May 28, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Somalia Military Retake Area From Al-Shabaab In Hiran Region (Horseed Media)
We Shall Continue With The Motion Even If Premier Reaches Agreement With Jubbaland Says Dahir Amiin Jeesow (Goobjoog)
Puntland Rejects Somali Govt’s Population Estimate Survey (Garowe Online)
Middle Shabelle Governor Calls Upon Somali People To Help River Shabelle Flood Victims (Goobjoog News)
At Least 11 Al-Shabaab Militants Killed In Somalia (Xinhua)
Kenyan Court Denies Bail To 4 Women Linked To Terrorism (Xinhua)
Somali Regional State Of Ethiopia: The Corrosive Impact Of Internalized Oppression

May 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Talks Collapse Between Government And Opposition In Somaliland (Goobjoog News)
Deputy PM Held Meeting With Top Financial Committee (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Launches New Campaign To End Female Genital Mutilation (Radio Danaan)
Kenya Police: No Officers Killed In Al-Shabaab Attack (Somali Current)
Sharmarke and Madoobe Hold Talks To Iron Differences Between The Federal Government And The Regional State (Wacaal News)
Security Council Renews Mandate Of UN Mission in Somalia (Xinhua)
Kenyans Lament Al-Shabaab’s Recruitment Of Youths (Voice of America)
Somali Filmmaker Hopes ‘Lobby’ Prompts Dialogue (Twin Cities Press)

May 27, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Federal Govt Forces Attack Al-Shabaab Base In Bay 26 May – Source: Garowe Online- 137 Words Somali government forces clashed with Al-Shabaab militants near Bay regional district of Bardale of southwestern Somalia, killing two fighters according to official, Garowe Online reports. Bardale mayor, Mohamed Isaq Arro-Ase told VOA Somali Service that government troops raided Al-Shabaab […]

May 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Somaliland Govt Opposition At Loggerheads Over Term Extension (Garowe Online)
Jubbaland Receives Delivery of Rare Military Hardware from UAE (Goobjoog News)
The President: “I Thank Our African Brothers For Supporting Us And I Hope That Somalia Will Soon Be Playing Its Full Role In The Continent” (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland President Hints At Shakeup Over Incompetence (Garowe Online)
Senior Somali Kenyan Politician In Hot Water After Failing To Submit Al-Shabaab List (Somali Current)
Al-Shabaab Executes 4 For Spying For Kenya And Ethiopia (Wacaal News)
Al-Shabaab Militants Kill 20 Kenyan Policemen in Northeast (Bloomberg)
Al-Shabaab Takes Control Of Strategic Town In Southern Somalia (Xinhua)
Somalia’s New International Bank Brings More Debit Cards to War-Torn Country (All Africa/Radio France International)

May 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Banadir Administration Resettles Somali Yemeni Refugees (Somali Current)
A Somali Businessman To Send A Ship To Evacuate Somalis In Yemen (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Frees Two Detained Journalists (Garowe Online)
Somali Government Soldiers Withdraw From Janaale Locality (Goobjoog News)
Puntland State Officials And Donors Open Talks In Addis Ababa (RBC Radio)
Repatriation Of Somali Refugees From Dadaab Camp Set To Continue (Daily Nation)
Al Maktoum Charity UNESCO’s East Africa Office Discuss Plans To Launch Illiteracy Eradication Project In Somalia (WAM)
Limping Along With Somalia On The mind (Daily Nation)

May 25, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

Fighting Breaks Out In Marka Town (Radio Danaan)
Yemen Launches Consulate In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Expert Says Somali President Has No Control Over Security (Radio Dalsan)
Products In Somalia To Be Inspected As Govt Contracts Turkish Firm (Somali Current)
UN Official Condemns Killing Of Parliamentarian Reiterates Support For Political Process (UN News Centre)
KDF ‘Aiding’ Sh22b Illegal Charcoal Trade (Standard Digital)
The Surgeons Of Mogadishu (Al Jazeera English)
The Legal And Constitutional Context Of The Garowe Agreement (RBC Radio)

May 25, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Somalia Concludes Own Soldiers Behind MP’s Murder 24 May – Source: Radio Danaan- 191 Words One day after gunmen shot and killed a Somali lawmaker in a drive-by shooting in the capital, Somalia’s government declared military soldiers in its army were behind the cold blood murder, spokesman said Sunday. Mohamed Yusuf, a spokesman for Somalia’s […]

May 22, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Several Suspects Arrested In Kismaayo Following Killing Of Traditional Leader (Wacaal Media)
Luuq Administration Opposes The Motion Presented Before The Federal Parliament (Goobjoog News)
Former Somalia Premier Urges Somali Diaspora To Participate Somalia Democratic Process (Somali Current)
Qardo Welcomes In Style Puntland Head Of State (Wacaal Media)
Al-Shabaab Called To Pledge Allegiance To ISIS (Somali Current)
EU Steps Up Engagement In Support Of Somali Culture (Somali Current)
War-Torn Somalia Opens 2nd Bank In Capital (Xinhua)
Al-Shabaab Fighters Storm Garissa Mosques Threaten ‘Traitors’ Day After Ethiopian Soldiers Crossed To Kenya (Standard Digital News)
Mogadishu’s Lido beach: Sun Surf And… Grenade (BBC)

May 22, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

‘Jubba River Offensive’ To Liberate Al-Shabaab Held Areas In Jubaland (Garowe Online)
Suspected Militants Kill Puntland Security Commander (Garowe Online)
Parliament Chartered Ship Carrying Refugees Docks At Berbera Port (Goobjoog News)
Civil Servants And Armed Forces To Donate To Yemen Refugees (Goobjoog News)
Somaliland Forces Withdraw from Taleex (RBC Radio)
Kenyan Mosque In Garissa Briefly Taken By Al-Shabaab (BBC News)
British Man Charged With Trying To Join Al- Shabaab in Somalia (Associated Press)
Somalia Listed As Worst Country For Maternal Health (Voice of America)
UAE People & Politics: The Ongoing Campaign To Save Somalia (The National)
Somalia: Why Opposition Unity Is A Choice (RBC Radio)

May 21, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

South West State To Reopen KM50 Airport (Goobjoog News)
AMISOM To Receive Fighter Jets (Somali Current)
Somali Minister For Internal Security Jets Off to Djibouti (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Lashes Out At Galmudug Over Ownership Of Mudug Region (Wacaal News)
AMISOM Police Commences Refresher Training In Belet Weyne (Goobjoog News)
Somalia Denies Deal Over Deportees From Denmark (Horseed Media)
5 Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants Nabbed In Somalia (Xinhua)
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite ‘Commands Army Of 200 Female Jihadis And Is Called Mother of Holy War (Mirror)
A Onetime Refugee Aims High (Harvard Gazette)