April 30, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Deputy Premier Returns Home (Radio Mogadishu)
• Large-scale Security Sweep Detains Dozens Outside Capital (Hiiraan online)
• Ex-Somalia PMs Want Mogadishu Federated (Garowe Online)
• Rights Group Demands Somaliland Authorities Free Detained Human Rights Activist (Mareeg Media)
• South-West President Reaches Garowe (RBC Radio)
• Shock As Former US Senator Brands Somalis in US ‘Terrorist’ (Somali Current)
• Uganda Opposition Worried By Museveni Military Service Proposal (RFI English)
• Somali Hotel Chain Owner Strives To Make A Difference (VOA English)
• Guidelines For A Somali Maritime Administration Being Drawn Up (Allafrica.com)
• Vision 2016: Beyond Ownership And How to Make it Happen! (Hiiraan Online)

April 29, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Gunmen Raid Mandera County Chief’s Offices (Radio Danan)
• Somalia Ready To Evacuate Thousands From Yemen-President (Garowe Online)
• Somaliland Delays Election Extend President’s Term (Hiraan Online)
• FIFA Training Course For Somali Football Referees Gets Under Way In Mogadishu (Somali Current)
• SOSCENSA Expresses Its Concern Over Situation Of Somali refugees In Yemen (Goobjoog  News)
• Somalia Registers Record Exports Of 5 Million Livestock In 2014 (Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• Monitor Madrassas Says National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi (Standard Media)
• Somali Refugees Fear Being Thrown Out Of Kenya (Time Magazine)
• Somali Police Recruit Leaves Class Over Headscarf Rule (The Columbus Dispatch)
• Somali Group To Purchase Building To Create Community Center In Minneapolis (Star Tribune)
• Somalia Looks Forward To 2016 And Beyond (Wardheer News)

April 29, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Bomb Targets UNOCHA Officer In Galkayo (Garowe Online)
• Somali President Receives High Profile Reception In Garowe (Radio RBC)
• Jubaland Concludes Election Of Parliament Speaker (Goobjoog News)
• Mogadishu Aden Ade International Airport Flights Double (Somali Update)
• Somalia Expresses Gratitude For Djibouti’s Continued Assistance (Wacaal Media)
• Government Should Not Surrender To Terrorists Says Musalia Mudavadi (Standard Media)
• Somali Man Charged With Making A Fake Refugee Certificate (The Star Kenya)
• Kenyan Police Question Parliamentary Employee Over Possible Plot (Reuters)
• Sicilian Court Convicts 20 Somalis Of Migrant-Trafficking (ABC/AP)
• Who Is A Somali? (Wardheer  News)
• Ambassador Americo: Bye Kenya Hello Villa Somalia (Sahan Journal)

April 28, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Finally Somalia Will Have A National Army (Somali Current)
• President Due To Reach Garowe (Goobjoog News)
• Hope As Mogadishu Residents Stand Up For Clean City (Somali Current)
• Puntland President Visits UN HQ To Express Grief At Loss Of Lives In Attack (Horseed Media)
• First Insurance Company Opens In Puntland (Garowe Online)
• Ugandan President Calls For Military Training For Citizens To Fight Terrorist Group (Pulse.com.ng)
• Somalia Coming Together As “United Federal Country” Despite Challenges (UN Radio)
• IMO Forum Aims To Rebuild Somalia’s Maritime Sector ( Maritime Activity Report)
• Refugees In Kenya Fear Forced Repatriation To Somalia (VOA)
• JICA To Sponsor Job Training In Somalia (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
• A Tribute To The Late Ambassador Yussuf Mohamed Ismail Bari-Bari The Consummate Human Right Activist(Wardheer News)

April 28, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Forty Somali Refugees Killed By Saudi-led Bombing Campaign In Yemen (Goodjoog News)
• President Mohamud Applauds Jubbaland Parliament Formation (RBC Radio)
• Drama As Two Bullet-Proof Vans Arrive In Mogadishu From The US (Somali Current)
• Somalia President Convenes Federal Parliament (Garowe Online)
• Likely Candidates To Clinch The Position Of Speaker Of Jubbaland Parliament (Wacaal Media)
• Somali Infighting May Halt Landmark Election (The Times Africa)
• Kenya Senate Staff Arrested Over Plot To Bomb Kenyan Parliament (Standard Media)
• In Bid To Counter Al-Shabaab Kenya Tightens Noose On Aid Efforts For Somalis (Devex.com)Pay Up Or Die: Mogadishu At Mercy Of Al-Shabaab (The Times)
• Uganda President Gives Rare Insight Into Shabaab Attacks In Kenya Somalia Kampala – and America’s Fail (Mail & Guardian Africa)

