  President And Prime Minister (Horseed Media)
  • Kenya Confirms Al Shabaab Holding An Unspecified Number Of KDF Soldiers (Shabelle News)
  • Galmudug VP Asks State Parliament To Pass Pending Bills (Wacaal Media)
  • Puntland Education Minister Opens Training For Over 200 Teachers In Garowe (Villa Puntland)
  • New SRSG Michael Keating Arrives In Somalia (UNSOM)
  • Kenya Flies Home 30 More Injured Soldiers In Somalia Attack (Xinhua)
  • Counter-Terrorism Measures Threaten Money Sent Home By Somali Diaspora UN Rights Experts (Relief Web)
  • ESPS Victoria Scans The Coast Of Somalia (Naval Today)
  • Corruption In Military Defense Spending Could Be Behind Rise In Africa Terror Attacks (The Times)
January 19, 2016 | Morning Headlines

January 18, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Election Talks End Without Breakthrough In Kismayo (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somaliland Executes Three Convicted Of Murders (Hiiraan Online)
  • Prime Minister Sharmarke Expresses Optimism Over National Election Forums (Wacaal Media)
  • Kenya Jets Target Militants After Group Says 100 Soldiers Killed (Bloomberg News)
  • NIOC Seizes Smuggled Gasoil Bound To Somalia (El Akhbar Online)
  • Kenya Steps Up Search Recovery Operation After Attack In Somalia (Xinhua Online)
  • Finding Minnesota: Karmel Plaza (CBS Minnesota)
  • Together We Will Defeat Al-Shabaab ( Daily Nation)

January 18, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • KDF Soldiers Injured In Somalia Ambush Arrive In Nairobi As Kenya Pursues Al Shabaab (The Star)
  • International Community Pressurizes Somalia Political Leaders Into Deal (Garowe Online)
  • Ahead Of Elections Somaliland Starts Voter-Registration (Hiiraan Online)
  • 60 Migrants Among Them Somalis Arrested (Somali Current)
  • Somali Islamist Rebels Say They Captured Kenyan Troops On Friday (Reuters)
  • Saudi Arabia Condemns Terrorist Acts In Burkina Faso And Somalia (WAM Emirates News Agency)
  • Somalia Received Saudi Aid The Day It Cut Ties With Iran: Document (Reuters)
  • Prison Term For Duo (The Fiji Times)
  • Somalia’s New Media Laws Could Decimate The Country’s Local Reporting (Newsy Online)
January 18, 2016 | Morning Headlines

January 15, 2016 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Al -Shabaab Militants Attack African Union Base In Somalia (Reuters And Agencies)
  • Somaliland Troops Seize Khaatumo Administration’s Headquarters (Hiiraan Online)
  • German Tourists Arrive In Qardho Town (Wacaal Media)
  • Four Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Hiiraan (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Somali Refugees Touch Down In Winnipeg (News Talk 770)
  • This Man Was Jailed for Five Years Because Canada Couldn’t Deport Him (Vice News)
  • What Type of Leader will Benefit Somalia? (Shanta Post)

January 15, 2016 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Kismayo Forum Kicks Off Amid Political Differences (Garowe Online)
  • South West State Proposes 135 Member Upper House (Goobjoog News)
  • The Turkish Army Is Coming To Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
  • Somalis Show Their Support To Young Inventor Via Social Media (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia Bids Farewell To Legendary Poet (Garowe Online)
  • Al-Shabaab Fighters Were Paid Sh10000 ‘Monthly Stipend’ (Daily Nation)
  • Somalia Denies Inviting Al-Shabaab To Join Soccer League (Al Jazeera News)
  • Somali-Americans React To Obama’s Final State Of The Union Address (MINN POST)
  • Back To School For Somalia’s Journalists? ( BBC News)
January 15, 2016 | Morning Headlines