April 16, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Puntland Says It Receives More Than 700 Fleeing Yemen Civil War (Garowe Online)
• Court Sentences Members Of Al-Shabaab To 5-10 Years In Prison (Wacaal Media)
• Kenya Has To Reconsider Its Decision To Close Remittances And Dadaab Refugee Camps Says MP Dalha (Goobjoog Media)
• Reports Of Acute Water Shortage In Central Region Of Somalia.(Somali Current)
• International Community Condemns Somalia’s Ministry Attack (Radio Danan)
• Somali Ministers Visit Victims Of Yesterday Attack (Somali Current)
• UAE Ministry Of Defence Under-Secretary And Minister Of Defence Of Somalia Discuss Bilateral Relations (Emirates News Agency)
• Turkey Condemns Terrorist Attack In Somalia (Todays zaman)
• Kenyan lawmakers Against Forceful Repatriation Of Somali Refugees (Global post/Xinhua)
• Little Mogadishu Under Siege (Foreign Policy)
• Puntland: The Sobering Trials Of The First Year (Wardheer News)

April 15, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Update: Death Toll Of Ministry For Higher Education’s Attack Rises To 18 (Goobjoog News)
• IDPs In Elwak Pounded By Rain (Radio Ergo)
• Hundreds Of Migrants Believed To Have Drowned Off Libya After Boat Capsizes (Goobjoog News)
• BBC Is The Most Listened To International Radio In Somalia (Mareeg Media)
• U.S. Special Representative Condemns Attack On Ministry of Education In Mogadishu (Radio Danan)
• Kenya Ignores Intelligence Info On Al Shabaab Says Somali Commander (The Star Kenya)
• Gargash Receives Somalia’s FM (Emirates News Agency)
• Kenyan Money-Transfer Ban Puts Strain On Somalis (Wall Street Journal)
• Somali Students Tell Feds Of Bullying In St. Cloud Schools (MPR News)
• Act On Intelligence Avoid Erecting 700km Wall (The Star Kenya)
• Dispatches: After Garissa Carnage Kenya’s Backlash Begins (Human Rights Watch)

April 15, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• IDPs In Baladweyne Hiraan Region Facing Humanitarian Crisis (Wacaal Media)
• Gal-Mudug Releases 19 Crews And Fishing Vessel (Goobjoog News)
• Somalia Government To Save Its Citizens In S.Africa After Xenophobic Violence (Somali Current)
• Somaliland Executes Six Convicted For Murder (Horseed Media)
• President Hassan Reaches Adado (Goobjoog News)
• Kenya Announces Amnesty And Reintegration To Youth Who Denounce Al-Shabaab (Standard Media)
• UN Asks Kenya To Rethink Closure Of Somali Refugee Camp (Reuters)
• SA Is Hell On Earth Says Somali Shopkeeper (News24)
• Repatriation Of Somali Refugees From Dadaab Easier Said Than Done (Standard Media)

April 14, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Terror Suspects With The Frozen Accounts Appear Before Kenyan CID Headquarters In Nairobi (Radio RBC)
• Entities In Central Regions Accuse Federal Government Of Sabotage (Goobjoog News)
• Dadaab Returnees In Squalid Conditions In Baidoa (Radio Ergo)
• You Cannot Forcefully Relocate Refugees Somalia Tells Kenya (Somali Current)
• UN Can Help Refugees In Somalia Says Mathira MP (The Star Kenya)
• Banks Eye More Diaspora Cash After Hawalas Closure (Business Daily Africa)
• Qatar Somalia Discuss Bilateral Relations (Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Qatar)
• Somali Refugees Decry Kenya’s Demand That The UN Relocate Their Camp (Al Jazeera)
• Malawi Somalia To Save Terrified Citizens (Times Live)
• Could Somalia Be The Best Real Estate Investment In The World? (AFK Insider)
• Escape Or Die: When Pirates Captured A Cargo Ship Its Crew Faced One Desperate Choice After Another. (The New Yorker)
• The Blurred Line Between Politics Of Subjectivity And Women Rights (RBC Radio)

April 14, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Dadaab Returnees In Squalid Conditions In Baidoa (Radio Ergo)
• Puntland Government UNDP Review Progress At Garowe Meeting  (Garowe Online)
• A Time Of Hardship and Agony: Somali Citizens Stranded In Yemen (Horseed Media)
• Prominent Somali Cleric Speaks Out On Kenya Assets Freeze  (Garowe Online)
• Preparations In Top Gear As Adaado Braces For Conference (Wacaal Media)
• Somali Official Calls On Kenya Not To Shut Down Dadaab Camp (Radio Danan)
• Cord Insincere About KDF – MP (The Star Kenya)
• Police Shoot Dead Two Al-Shabaab Suspects (Daily Nation)
• UNHCR Criticizes Kenya’s Planned Repatriation Of Somali Refugees (Deutsche Welle)
• Repatriation Threat Alarms Somali Refugees In Kenya (IRIN News)
• Closing Dadaab Will Not Fix Insecurity (The Star Kenya)
• How To Re-Open A Cash Lifeline To Somalia (Chatham House)
• Life In Dadaab  (BBC World Service Radio)

