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Somalia: Poet Qorane Released From Jail
East African, 7 May 2018
Somali poetess Naima Ahmed Ibrahim Qorane was Monday released from prison in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway republic of Somaliland. Read more »
Naima Qorane had been sentenced to three years in prison as part of a wide-ranging crackdown against activists and writers. Qorane was arrested in January and charged with treason for her composition advocating the unity of Somalia.
Somali poetess Naima Ahmed Ibrahim Qorane.
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