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 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Government And AMISOM Forces Take Control Of Juungal Ahead Of Baardheere Offensive (Wacaal Media)
Efforts To End Inter-clan Hostility In Jowhar District (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland: NEC Jumpstarts Phase I Of Voter Registration (Somaliland Sun)
Yemenis Pitch Camp In Mogadishu As Government Pledges To settle Them (Goobjoog News)
Thousands Flee As SNA And AMISOM Close In Al-Shabaab Stronghold (Radio Dalsan)
AU Troops Launch Airstrikes In South Somalia (Xinhua)
Kenyatta And Obama To Talk Security And Flights (Times Live)
Airline In Air Force One Security Breach: Report (Sky News)
Internship Program Growing In Cedar Riverside Neighborhood (CBS Minnesota)
Uganda’s Pullout Is No Guarantee To Al-Shabaab’s Terror End (New Vision)
Survivor Describes Her Body Being Consumed By Pain (Sky News)

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 | Daily Monitoring Report

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New UN Deputy Special Representative Of The Secretary-General For Somalia Arrives In Mogadishu(Mareeg Media)
Galmudug President Donates To Galkayo-Hobyo Road Project (Goobjoog News)
Guleed And IGAD Delegation Expected In Dhusamareb Today As They Seek To Resolve Ahlu Sunna Standoff (Wacaal Media)
Puntland Government Delays Garowe Bossaso District Councils (Garowe Online)
Somalia Not Yet Ready To Manage Its Own Airspace (Horseed Media)
Somali President Reasserts Hiiraan Middle Shabelle Regions Integration Initiative (Hiiraan Online)
Women Want Obama To Discuss Withdrawing Soldiers From Somalia (The Star)
US Authorities Allege Oregon Imam Assisted Radicals (ABC News/Associated Press)
Syracuse Community Association Helps Immigrants Adjust To Life In Central New York (Local.syr.com)
U.S. Congress Urges President Obama To Nominate New Ambassador ASAP (Mareeg Media)
UN Special President for Somalia: Mr. President Stop Democracy of Hypocrisy (RBC Radio)

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 | Daily Monitoring Report

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African Union Troops In New Offensive Against Al-Shabaab (Horseed Media)
Our First Priority Is Security Of Our State Says Galmudug President (Goobjoog News)
Ahlu Sunna Takeover Areas Previously Under Government Control (Wacaal Media)
Town of Armo Police Academy To Reopen Soon (Goobjoog News)
Wajir County Establishes Anti Radicalization Office To Counter Terror (Radio Dalsan)
Kenya: Al-Shabaab Set Up Camp In Boni Forest (The Star)
Lithuanian Troops Leaving For Somalia Anti-piracy Operation (The Lithuania Tribune)
Kenya And Somalia Feuds Far From Over (The Star)
How Severe Is The terror Threat In East Africa? (BBC News)
A Perfect Somali Political Regrouping In Picture (Horseed Media)
Universal TV’s Interview With Newly Appointed British Ambassador to Somalia Ms Harriet Mathews(Universal TV)

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 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Somali President Extends Eid Message To Somalis (Goobjoog News)
The US Government Joins The International Effort to Combat Piracy Off The Coast Of Somalia (Mustaqbal Radio)
Information Minister: “Somali People Demonstrated A Conclusive Rejection Of Violence And Intimidation By Extremists.” (Goobjoog News
Full-fledged UN Peacekeeping Mission In Somalia Would Be ‘High-risk Undertaking’ Security Council Told (UN News Centre)
Hargeisa: Inside Somaliland’s Would-be Capital City (CNN)
Investing In Post-War Somalia To Advance US Strategic Interests (The Hill)

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 | Daily Monitoring Report

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US Drone Strike Kills Two Senior Al-Shabaab Commanders In Somalia Stronghold (The Star)
Parliament Speaker Warns Police Bosses Not To Involve Politics (Goobjoog News)
Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Visits Qardho (Horseed Media)
Mogadishu Residents Prepare To Celebrate Eid Al-Fitr (Bar-Kulan Radio)
Amid Row Top Somaliland Opposition Party Officials Resign (Hiiraan Online)
Puntland Renegade General Back In Garowe After 2 Months Mutiny (Goobjoog News)
New Court Martial Panel Sworn In (New Vision)
Integrate Somali Refugees Into Kenya Society (The Star)
World Braces For Kiprop Farah Collision In Monaco (Daily Nation)
136 Cattle Stolen In Garissa Returned (The Star)
Federal Agents Raid Local Somali Grocery (post bulletin.com)
Somalia Needs A Long Term Focus And Holistic FDI Partners (Garowe Online)
Two Young Somali Designer’s Invention Receives 266% Kickstarter Campaign Funding(allthingssomalia.com)