May 21, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Jubaland Accuses Federal Parliament Speaker Of Backing Motion (Garowe Online)
Interim Jubba Administration Leader Makes Reshuffle (Goobjoog News)
El-Bur Residents Face Water Shortage and Lack of Health Facilities(Goobjoog News)
Kenya Jets Bombs Al-Shabaab Base In Gedo (Radio Dalsan)
Puntland Opens Civil Registration Office In Qardo (Wacaal Media)
Five Al-Shabaab Suspects Arrested In Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Condemns ‘Savage Buddhists’ Urges Help For Rohingya( AFP/ Daily Star)
World Must Not ‘Squander’ Opportunity In Somalia UN Envoy Tells Security Council(UN News Centre)
Does Kerry’s Surprise Visit To Somalia Prelude A Renewed US-Somali Relationship? (Global Risk Insights)
Climate Of Fear In Dadaab Refugee Camp Leads Many To Consider Repatriation (The Guardian)

May 20, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

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Mogadishu Tax Collectors Undergoes Fresh Training (Goobjoog News)
US To Offer Capacity Building To Jubbaland Armed Forces (Wacaal News)
Somali Federal Government In Budget Deficit (Goobjoog News)
MP Hosh Jibril “Federal Parliament Has Only Advisory Role In The Regional States” (Goobjoog News)
Burundi Might Leave Somalia As US Cuts Aid (The Observer)
7000 Somali Refugees Return From Yemen (Gulf Today)
Ethiopian Forces ‘Cross Into Kenya’ Risk Diplomatic Fallout With Key Regional Ally (Mail & Guardian Africa)
Who Really Rules Somalia? – The Tale Of Three Big Clans And Three Countries (Mail & Guardian Africa)
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab ‘Taking The Wrong Path’ (BBC News)

May 20, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somali Regional Leader Says He Survived Ambush Near Mogadishu (Radio Danaan)
Hundreds Demonstrate Against Motion Presented Before The Federal Parliament of
Somalia (Goobjoog News)
Somali King In South Africa To Meet Zulu King Over Xenophobia Attacks (Horseed Media)
Puntland Govt Lifts Ban On Nat’l Broadcaster Operations (Garowe Online)
South West State Executes Convicted Al-shabab Fighter In Baidoa (RBC Radio)
Two Missing Girls Claim They’ve Joined Islamist Group In Syria (Standard Digital)
How Al-Shabaab Is Dividing Communities In Northern Kenya (Channel 4 News)
Life as a Somali Nomad Motivates Starbucks Partner to Help Children (Starbucks Newsroom)
How Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Turned Against Its Own Foreign Fighters (The Intercept)

May 19, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

South-West State President Escapes Assassination Attempt (Goobjoog News)
Residents Of Lower Jubba Take To The Streets Protesting Against Motion Tabled In Federal Parliament On Jubbaland (Wacaal Media)
Mogadishu Mayor Pledges Resettlement For Returning Refugees (Goobjoog News)
Minister of Defense Visits Kismaayo (Radio Muqdisho)
Ban Ki-Moon: Yemen Crisis Could Open Jihadist Path Through Somalia (Economic Times)
Somalia Evacuates 95 Nationals From Yemen: Official (Xinhua)
Muslim Preacher Charged In Nairobi Court With Incitement To Kill ( Daily Nation)
Where there is oil and gas there is Schlumberger (The Guardian)
Meeting Maternal And Child Health Needs In A Complex Operating Environment (IFRC)

May 19, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

Somalia Bans Police Officers From Chewing Khat (Garowe Online)
First Batch Of Somalis And Yemenis Evacuated by Air Touches Down Somalia’s Soil (Goobjoog News)
Denmark Forcibly Deports Somali Asylum-Seekers (Horseed Media)
Somaliland President Warns Against Rebuilding Somali Army (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Intelligence Detain Dozens In Mogadishu Hotel (Radio Dalsan)
Deadly Protest In Lasaanod As Somaliland Celebrates 24 Years Of Independence (Garowe Online)
Paramilitary Group Shuts Down Radio Station (Garowe Online)
Minnesota Experts Seek New Approach Against Terrorism (Star Tribune)
‘White Widow’ Samantha Lewthwaite Is Now Right Hand Of Al Shabaab Leader In Somalia: Report(International Business Times)
An American Company Like No Other Operating in Mogadishu (Wardheer News)

May 18, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Women Full-Face Veil Banned For Security Fears In Central Somalia Town (Garowe Online)
Boat Packed With Somali Returnees Departures From Yemen (Goobjoog News)
25 killed in Somalia including AMISOM forces (Somali Current)
Puntland President Meets Yemeni Envoy Amid Refugee Influx (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabaab Claims Control Of US Drone In Somalia (Xinhua)
UAE Exerts Utmost Efforts To Save Somalia Revive Its Economy Says Somali official (WAM)
Somali Islamists deny Burundian President’s Claim Of Planned Attack (Reuters)
White Widow ‘has killed 400 people’ as key figure in Al-Shabaab (The Telegraph)
Hargeisa’s Isolation & Idiosyncratic Presidency In the South: A Fool’s Errand! (Wardeer News)
What we did not tell to the Turkish (Hiiraan)

