May 14, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Refugees Continue To Stream Into Puntland Overwhelm Camp Amid Short Supplies (Horseed Media)
• UN Envoy To Somalia Concerned About Somaliland Elections Postponement (Garowe Online)
• Closed Money Transfer Companies Express Optimism To Resume Business (Wacaal Media)
• UNICEF Representative Somalia Visits Puntland (Horseed Media)
• Somali President Opens UAE Funded Military Training Facility In Mogadishu (Radio Dalsan)
• Al-Shabaab Leaflets Warn Of More Garissa-Like Attacks On Kenya’s Christian Schools (Christian Post)
• High Commissioner Guterres Wraps Up Visit To Kenya And Somalia to Discuss The Future Of Dadaab Refugee Camp (Reuters)
• Al-Shabaab Militants Kill Policeman In Garissa (Standard Digital)
• Somalia Executes Two MP Assassins (BBC News)
• Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Hold Iran Fishing Boats (World Bulletin)
• The Love-Hate Relationship Between Mengistu Haile-Mariam & Abdullahi Yusuf: Declassified (Wardheer)
• Mogadishu’s Oldest District Welcomes AMISOM Community Policing Drive

May 13, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• A Boat Carrying 1000 Somalis From Yemen Due To Dock At Bossaso port (Goobjoog News)
• Over 200 Internally Displaced Youths Gain Life-Skills Training In Baidoa (Somali Current)
• Puntland MPs Demand Emergency Session Over Security Lapse (Garowe Online)
• Puntland Puts Surrendered Al-Shabaab Officials On Display (Garowe Online)
• Judge Keeps Terror Suspects In Jail But Says He’s Open To Ideas (MPR News)
• Two Swedes Somali Plead Guilty In NY Over  Al-Shabaab Conspiracy ( AFP/Yahoo News)
• UNHCR Chief Visits Somali Port Of Kismayo Meets Refugee Returnees (UNHCR)
• Life And Opportunity In The World’s Biggest Refugee Camp (AFP/Yahoo News)
• The Siren Song Of IS: Why Young Midwestern Somalis Try To Join Islamic State (The Economist)

May 13, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

• NISA Forces Launch Manhunt Operation In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
• Female Journalist Survives Assassination Attempt In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
• Inflation Exacerbates Somali Town’s Economic Hardship (Radio Danan)
• Anti Al-Shabaab Conference Opens In Puntland (Horseed Media)
• Puntland Army Chief: Puntland Strong Enough To Tackle Al-Shabaab  (RBC Radio)
• Meeting On Evacuation Plans For Somali Refugees In Yemen Held In Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
• Three Al-Shabaab Recruits Plead Guilty To US Terror Charges (Associated Press)
• Somali Foreign Minister Thanks Malta Italy For Saving Migrants’ Lives (Times of Malta)
• Al-Shabaab Militants Nabbed In Major Swoop In Mogadishu (Xinhua News)
• Reach Of ISIS Confounds A Minnesota College Campus (Wall Street Journal)
• Commentary On The Visit Of US Secretary Of State John Kerry To Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
• Fresh Eyes: Amaal Said’s Portraits Of Belonging (Africa Is A Country)

May 12, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• US Withdraws Nomination Of Ambassador To Somalia (Al Jazeera English)
• Hundreds Displaced By Floods In Areas Under Lower Shabelle Region (Goobjoog News)
• Somalia President Meets British Swedish Ambassadors (Garowe Online)
• Measles Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off In Mudug Region (Wacaal Media)
• Somalia Government Sets Date For Hiiraan And Shabelle Conference (Somali Current)
• Somalia To Evacuate Citizens From Yemen In Ceasefire Deal (Horseed Media)
• Puntland deploys hundreds Of Police officers Into Bossaso Amid Intense Security Threats In The Region(Sahal News)
• Step Up War On Terrorists Bishops Tell President Uhuru Kenyatta (Daily Nation)
• Minnesota Terrorist Recruit Back In Custody After Allegedly Violating Conditions Of His Release (Star Tribune)
• Fadumo Dayib Is Risking Her Life To Be Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate (Marie Claire)
• A More Potent Threat (Beijing Review)
• A Somali Solution To The Perilous Exodus( New York Times)

May 12, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Immigration Department Officer Shot In Mogadishu By Unknown Gunmen (Goobjoog News)
• Presidential Term Extension Leads To Mass Protest In Somaliland (Garowe Online)
• Somali National Army Captures Buurwein Locality (Goobjoog News)
• Somali Journalists Protest AMISOM Sniffer Dogs (Radio Dalsan)
• Somalia President  Calls On Arab Countries To Invest In  Somalia (Somali Current)
• UN Highlights Somalia’s Humanitarian Challenges (Radio Danan)
• Somali President Committed To More Inclusive Vote In 2016 (Reuters/Yahoo News)
• Somaliland: Risking Torture For A Better Life Abroad (Al-Jazeera)
• Segregation and Security: Life Inside MIA (The Times)
• No Timetable For Refugees’ Return To Unstable Somalia UN Says (Daily Nation)

