Somalia

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned an attack by militiamen working for businessman and self-proclaimed president Abdinur Ahmed Darman. On 16 October 2004, Darman’s militiamen slapped, threatened and shot at radio reporter Abdullahi Yassin Jama in Mogadishu after he and another journalist interviewed the inhabitants of a refugee camp. “We once again protest against the regime […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned a 22 September 2004 raid by militiamen on a local FM radio station in Mogadishu, in which a security guard was roughed up and a journalist was threatened and detained. The operation was ordered by a local Islamic court, after being prompted by a dispute between two businessmen. Although a […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 September 2004 CPJ press release: SOMALILAND: Journalist arrested and detained New York, September 2, 2004 – Police arrested the editor-in-chief of the independent Somali-language daily Jamhuuriya and its weekly English-language edition, The Republican, in the self-declared republic of Somaliland this week. Hassan Said Yusuf was still in police […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC is concerned at the six-month sentence handed down to journalist Abdishakur Yusuf but is relieved that the prison term was commuted to a fine. Abdishakur, the editor-in-chief of the weekly Puntland-based newspaper “War- Ogaal”, was arrested on 21 April 2004. The detention was made in the wake of a “War-Ogaal” article […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 May 2004 CPJ press release: SOMALIA: CPJ concerned about jailed journalist New York, May 19, 2004 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has confirmed that Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, editor of the independent weekly War-Ogaal, has been in jail without charge for almost one month in the self-declared […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 April 2004 CPJ press release: SOMALIA: Two journalists detained in Somalia New York, April 26, 2004-CPJ is deeply concerned about reports that two journalists have been detained in separate incidents in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeast Somalia, and the self-declared republic of Somaliland. Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: SOMALIA: Journalist harassed over radio report New York, March 2, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the detention of Abshir Ali Gabre, news editor at the independent Radio Jawhar, who was recently held overnight on the orders of Somali faction leader Mohamed Omar Habeeb, also […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has called for the release of two radio journalists, Abdurahman Mohamed Hudeyfi and Hussein Mohamed Gheedi, who have been held by the Mogadishu police since 30 June 2003. The journalists’ families said they were detained on the night of 30 June and taken to a detention centre in the capital. According to […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns Intimidation of Journalists’ Leader in Somalia The International Federation of Journalists today called for action in Somalia to counter a “wave of terror” in the capital, Mogadishu, where a journalists’ leader is in hiding, fearing for his life. Omar Faruk Osman, an Internet journalist […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 March 2003 IFJ media release: World Journalists Support Demand for Somali Media Delegation To Join Peace Conference in Kenya The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today renewed calls on the regional Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, responsible for organising the current Somalia peace […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 January 2003 IFJ letter of support to the HornAfrik radio and television station: Ahmed Abidsalam Adan HornAfrik Media Inc. E-mail a.adan@hornafrik.com or ahmedabdisalam@hotmail.com Fax: +25 21 21 77 78 Somalia Brussels January 17, 2003 The International Federation of Journalists, the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists, condemns the […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 3 October 2002 IFJ media release: Striking Journalists in Somalia Accuse Government Over New Media Law The International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest journalists’ organisation, today expressed its solidarity with Somali journalists who went on strike in the capital, Mogadishu, yesterday in protest against new draconian media legislation. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 14 June 2002, RSF called on the government of Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia, to reverse its 5 June ban on all privately-owned radio stations. The Information Ministry announced that “no other voice” could be heard on the air except that of government-run Radio Hargeysa, and that privately-owned stations would not […]

(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI letter to the president of Puntland State, Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf: H.E. Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Office of the President Garowe Puntland State of Somalia Vienna, 24 May 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is extremely concerned at […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF press release: 6 April 2001 Editor released Abdishakur Yusuf, editor of “War Ogaal” newspaper was released on 1 April 2001, according to the United Nations’ Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN). The journalist said he was freed for lack of evidence. He added that he plans to sue the […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Abdullahi Yousuf Ahmed, president of the Puntland autonomous region, RSF protested the detention of Abdishakur Yusuf, editor of the weeky newspaper “War Ogaal”. RSF asked the president to do everything in his power to assure the immediate release of the journalist, who did nothing more than exercise his right […]