November 28

• Somalia: BBC Journalist Held Without Charge in Somalia [press release]

  Somali authorities must immediately release Ibrahim Mohamed Adan, a correspondent for the Somali service of the BBC, who has been held for nearly a week in Mogadishu without... Read more »

November 23

• Somalia: Journalists' Union Releases Report On Impunity [press release]

  Untamed impunity has had a great bearing on journalists and media practitioners in Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) said in a groundbreaking report... Read more »

• Somalia: IFJ, Nusoj Conduct Safety Training for Journalists in Somalia

  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in cooperation with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), today concluded a first-ever international safety training... Read more »

October 30

• Somalia: Somali Poet Killed By Gunmen - Journalist Dies a Week After Being Shot [press release]

  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is appalled to learn of the murder of a poet and media worker in Mogadishu. Read more »

October 25

• Somalia: Assailants Shoot Dead a Journalist in Somaliland [press release]

  Unidentified gunmen killed a journalist in the Somaliland town of Las Anod on Tuesday, the first work-related fatality CPJ has documented in the semi-autonomous republic. Read more »

October 23

• Somalia: Radio Journalist Badly Injured in Targeted Shooting [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by yesterday evening's attempt to murder Radio Shabelle journalist Mohamed Mohamud Turyare, who was shot four times in the chest and... Read more »

October 16

• Somalia: Ifex Members Call On New Somali Government to Protect Journalists [press release]

  The following is a joint appeal, originated by NUSOJ, to the new President and Prime Minister of Somalia signed by IFEX members: Read more »

October 10

• Somalia: Radio Station Shut Down in Semi-Autonomous Region of Somalia [press release]

  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) expresses concern over the closure of a private radio station in Bosaso, a city in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region. Read more »

October 3

• Somalia: Resolution On Safety of Somali Journalists Adopted By UN Human Rights Council [press release]

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• Somalia: Two More Journalists Killed in Somalia [press release]

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September 24

• Somalia: Thirteenth Journalist Murdered in Somalia, Fourth in Twenty-Four Hours [press release]

  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) deplores the targeted murder of a fourth journalist in less than 24 hours in Mogadishu. Read more »

• Somalia: Suicide Attack Kills Three Somali Journalists, Wounds Four Others [press release]

  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns, in the strongest terms possible, the killing and wounding of journalists in a horrifying suicide attack in a Mogadishu... Read more »

September 18

• Somalia: Young Somali Journalist Murdered [press release]

  The National Union of Somali Journalists condemns the sustained deadly violence against journalists, following the killing of a young journalist in Mogadishu. Read more »

August 14

• Somalia: Latest Murder Brings Total Number of Journalists Killed in Somalia to Seven in Eight Months [press release]

  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) calls on the Somali authorities to thoroughly investigate the murder of journalist Mohamud Ali Keyre (aka Buneyste) and swiftly... Read more »

August 8

• Somalia: Police Attack Female Reporter in Somaliland [press release]

  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) protests against the police attack of a female television journalist in Somaliland while the she was carrying out her professional... Read more »

August 7

• Somalia: Radio Journalist Escapes Assassination Bid [press release]

  A radio journalist for a broadcast media house in Garowe, capital of Puntland region, escaped assassination Thursday evening when armed men attacked him. Read more »

August 3

• Somalia: Prominent Satirist Gunned Down in Mogadishu [press release]

  The National Union of Somalia Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the organized attacks on freedom of expression which have claimed the life of a media worker in Mogadishu. Read more »

May 7

• Africa: International Federation of Journalists Welcomes Landmark ACHPR Resolution On Protection of Journalists [press release]

  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today welcomed the unanimous decision of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) in adopting a landmark... Read more »

May 1

• Somalia: International Federation of Journalists Condemns Arrest of Reporter, Shooting of Editor [press release]

  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has today condemned the arrest on 24 April of Abdullahi Hussein Darwish, reporter for Royal TV and Waaheen newspaper in northern... Read more »

April 25

• Somalia: IFJ Condemns Arbitrary Arrests of Journalists [press release]

  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the arrest and detention of two broadcast journalists and persistent acts of intimidation of media professionals... Read more »

April 5

• Somalia: Draft Communications Act Good, but Needs Wider Consultation, Says Article 19 [press release]

  On 22 March 2012, the Council of Ministers of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) adopted the Communications Act 2012, [1] a major piece of legislation intended to... Read more »

• Somalia: Seven Journalists Among Those Seriously Injured in Suicide Bombing [press release]

  At least four people were killed and scores were wounded, including seven journalists, when a bomb exploded at Somalia's national theatre at a ceremony to mark the one-year... Read more »

March 16

• Somalia: The Plight of Journalists Who Flee Al-Shabaab [press release]

  As Elmi Mohammed Waare ambled through an outdoor market in the central Somali town of Beledweyne in December 2007, two casually-dressed, non-descript members of the Al-Shabaab... Read more »

March 13

• Somalia: NUSOJ Report Reveals Rights Abuses At Radio Station [press release]

  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) released a new report finding that Radio Bar Kulan (RBK) violated international labour rights standards and labour laws. RBK is a... Read more »

March 9

• Somalia: IFEX Members Call for UN Intervention After Another Journalist Killed [press release]

  So far this year, a journalist has been killed each month in Somalia. And with one of the worst impunity records worldwide, it is likely the murderers will walk free, say the... Read more »