May 11, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Elders Of Two Jubba Regions Call On Government To Evacuate Somali Refugees From Yemen(Goobjoog News)
• Somali Man Killed In Shooting In Minneapolis (Sahan Journal)
• Somali Soccer Team Impressive Performance In Djibouti (Mareeg.com)
• Somali President Dismisses Term Extension (Hiiraan Online)
• Somalia Closely Watches Kenya’s Separation Wall: Minister (Radio Danan)
• Somali Embassy In Yemen Makes Plea To Somali Federal Government (RBC Radio)
• EU Delegation Office To Open In Somalia (AMISOM)
• Female Police Officers Call For More Involvement In The Somali Police Force (UNDP)
• Somali Mothers Struggle To Raise Up Children Amid Challenges (Xinhua News/Shanghai Daily)
• Somalia: Farming Against Fighting (Africa Agribusiness)
• Puntland Security Lapse (Garowe Online)
• Somalia Grapples With Mayhem (Somali Current)
• Somali Human Rights Roadmap Ready For Implementation (UNSOM)

May 11, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Somali Women Rights Anti-FGM Campaigner Wins International Award (Somali Current)
• AU Forces Targeted In Marka Grenade Attack (Garowe Online)
• Somali President Sends Congratulation To UK PM On His Victory In The Election (Radio Muqdisho)
• Calm Returns To Somali Town After Clashes (Radio Danan)
• Somali PM Says Government Will Focus On Restoring Security In Speech To Parliament (Horseed Media)
• Puntland Opposes Makeup Of Electoral Boundaries And Judicial Commissions (Goobjoog News)
• KDF Border Police Unit On The Spot After Al-Shabaab Hijack Miraa Vehicle In Mandera (Daily Nation)
• Feds Field Questions In Minneapolis From Somali-American community In ISIL-Related Case (Star Tribune)
• Terror Attacks See Kenya’s Tourist Arrivals Fall 31% In First Quarter (Daily Times/Xinhua News)
• Gunmen Kill MP In Northern Somalia Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility (Xinhua News)
• Uganda Army Launches De-Radicalization Campaign (VOA)
• Lure Of High-Risk Riches Too Strong For Somali Refugees (AFP/Yahoo News)
• Closure Of Remittance Firms Hurts The Poor (Wardheer News)
• Minnesota Somalis See Chance To Lead Fight Against Female Genital Cutting (Star Tribune)
• Somalia Remains One Of The Largest Most Complex Emergencies Says Country’s UN Relief Coordinator(UN News Centre)

May 8, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• SNA Commanders In Bullo-Burde Claim Victory Over Clashes With Al-Shabaab (Goobjoog News)
• Federal Cabinet Endorses Three Key Commissions (Garowe Online)
• Technical Committee Of Somali Central State Formation Publicises State Formation Roadmap (Goobjoog News)
• Somalia South West Regional Administration Oppose Jubbaland Parliament Formation (Somali Current)
• Amid Power Sharing Controversy Two Somali Regions On Collision Course (Hiiraan Online)
• Report: Somalia Is The Worst Country To Be A Rape Victim (Somali Current)
• 3000 Men Trained By KDF Missing (All Africa/The Star Kenya)
• Somali Islamists Driven Into North South Pockets (Reuters)
• Reviving Culture To Fight Radicalization (Anadolu Agency)
• Somalia’s Way Of Seeking Justice For Rape Victims Is Working (Huffington Post)
• Somali Citizen Brutally Murdered In Uganda (New Vision/All Africa)
• UNESCO Chief Condemns Murder Of Journalists In Separate Incidents In East Africa (UN News Centre)
• Is Direct Election Possible In Somalia In 2016? (Wardheer News)
• Closing A Huge Somali Refugee Camp In Kenya Would Not Reduce Terrorism (The Economist)
• Decades Of Service To Keysaney Hospital In Mogadishu (ICRC)

May 8, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

• Heavy Fighting Between Government Forces And Al-Shabab Erupts In Aboorey Locality (Goobjoog News)
• Somali President Lands At  Kismayo Airport (Goobjoog News)
• AMISOM And Somali Security Forces Carry Out Sweeps In Mogadishu (Wacaal Media)
• IGAD Foreign Secretaries Land In Kismayu (RBC Radio)
• As Kerry Visited Somalia US Congressman Urges Remittances Reopening (Hiiraan Online)
• Police Officer Killed Another Injured In Landmine Explosion In Somalia (Xinhua News)
• Somali Islamists Driven Into North South Pockets – UN Envoy (Reuters)
• Somali Police Say Dozens Arrested In Capital After Assassination (Bloomberg)
• Somalia Still A Threat – McKinstry (SuperSport)
• ‘Shabaab’ Or ‘UGUS’ Somali Media Between Rock Hard Place (Anadolu Agency)
• What Is The Outcome Of The Garowe Meeting? (Wardheer News)
• Dreams For My Generation (Warya Post)

May 7, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Kerry Praises Djibouti Role In Fight Against Extremism (Somali Current)
• Somalis In Yemen Face Desperate Situation (Goobjoog News)
• Human Rights Activist Guled Ahmed Jama Released From Unlawful Detention by Somaliland Charges Have Not Been Dropped (Somali Update)
• River Shabelle Flood Victims In Duduble Locality Appeal For Help (Goobjoog News)
• Knaan Says He Supports Pirates Because They Protect The Coastline (Radio Dalsan)
• Kenya Steps Back From Threat To Expel Somali Refugees (New York Times)
• Abe Encourages SDF Officer Leading Somalia Mission (NHK World)
• Djibouti To Host Somalia Rwanda Tie (Super Sport)
• UN Roots For Investments In Somalia To Facilitate Return Of Refugees (Shanghai Daily)
• Despite Kerry’s Visit Little Movement On Lifeline For Somalis (U.S. News)
• Brace Yourselves Somalia: America’s Back (Daily Maverick)
• A Test Case For ‘Deradicalization’ (Wall Street Journal)
• Dispatches: Kerry’s Lost Opportunity In Mogadishu (Human Rights Watch)