Alerts

MOGADISHU, Somalia 29 October, 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somali Mechanism for the Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) strongly condemn the killing of Universal TV journalist, Mohamed Isse Koonaa and the injuries of Reuters photojournalist, Feisal Omar and M24 TV journalist and Voice of America freelancer, Abdukadir Mohamed Abdulle in a terrorist attack in Mogadishu today.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 27 October, 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) are alarmed by the ongoing crackdown by the Somali federal government and its regional states intended to silence free press in the country as attacks against journalists covering insecurity and those deemed critical to the government doubled in the past few weeks.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia 10 October 2022 – The Somali media fraternity and the journalists’ associations* are concerned about the new directive issued by the Somali Federal Government containing a blanket ban and suspension on what it calls “dissemination of extremist and terrorist ideology”.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 06 October 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ), Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somalia Mechanism of the Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) jointly condemn the detention of Arlaadi Media Network (AMN) journalist, Yusuf Mohamed Adam, who was held at a military camp by the Ethiopian contingent under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) in Burhakaba town, Bay region, on 3 October 2022.