April 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

• Three Officials Killed In Mogadishu In 24 hours (Garowe Online)
• Dozens Arrested In Mogadishu Security Sweeps (Radio Danan)
• Somali Government Warns Of Possible Al-Shabaab Attacks In Mogadishu (Somali Current)
• Over 1000 Somali Refugees Arrive In Somalia (Goobjoog  News)
• Dadaab Refugees Dismiss Attacks Orchestrated From Camps (Hiraan Online)
• DP World To Run Somaliland’s Berbera Port (Garowe Online)
• Outgoing Somalia Ambassador Grateful To Kenya (Standard Media)
• 1200 Somalis Return Home From War-torn Yemen (The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
• Rwanda Down Somalia In Kigali (CAF Online)
• Islamic State Or Al-Qaeda? Somalia’s Al Shabaab Mulls Future (Standard Digital)
• Somalia Needs A Fearless And Patriotic Leader Not Elections (Hiiraan Online)

April 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Puntland President Vows To ‘Degrade’ Al-Shabaab Insurgents (Horseed Media)
• Premier Sharmarke: Regional Administration For Hiraan And Middle Shabele Regions In The Pipeline(Wacaal  Media)
• Somalia PM Calls Remittances Shut Down By Kenya ‘Worrying’ (Garowe Online)
• Investigations Of UN Mini-bus Attack Are Still Ongoing But Will Be Concluded Soon Says Gaas
• (Goobjoog  Media)
• Somalia Government Urges Somali Diaspora To Support Somalis In Yemen (Somali Current)
• Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Kills Three Officials Former Lawmaker In Mogadishu (International Business Times)
• Somalia FM Says His Country and Kenya Are On Good Terms (VOA)
• Garissa KMTC Closed As Government Fails To Provide Security (Daily Nation)
• Minneapolis Nonprofit Tests Program To Pull Teens From Terror’s Grasp (Star Tribune)
• What Kenya Wants From Somalia (Hiraan Online)

April 24, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Mothers Flee Yemen Without Their Children (Radio Ergo)
• Somali People Stand For The Help Of Their Brotherly Somali Refugees (Goobjoog News)
• Private Company Granted License To Patrol Puntland Waters (Garowe Online)
• Kenya’s President Bid Farewell To Former Somali Ambassador To Kenya (Somali Current)
• The Fresh Jubbaland Parliament To Appoint Speaker (RBC Radio)
• UPDATE: Al-Shabaab Militants Kill Kidnapped Mandera Chief  (Standard Media)
• Mother of ISIS Recruit Suspect Voices Shock Disbelief (The Wall Street Journal)
• Somalia’s Banana Exporters A Happy Lot As Security Improves (AKF Insider)
• UN Flags At Half Mast In Honour Of Staff Including Two Kenyans Killed In Somalia (The Star Kenya)
• FA Calls For Troops To Leave Somali Stadium (BBC Sports)
• Somalia: The Unlikely 2016 Parliament Election Reinstates 4.5 Clan Formula (Hiiraan Online)
• Syncopation Of Deceptive Words (Wardheer News)

April 24, 2015 | Morning Headlines

Key Headlines

• Hundreds Demonstrate In Garbaharay Against Interim Jubba Administration (Goobjoog News)
• British Ambassador To Somalia Visits Kismayo Applauds IJA On Progress Made (Radio RBC)
• Mogadishu University’s Bosaso Campus Holds Awareness Campaigns For Local Residents (Wacaal Media)
• Kenya To Plead To Donors Over The Closure Of Dadaab Refugee Camps (Somali Current)
• Parliament’s Social Services Development Committee Concern Over Situation Of Somali Refugees(Goobjoog News)
• Mandera Chief Abducted By Suspected Al-Shabaab Gunmen Leaders Demand KDF’s Return From Somalia (The Star Kenya)
• Somali PM Sees Risk To His Country In Yemen Strife (Leadership/AFP)
• Somalia Seeks To Drive Militants From Southern Valley Bases – PM (Reuters)
• The Long Journey To Understanding Between Kenya And Somalia (Networked News .org)

April 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report

Key Headlines

• Gunmen Murder Civilian In Mogadishu (Radio Danan)
• Al-Shabaab Vows To Continue Attacks Against UN Agencies (Horseed  Media)
• Kenyan Terror Suspects Arraigned In Court (Wacaal Media)
• Somalia Parliament Donates Money For Evacuation Of Citizens In Yemen (Horseed Media)
• IDPs In Mogadishu Appeal For Immediate Humanitarian Support (Goobjoog News)
• Somalia National Football Team To Participate 2016 Olympic Qualifications(Somali Current)
• MCA Wants Somali Herders Sent Away (The Star Kenya)
• Heads On Block Over Kenya Slaying (Times Live)
• Rep. Ellison: Terror Recruits Are In The Dark Hard To Reach (Star Tribune)
• Kenya Wants Donors To Pay For Somali Refugee Eviction Plan (AFP/News 24)
• Somalia’s Premier Bank To Bring ATMs Debit Cards To Mogadishu (Reuters)
• Somalia’s Democratic Transformation: Options For 2016 (Sahal Journal)