January 28, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • PM Sharmarke gives new faces portfolios (Garowe Online/Radio Goobjoog)
  • Irish-UN mission hosts Somali women political participation panel (Hiiraan Online)
  • New Deal conference on Somalia opens in Garowe – Somali Current/Radio Bar-Kulan
  • Kismayo police ban unauthorized weapons (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Eleven referees promoted to B Level (Somali Current)
  • Solar light installation project to kick off in Baidoa (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Somali ex-Shabaab chief tells others to surrender (Capital FM News)
  • Family police identify 13-year-old boy killed in Eagan (CBS)
  • Bristol MP Stephen Williams under fire over claims Somali immigrants have contributed to pub closures(Bristol Post)
January 28, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

January 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • President Hassan: “former ministers will be accommodated in the upcoming babinet”
  • (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Al-Shabaab kidnaps farmers pastoralists for ransom (Garowe Online/Somali current)
  • Government forces conduct an operation in Berdale (Radio Muqdisho)
  • Somali parliament warns PM over ministers’ recall (Hiraan Online/Radio RBC)
  • Measles kills 34 in Middle Shabelle (Radio Ergo)
  • Progress made on construction of Bosaso airport runway (Horseed Media)
  • Qatar Red Crescent to extend charity mission to Somalia (The Peninsula)
  • Allied forces drive Al-Shabaab from Bakol villages (Sabahi Online)
  • Somalia shows signs of recovery and optimism after decades of turmoil (ITV)
  • Somalis begin 3862 km journey home from Swaziland by foot (Hiraan Online/The Observer)
  • MP says Somalis lead to fewer pubs in part of Bristol (ITV)
January 27, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

January 27, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Puntland presidential guards stage strike over salary (Garowe Online)
  • Southwest State opened reconciliation conference in Afgoye (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Jubaland leader calls on Somalis abroad to return(Garowe Online)
  • Food aid distributed in parts of Middle Shabelle (Radio Bar-kulan)
  • Puntland approves its school curriculum (Radio Dalsan)
  • Mogadishu mayor hails Turkey’s development projects in Somalia(Radio Bar-kulan)
  • Former Somalia president announces new charity organization in UK(Somali Current)
  • Police seize smuggled food (Star)
  • Somali shop owner’s case postponed (SABC)
January 27, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

January 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Galmudug to fine vehicles bearing Puntland number plates (Radio Goobjoog)
  • 13-yr old rape victim compensated for $500 rapists still at large in Mogadishu (Somali Update)
  • Mogadishu hospital named after Turkish President (Radio Dalsan)
  • Turkey’s president pledges to construct 10000 new houses in Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Sierra Leone troops in Somalia return home safely (Al Shahid)
  • Federal MP dies in Mogadishu (Garowe Online)
  • Turkey sees extensive efforts in Somalia sprouting fresh hope (Daily Sabah)
  • Somalia S.Sudan await admission to the EAC (The East African)
  • Somali shopkeeper back in court over teen murder (SABC)
  • Turkish president pledges more investment for war-torn Somalia (AFP/Yahoo News)
  • Foreign traders in South Africa thank networks for their success (Hiiraan Online/Business Day)
January 26, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

January 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Turkish President opens refurbished Mogadishu airport (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Pistol wielding men murder a student in Mogadishu (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Somaliland administration seizes ship carrying military hardware at the Berbera port (Radio Dalsan)
  • Somali President meets with Saudi Arabia’s new King (Somali Current)
  • Puntland Democratization Minister resigns (Garowe Online)
  • QC projects benefit 680000 in Somalia (Peninsula Qatar)
  • Turkish president inaugurates hospital in Somalia (Anadolu Agency)
  • IGAD says terror attacks won’t deter efforts to stabilize Somalia (Xinhua News/Hiiraan Online)
  • Turkish president in Somalia to launch development projects (AP/Townhall)
January 26, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

