Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Somalia

Somalia 

AFEX condemns unlawful arrest of journalist Mohamed Bulbul

The socio-political climate in Somalia has been described as the most hazardous in Africa for media work. Besides endemic poverty, journalists face gruesome murders,...
Somalia 

AFEX demands unconditional release of Somali journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin

The African Freedom of Exchange (AFEX) strongly condemns the rearrest of freelance journalist and press freedom advocate Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, and urges the Somali...
Somalia 

Prison officers refuse to jail Somali journalist sentenced to two months in prison

Prison authorities in Mogadishu have set free journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, after he was sentenced to two months in prison. The Banadir Regional Court sentenced Secretary-General...
Somalia 

Somali authorities must end judicial harassment of journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) strongly condemns the prolonged detention and harassment of Somali media rights advocate, Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, and calls...
Somalia 

AFEX Condemns the Killing of a Journalist, Demands a thorough Investigation and Justice

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) has learned with dismay, the killing of Abdiaziz Mohamed Guled of Radio Mogadishu in a suicide attack...
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11 journalists killed in Africa in less than nine months, AFEX demands a tough response from governments to end the impunity

For the past 273 days spanning January-September 2021, eleven journalists have been killed across sub-Sahara Africa in an orgy of repression that has scores...
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Press Freedom Situation in Africa- April- June 2021

Journalists killed, respectively in DRC, Somalia and Nigeria, Burkina Faso, including a social media activist in Ghana during the period of April-June 2021. This...
Somalia 

The State of Press Freedom in Somalia

This report highlights press freedom violations recorded in the country from January 2018-September 2020. Kindly click here to read the report.
Somalia 

8 Journalists Killed in 3 Years: The Deplorable State of Press Freedom in Somalia

Somalia remains one of the most dangerous places for journalists across the globe. For the fifth year in a row, the country has maintained...
Somalia 

AFEX Condemns Murder of Journalist in Somalia

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the murder of journalist Said Yusuf Ali, of privately-owned Kalsan TV in Mogadishu, Somalia. On May 4,...
Somalia 

AFEX Condemns Murder of Journalist in Somalia

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the murder of journalist Said Yusuf Ali, of privately-owned Kalsan TV in Mogadishu, Somalia. On May 4,...
Somalia 

AFEX Condemns Continued Detention of Journalist in Somaliland

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) urges authorities in Somaliland to immediately and unconditionally release journalist and social media activist, Abdimalik Muse Oldon...