Puntland authorities arrest Somali Channel TV presenter
November 20, 2015 12:24 PM ET
Nairobi, November 20, 2015--Authorities in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland arrested Jama Yusuf Deperani, a reporter and presenter with Somali Channel TV, on Thursday, according to one of his colleagues and a member of the Media Association of Puntland,...
Jubilation, then tragedy, for Mogadishu press this week
March 22, 2013 3:59 PM ET
"He's free! He's free!" a friend of mine from Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, shouted down the phone line on Sunday. For a fleeting second I did not know whom he referred to, given the high number of journalists imprisoned in...
Journalist Assistance helps record number in 2012
January 30, 2013 11:49 AM ET
An increase in press freedom violations last year created a surge of need among journalists, driving a record number of assistance cases for CPJ's Journalist Assistance Program in 2012. More than three-quarters of the 195 journalists who received support during...
Somalis in Kenya hounded by security forces, refugee policy
December 21, 2012 4:18 PM ET
Exiled Somali journalists living in Nairobi were struck with disbelief this week when daily newspapers published a statement by the Department of Refugee Affairs ordering all Somali refugees to move to refugee camps. "The refugees, particularly those living in...
Exiled Somali journalist Hassan Mohamed dies in Nairobi
March 21, 2012 4:21 PM ET
Veteran Somali radio journalist Hassan Mohamed, 45, died early yesterday morning in Eastleigh, a Nairobi suburb. He had fled Mogadishu in 2010, having been threatened, kidnapped, and shot twice. One of hundreds of Somali refugees in Kenya, many of...
Somali journalist killed in Puntland
March 5, 2012 5:09 PM ET
New York, March 5, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of a former Somali journalist who was shot on Sunday in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. The victim, Ali Ahmed Abdi, had recently resigned as a manager...
Exiled Somali journalists rally around wounded colleague
May 24, 2011 4:40 PM ET
Hassan Mohamed, nicknamed "Jaeyl" by his colleagues, used to be a jack-of-all-trades for Somalia's first independent broadcaster, HornAfrik. He was a journalist, a producer, and a librarian. He was even a dramatist. His most powerful professional role was keeping...