August 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Somali President Urges Parliament And Cabinet To Fast Track National Issues To Build Strong State(Somali Update)
  • Minster Evicts Civilians From EX-Fiyoore Compound (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somalia Wants Debts Cancellation (Horseed Media)
  • Puntland Opens Training For Hundreds Of Police Forces In Armo (Villa Puntland)
  • Somaliland To Hold Elections In 2017 (Garowe Online)
  • Over 20 Killed In A Fight Between Somali Forces And Al-Shabaab In Bakol (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Even War Won’t Stop us: Determined Ethiopians Somalis Brave Death And Head To Yemen..Then Finally Saudi Arabia (Mail & Guardian Africa)
  • 25 Militants Killed In Central Somalia: Official (Xinhua)
  • Somali Money Transfer Companies Must Self-Regulate To Maintain The Integrity Of Their Services(Sahan Journal)
August 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Kenyan Parliamentarians In Somalia To Discuss Bilateral Relations (Somali Update)
  • Despite Domestic Opposition International Community Hails Jubaland President’s Re-election (Hiiraan Online)
  • Tension High In Garbaharey Following Standoff Between Forces Allied To Incoming And Outgoing Administrations (Wacaal Media)
  • Galmudug Parliament Gives  President Guled 15 More Days To Form Cabinet (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Bur-Dhubo Hospital Struggles With Shortage Of Medical Supplies (Goobjoog News)
  • IGAD Top Envoy Shields Jubaland Administration From Frustration (Somali Current)
  • Garowe City Council Members Sworn Into Office (Villa Puntland)
  • Egypt: Al-Azhar Sheikh – We Are Keen On Supporting Somalia To Confront Extremism (All Africa)
  • Police: Vandalism Probe Lacks Evidence Of Race Motive (SC Times)
  • Somali Youth Group Wilderness Program Partner To Give Twin Cities Girls A Special Trip To Yellowstone (Star Tribune)
  • The Somali Federal Government Is A House On Fire With No Exit Part (Wardheer News)
  • On The Other Side Of Mogadishu (Somali Current)

August 19, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • United Nations AMISOM IGAD EU and UK Congratulate Ahmed Madobe On Presidential Elections(Radio Bar- Kulan)
  • Somalia President Keen To Appear In Parliament Amid Political Uncertainty (Garowe Online)
  • Mogadishu Central Jail Gets First Skills Training Centre (Goobjoog News)
  • A Somali Woman In The UK Will Likely Have More Children Than Average UK Born Woman (Somali Current)
  • Malnourished Children Being Treated In Bardhere (Radio Ergo)
  • Man Who ‘Confessed’ To Be Al-Shabaab Member Remanded Pending Investigations (Standard Digital)
  • Group Of 50  Al-Shabaab Militants Preaching To Basuba Villagers (Coastweek/Xinhua)
  • Why Running Is A Huge Challenge For Somali Women (Fittish)
August 19, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Five People Died In Deadly Battle In South Of Somalia (Shabelle News)
  • Helicopter Attacks Destroy Al-Shabaab Vehicles In Central Somalia (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Member of Parliaments Distance Themselves From President Motion Claim Their Signatures Forged  (Wacaal Media)
  • Prime Minister Appoint Yahya As The Permanent Secretary For Interior Affairs (Jowhar Online)
  • Finance Minister Requests Somalia’s Foreign Debts To Be Forgiven (Radio Muqdisho)
  • We Are Waiting For High Court Clearance Says Member of Parliament On Impeachment Motion(Goobjoog News)
  • Growing Number Of Former Al-Shabaab Fighters Giving Up Arms To Lead A Normal Life (Somali Current)
  • Inspector General Unveils Kenya’s Faces Of Terror (Mediamax/K24 TV)
  • Foundation To Help Somali People (Gulf Today)
  • St. Cloud Immigrants Get Global News In Unusual Ways (St. Cloud Times)
  • Caribou Employee Apologizes For Post About Somalis (MPR News)
  • Somalia: A letter from Jamaame (Horseed Media)

August 18, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Dispute Over Deploying AMISOM Troops To Puntland State (Goobjoog News)
  • Al-Shabaab Officers Surrender To Somali Government (Radio Dalsan)
  • Puntland Government Orders Internal Displacement Persons To Vacate Government Buildings(Goobjoog News)
  • Ethiopian Warplanes Hit Militant Bases In Masagawaa (Wacaal Media)
  • Elbuur Traders Charged Over Al-Shabaab Links (Mareeg Media)
  • Somali Police Nab 11 Militants In Operation: Official (Xinhua)
  • Coleman Backs Headscarf Ban For Columbus Police Officers (The Columbus Dispatch)
  • Do Not Impeach The President (Wardheer News)
  • First Footsteps in Europe: Among the British (Maandeeq.com)
August 18, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 17, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Member of Parliaments Reject Mediations Insist On President’s Impeachment (Hiiraan Online)
  • Security Forces Discover Illicit Liquor (Goobjoog News)
  • Residents Of Garbaharey Demonstrate Against Jubaland Head And Ethiopian Forces (Wacaal Media)
  • Pro-Madoobe Demonstrations To Kick Off In Kismayo (Goobjoog News)
  • Speaker Meets Independent Constitution Review Committee (Somali Update)
  • Abdi Becomes The First Somali To Graduate As a Marine Corp (Somali Current)
  • Uganda Deploys More Police Officers To Somalia (New Vision)
  • Somali Transplants Put Down Roots In Maine (The Boston Globe)
  • Mr President Your Boarding Pass Is-Ready For Collection (Wardheer News)