January 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Somali president says: “Al-Shabaab Seek To Thrive On Headlines: Tomorrow We Will Give You Better Headlines” (Al Shahid)
  • Somali President says Al Shabaab attack will not scare them (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Measles affects many people in Mahadaay (Radio Danan)
  • Puntland condemns Somaliland leader’s visit to Lasanod (Radio Danan)
  • Somali PM condemns Al Shabaab attack (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Jowhar clashes cause farmers to flee (Radio Ergo)
  • Somali elders defy al-Shabaab order to stay away from Central State conference (Sabahi Online)
  • Mogadishu locked down ahead of Erdogan visit (Anadolu Agency)
  • Erdogan delays Somalia trip to attend Saudi king’s funeral (Reuters)
  • Somalia president hails Turkey’s ‘remarkable support’ (World Bulletin)
  • Calgary police working to recruit more officers from city’s Somali community (Metro News)
January 23, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

January 23, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Al Shabaab claims Mogadishu attack (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Middle Shabelle administration sent police forces to intervene between clan militias
  • (Radio Goobjoog)
  • New UN Deputy Special Representative for Somalia arrives in Mogadishu to support peace and state-building  (Somali Current)
  • Huge inferno in refugee camp destroys property (Radio Bar-kulan)
  • The mayor of Buulo-Burde denies accusations of mismanaging food aid (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Mogadishu attack: Erdogan to go ahead with Somalia visit (Anadolu News Agency)
  • At least 23 killed in Somalia clan violence (AFP/Hiraan Online)
  • Germany supports strengthening of Somali language (German Embassy/Hiraan Online)
January 23, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

January 22, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Buulo-Burde commissioner and mayor arrested for allegedly mismanaging food aid (Radio Goobjoog)
  • Food aid to be distributed in El-Buur soon (Radio Danan)
  • Nine children die from measles in Middle Shabelle (Garowe Online)
  • Somali President calls for an investigation into alleged death threats against Auditor General (Radio Danan)
  • Puntland government frees detained web editor (Radio Garowe)
  • Body of Mogadishu businessman found days after disappearance (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Somali children crossing into Kenya to get education (Capital FM)
  • Xenophobia rears its head again: Looting shooting dying in Soweto (Daily Maverick)
  • UN Says 826 Somali refugees return home from Kenya (Xinhua News/Hiraan Online)
  • Somali Islamist militants praise strikes at ‘heart of Crusader’ (Reuters)
January 22, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

January 22, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

Key Headlines

  • Anniversary of scripting of  Somali language marked in Mogadishu (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Roadside bomb in Kismayo (Radio RBC)
  • Puntland security agencies thwart armed road blockers(Radio Bar-kulan)
  • National Security Agency warns Mogadishu residents of blocking suburban roads(Radio Goobjoog)
  • Puntland Govt blacklists Garowe Online amid media censorship (Garowe Online)
  • Kenya’s role in hosting refugees not appreciated says Swiss envoy( Daily Nation)
  • Somalia’s Shebab urge more jihadi attacks in Europe (AFP/Yahoo News)
  • Reflecting a changing community Columbia Heights police hire Somali Ethiopian officers
  • (Star Tribune)
  • The Antidote To Minn. terror recruitment seeks funding (CBS Local)
January 22, 2015 | Morning Headlines.

January 21, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.

Key Headlines

  • Himan-Heb state announces the arrival of the technical committee and the opening of state formation conference (Radio Goobjoog)
  • East and Central African journalists’ peace operations talks underway (Radio RBC)
  • Puntland hosts historic climate change conference in Garowe (Somali Current)
  • Elder Ahmed Diiriye calls for MPs to fear Allah and approve upcoming cabinet (Radio Danan)
  • 750 Somali refugees set to return home (Radio Bar-Kulan)
  • Somali forces tighten security in Mogadishu (Sabahi Online)
  • Refugees in Kenyan camps hail resumption of food rations (Sabahi Online)
  • Somali children still vulnerable despite signing of UN convention (Shanghai Daily/Xinhua)
January 21, 2015 | Daily Monitoring Report.