Alerts

MOGADISHU, Somalia 01 June 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) strongly condemn the violent attack by the Southwest state police on Radio Barawe, a local minority community rights radio in Barawe on Wednesday night.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 26 May 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) concluded a two-day journalists training on security, safety and promotion of ethical journalism in Mogadishu supported by the British Embassy in Mogadishu on Tuesday.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 23 May, 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) strongly condemn the travesty of trial and the one year and four months jail sentence against three local journalists who were held in detention in Hargeisa since 13 April for covering the Hargeisa prison shooting incident.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 18 May, 2022 – The Exile Media Forum, which is the largest specialist conference on exile journalism, has been held in Hamburg, Germany from 16 - 17 May 2022.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 13 May, 2022 – Today, Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) joined journalists and media directors meeting with the Speaker of the Somali Parliament's Lower House, Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe) in Mogadishu raising concern about the recent restrictions against journalists covering presidential election.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 13 May, 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) today joined a silent protest to condemn the brutal killing of Al-Jazeera Arabic journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, shot dead by Israeli forces during as assignment in Jenin town in the West Bank.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 11 May, 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) welcomes the beginning of the military court hearing of a trial case against a police officer who shot and seriously injured Goobjoog cameraman and SJS member, Sharma’arke Abdinur Wehliye, in March 2021 in Mogadishu.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 10 May, 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) express great concern on the announcement by the Parliamentary Committee on Presidential Election on Monday 9 May which imposes restrictions on the independent journalists’ access to the presidential election scheduled to take place on 15 May 2022.

MOGADISHU, Somalia 3 May 2022 – On World Press Freedom Day, Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) jointly call authorities in Somaliland to release three detained journalists in Hargeisa as we call for authorities in other regions of Somalia to respect of press freedom and protect journalists.