August 17, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Banadir Regional Court Sentences Child Rapists With 10 to 15 Years In Jail (Somali Update)
  • Somalia’s Former Ambassador To Kenya Denied Entry Into Belet Weyne (Garowe Online)
  • Madoobe Was Elected By An Illegal Parliament Says Members of Parliament (Wacaal Media)
  • Football Growth In Somalia Cheers Minister of Sport (Goobjoog News)
  • First Female Candidate Announces Run For Garowe Mayor (Garowe Online)
  • Human Rights Training For Officials And Staff Of Ministry Concluded (Goobjoog News)
  • Suspected Al-Shabaab Fighters Warn Kenyan Villagers To Shun Police (Reuters)
  • Former Warlord Ahmed Madobe Re-elected To Fight Al-Shabaab In Somalia’s Jubaland (The Star)
  • Somali Refugees Work Together To Settle Into New Life In The Grand Cities (Grand Forks Herald)
  • I Fear Al-Shabaab But I Love My pupils So Much I Can’t Leave (Daily Nation)
August 17, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 14, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Ethiopian Soldiers Have Got No Rights To Interfere Somalia’s Affairs Says Member of Parliament (Goobjoog News)
  • Four Cleared To Run For The Position Of Jubbaland Head Of State (Wacaal Media)
  • Former Minister Says Motion Against The President Will Be A Setback To The Upcoming State Formation (Goobjoog News)
  • Somalia Signs Education Agreement with Egypt (Radio Danan)
  • Puntland President Meets The Public In Galkayo (Horseed Media)
  • Appeals Court Orders Life Sentences For 5 Somali Pirates (Yahoo News/Associated Press)
  • Somali Militia Treated Them Cruelly Malaysian Shows Them Kindness (Star 2 Malaysia)
  • Burnsville Man Charged After Accidentally Shooting Friend (Star Tribune)
  • An Instagram Inside Somalia: I moved From Canada To Mogadishu To Meet My Mother – And Stayed(The Independent)
  • ‘Au Revoir Mogadishu’: A 1970s-80s Somali Disco Mixtape (Okayafrica.com)

August 14, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

  • Impeachment Motion Is A Hindrance To The Country – President (Horseed Media)
  • Doolow District Commissioner  Jails Traditional Elders For Raising Their Voices Against Jubbaland Policies (Wacaal Media)
  • Puntland State TV Director Fired After Journalists Ditch Jobs (Garowe Online)
  • The Refurbishment Of A Landmark Hotel In Mogadishu To Cost USD 60 Million (Somali Current)
  • Soldiers Refuse Bardhere District Commissioner To Take His Office (Shabelle News)
  • Ugandan Officer Shoots Dead Girlfriend Then Kills Himself in Somalia (Mareeg Media)
  • Somali Minister Hints At Move To Ban FGM (The Guardian)
  • Silatech Launches Job Centre For Somali Youth (Gulf Times)
  • Somalia: Helping People In Previously Inaccessible Regions (ICRC)
  • Somalia Can Have No ‘Political Legitimacy’ Without Genuine Reconciliation (Middle East Monitor)
  • Mixed Feelings About The Motion Of No Confidence Against Somali President (Hiiraan Online)
August 14, 2015 | Morning Headlines

August 13, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

  • Somalia Lawmakers Lodge Vote of No Confidence in President (Bloomberg)
  • Somali President Wants Army Scale Up Attacks On Al-Shabaab (Somali Update)
  • Somalia Petroleum Ministry Dismiss UN Monitoring Allegation (Somali Current)
  • Anxiety Grips SIMAD University As Al-Shabaab Circulates Leaflets Warning People To Stay Away From The Institution (Wacaal Media)
  • Al-Shabaab Official Surrenders To Jubaland Amid Setbacks (Garowe Online)
  • Somali Entrepreneur Zakaria Hersi Has Launched A Multimillion-dollar Internet Startup Called Efritin Nigeria (Information Nigeria/Hiiraan Online)
  • Netherlands Deploys First Ocean-Going Patrol Vessel Against Somali Pirates (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Colombian Ship Joins EU Counter-piracy Operation (The West Australian)
  • After Emerging From The Red River Somali Man Seeking Asylum Now Mired In Red Tape (Winniepeg Free Press)
  • AMISOM’’s New Offensive Creates More Questions Than Answers (All Africa)
  • A Response To Organizers Of The Somali Studies International Association Congress Helsinki(Maandeeq.com)