April 13, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Suspected Members Of Al-Shabaab Kidnap French NGO Staff In Gedo (Wacaal Media)
• South West Assembly Selection Process To Start Soon (Goobjoog News)
• African Union To Help In Rebuilding Somalia National Army (Somali Current)
• Lower Shabelle Governor: “Al-Shabab Gunmen Attacked My House Last Night” (Goobjoog News)
• Educational Challenges In Post-transitional Somalia: Case Study Mogadishu (Somali Update)
• Northeastern Leaders Tell Parents To Reveal Names Of Terrorists (The Star Kenya)
• Kenya Vows Not To Withdraw Troops From Somalia (China.org)
• Kenya: Ensure Due Process On ‘Terrorism List’(Human Rights Watch)
• We Are At War But Who Exactly Is The Enemy Mr President? (Standard Media)
• Uhuru Can Take Lessons From Obama In Finding Exit Strategy From Somalia (Daily Nation)
• Sign Art In Somaliland: Walls And Their Stories In Hargeisa (Sahan Journal)

April 13, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Puntland To Contribute 3000 Soldiers To National Army Another Deal Signed (Garowe Online)
• Heavy Explosion Rocks Mogadishu (Goobjoog News)
• Kenyan troops to withdraw from Somalia in 2017 Says Minister (Horseed Media)
• Central State Formation Convention Postponed To Monday (Garowe Online)
• Security Sweeps In The Somali Capital (Radio Danan)
• Opposition leaders call for US backing for KDF withdrawal from Somalia (Standard Media)
• Khalifa Foundation To Foot Treatment Bill Of Somalia’s Terror Attack Victim (Emirates News Agency)
• Somali Border Wall A Waste Of Funds – Opposition Leaders (Standard Digital)
• Kenya Tells UN To Close Dadaab Camp After Garissa Attack (BBC)
• Somali Refugees Flee Yemen Fighting To Return To War-Torn Home (AFP/Yahoo News)
• Somali Refugees Feel Remittance Pain After Kenya Attack (IRIN News)
• Don’t Block Remittances To Somalia (The New York Times)
• How Kenya Brought The Al-Shabaab Cancer Home (Daily Nation)
• Why US-Somalia Remittance Corridor Is Ripe For Mobile Transfers (The East African)

April 10, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• AMISOM Troops Reaches Adado Town To Safeguard Central State Formation Conference(Goobjoog News)
• Premier Sharmarke Expected In Garowe Today (Wacaal Media)
• IJA Comments On Kenyan Planes Targeting Al Shabaab Bases (Goobjoog News)
• Effects Of Hawala Closure Felt In Kenya (Wacaal Media)
• Global Somali Diaspora Decries Kenya’s Decision To Close Hawalas (Somali Current)
• Somalia Reward For Information On Terrorists Updated (The Star Kenya)
• Fire Security Staff Over Lapse Clerics Urge (Mediamax Network)
• Kenya Plans Great Wall To Block Terror (Mail & Guardian)
• Aid Agencies Urge Kenya To let Somali Remittances Resume (Reuters)
• Think Again – Somaliland and the Trouble With a Free Press (Institute for Security Studies)
• Clan Federalism Continues to Thwart Reconciliation and Democratic Governance in Somalia (Somali Current)
• Can Radio Drama Improve Child Health And Nutrition In Somalia? (BBC Media Action)

April 10, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

• Somali Government Puts Bounties On Top Al Shabaab Leaders (Somali Current)
• After Closure Somali Remittance Companies Scramble To Address Concerns (Hiiraan Online)
• Former Somalia Premier Warns That Somalia’s Regional Governments Are Dominating The National Government (Somali Current)
• Ex-Puntland President’s Wife Honoured With State Funeral (Garowe Online)
• Somalia’s Finance Minister Holds Discussion With His Colleagues From Several Arab Countries (Wacaal Media)
• Puntland Appeals For Support Following Influx Of Yemeni Immigrants (Radio Danan)
• Eastleigh Business Community Up In Arms Over Closure Of Hawalas (K24)
• Terror-Linked Somali Forex Bureaus Closed – Update (The Star Kenya)
• Minnesota High School Senior Accepted To All 8 Ivy League Schools (My Fox/Twin Cities)
• After Al-Shabaab’s Garissa Massacre Local Kenyan Schools Fear They’re Next (CNN)
• Somalia’s Promised But Problematic National Elections (International Crisis Group)
• Kenya Struggles Over Best Response To University Attack (The New York Times)

April 9, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

• Somaliland Says Its Airspace Will Not Be Used By Saudi-Led Coalition To Attack Yemen (Goobjoog News)
• Somalis In Eastleigh Nairobi Concerned About The Closure of Remittances (Goobjoog News)
• Some Major Mogadishu Roads Closed Today (Wacaal Media)
• Life Goes From Bad To Worse For Somali Refugees In Yemen (Horseed Media)
• Uganda Police Arrest Somali Man Over Terror Threat (Somali Current)
• Terrorism And The Rising Cost Of Kenya’s War In Somalia (Standard Media)
• Support Our Multi Agency Remittance Somalia Leaders Say (Citizen News)
• US Maintains Existing Sanctions Against Somalia(China.org/Xinhua)
• The Human Cost Of Ending Money Transfers To War-Torn Countries (The Guardian)
• Kenyan Neglect Of Northeast Seen Stoking Islamist Resentment (Bloomberg News)
• Attacks Are Crippling Northeastern Takeoff (The Star Kenya)