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Somaliland: Maverick Journalist Survives Assassination Attempt
By Goth Mohamed Goth The Chairman of Hubaal newspaper Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Jama Aka Alooley narrowly escaped death when a two-member gang of would be ...
Somalia: Journalist killed in Somali capital; 5th this year
Journalist shot dead in Somalia’s capital, 5th journalist to be killed this year MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali radio station editor says unidentified gunmen ...
Somalia:In Somalia, police claim questions in reported killing
New York, April 5, 2013–Police in Somalia say they have been holding a woman in custody for much of this week after they say questions ...
Somalia: Police beat journalists attending court case in Mogadishu
Nairobi, March 12, 2013-Somali police attacked and obstructed more than a half-dozen journalists who were seeking to cover a rape trial in Mogadishu on Saturday, ...
Somali appellate court upholds journalist’s conviction
Somali appellate court upholds journalist’s conviction Nairobi, March 4, 2013-Sunday’s decision by an appellate court in Mogadishu to uphold the conviction of a freelance Somali ...
Somalia: $50,000 for info on journalists’ killers
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Somali government is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the convictions of those killing journalists, the country’s ...
CPJ–UK should press Somalia on journalist’s jailing, murders
The Rt. Hon. David Cameron Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Great Britain Via facsimile: ...
Somali PM says government working hard to improve after rape criticism
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s prime minister on Sunday said the authorities will do more to protect rape victims after foreign donors and human rights groups ...
Somalia should free jailed reporter, solve press murders
PRESS FREEDOM LETTER January 28, 2013 H.E Hassan Sheikh Mohamud President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Office of the President of Somalia Villa Somalia, ...
Shabelle journalist gunned down in Somalia
Nairobi, January 18, 2013-A veteran producer for the Shabelle Media Network was gunned down today in Mogadishu, the fifth Shabelle journalist killed in 13 months. ...
Somali journalist arrested for interviewing reported rape victim
Nairobi, January 11, 2013-Somali authorities should immediately release a freelance journalist who has been in custody in Mogadishu since Thursday for interviewing a woman who ...
Africa : In Djibouti, journalist defiant despite revolving jail door
Online journalist Houssein Ahmed Farah spent more than three months in jail in Djibouti before an appeals court finally released him in November–after his defense ...
World: Conflict and murder drive sharp increase in journalist deaths
New York, December 18, 2012-Combat-related deaths in Syria and targeted murders in Somalia, Pakistan, and Brazil are the driving forces behind a sharp rise in ...
Somalia: Fourth Somali journalist killed in Mogadishu in 24-hour span
Nairobi, September 21, 2012-Unidentified gunmen killed veteran Somali journalist Hassan Yusuf Absuge in Mogadishu this morning, just hours after he had reported on an explosion ...
Somalia:Three Somali journalists killed in suicide bomb attack
Nairobi, September 20, 2012-Three Somali journalists were killed and at least four were injured in a suicide bomb attack in a Mogadishu café today, according ...
Reporter Ahmed Adow Anshur shot dead in Somalia
MOGADISHU — Gunmen shot dead a journalist with Shabelle Media Network in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday making it the sixth reporter to be ...
SOMALIA: Puntland must explain detention of journalists
NEW YORK — The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in the semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland to explain why they have held two ...
Somali government should probe journalist’s murder
NEW YORK — Somali authorities must pursue all leads in investigating the murder on Sunday of a broadcast journalist who had reported receiving several recent ...
SOMALILAND: Police detain 9 over opposition flag
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Presidential guards netted around nine people including three journalists on Wednesday near the Presidential palace over an opposition flag. At least nine ...
Somaliland journalists meet with African leaders and UN Secretary-General in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, (Somalilandpress) — Reporters from Somaliland have been invited to the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital who have been discussing a range ...
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