May 18, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

Suspected US Drone Crashes In Burhakaba ( Radio Dalsan)
H.E. Ms Mathews OBE Meets With Bristol Somali Community (Hiiraan Online)
New Faces In Anti-Puntland President Caucus ( Garowe Online)
Patience Running Out In Puntland After Influx Of Refugees From Yemen (Horseed Media)
Illegal Fishing Disrupts Fishermen’s Livelihood In Former Somalia Pirate Hub (Garowe Online)
Puntland Police Gives Details Of Saturday’s Security Sweep In Bossaso (Goobjoog News)
Focus report: 15 Germans Fighting In Somalia For Al-Shabab (Deutsche Welle )
The Militants Fight Back: First It Was Somalia’s Al- Shabaab Now Boko Haram Recaptures Key Town in Nigeria (Mail & Guardian )
Minnesota’s Radical Experiment in Jihadi Rehab (The Newyorker )
Somali President Extols FIFA (Soko25East)
Somali Youth Ready To Migrate To Europe Despite Perils (Xinhua)
Money Keeps Moving Toward Somalia Sometimes In Suitcases (Foreign Policy)

May 15, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

Somali Youth League Day Anniversary Celebrations Are Due To Take Place in Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
Somali Minister For Information Calls Somali People To Help Refugees Trapped In Yemen (Goobjoog News)
Puntland Parliament Speaker Accused Of Not Accepting Motion Against Cabinet(Shabelle News)
Somali Government Challenges Regional Administrations’ Status (Hiiraan Online)
Somalia Cabinet Approves Counter-Terrorism Bill (Garowe Online)
Al-Shabaab Attacks Somali Towns (VoA News)
Uganda on Alert Over Terror Threat (The Statesman)
Somali Women Stalked By Rape As They Migrate (Times of Malta)
UN Refugee Chief Visits Kenya and Somalia to Discuss Further Future of Dadaab Camp (UN News Centre)
Refugee Elders Escape Somali Strife – Now struggle to Escape U.S Beauracracy (New American Media)
The Road to Independence SYL (Warya Post)

May 15, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

At Least Two Arrested Over Bomb Attack In South Somalia(Shabelle News)
South Africa Considers Deporting Immigrants Including Somalis (Radio Danaan)
Hope As Jowhar Residents Turn Out In Large Numbers To Clean Town (Somali Current)
SIMHA Condemns Assassination Attempt On Female Radio Journalist (Radio Dalsan)
Somali Retired General Warns Burundi Turmoil Affecting Somalia’s Peace Efforts (Somali Current)
Puntland Seeks International Help To Resettle Yemen Refugees (Garowe Online)
UN Refugee Chief Visits Kenya And Somalia To Discuss Future Of Dadaab Camp (UN News Centre)
Iran Rejects Capture Of Its Sailors By Somalia ‘s Armed Group (Trend.az )
Hundreds Of Refugees Arrive In Somalia From Yemen (The East African)
Cardiff Community Calls For Republic Of Somaliland To Be Recognised As A Country In Its Own Right(Wales Online)
Disgrace As A Commodity: Gabre And Yusuf ( Wardheer News)

May 14, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

We Welcome New Ideas President Hassan Tells Youth Stakeholders In Visit to Villa Somalia (Somali Current)
Puntland Cabinet Debates Possible AMISOM Operation In Puntland (Garowe Online)
Job Placement Project For Somali Female Graduates Launched In Mogadishu (Somali Current)
Somali Lawmakers Gear Up A Move To Ban Khat In Somalia (RBC Radio)
Somalis Fleeing Yemeni Cities For Refugee Camps Find No Aid ( Radio Ergo)
Somali-American Back In Prison After ‘Deradicalization’ Attempt (Reuters)
Kenya To Host Engineering Unit Of UN Africa Peacekeepers Unit (Daily Nation)
US Appeals Court Hears Dispute Over Judge’s Rejection Of Life Sentences For 5 Somali Pirates (Star Tribune)
Al-Shabaab Kidnaps 14 Iranian Fishermen Stranded In Somalia – UPDATE ( The Guardian)
Case Against Alleged ISIL Recruits Raises Question Of Entrapment (Star Tribune)
University And Act for Somalia To Co-host UK Ambassador To Somalia’s Visit To Bristol Somali Community (Bristol University Website)
Malitia MaliMob Rapper Voices Somali American Struggles (The Seattle Globalist)