Jamal Farah Adan
In the evening of March 1, 2021, two unidentified men shot and killed Jamal Farah Adan, a Somali journalist, while he was seated outside a shop he ran in the northern part of the city of Galkayo, in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, according to media reports and separate statements published by two local press…
Somali military court sentences journalist Kilwe Adan Farah to 3 years in prison
Nairobi, March 18, 2021 — In response to yesterday’s decision by a military court in the semi-autonomous Somali state of Puntland sentencing journalist Kilwe Adan Farah to three years in prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement: “Sentencing journalist Kilwe Adan Farah to three years in prison, with neither his lawyer nor…
Somalia military court sentences journalist Kilwe Adan Farah to prison
Nairobi, March 04, 2021— Prosecutors in Puntland, the semi-autonomous Somali region, must not appeal to lengthen the prison sentence of journalist Kilwe Adan Farah, and the authorities must desist from harassing or intimidating him and ensure that military courts are not used as a weapon against the media, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On March 3,…
Somali journalist Jamal Farah Adan shot and killed, Al-Shabaab claims responsibility
Nairobi, March 4, 2021 — Authorities in the Somali semi-autonomous region of Puntland should conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Farah Adan and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In the evening of March 1, two unidentified men shot and killed Jamal outside…
Ten years after Arab Spring, journalism more dangerous and deadly in region
Ten years after the Arab Spring, journalists in the Middle East and North Africa confront grave threats while trying to report the news. The historic upheaval has had profound and wide-ranging consequences for press freedom, as authorities and non-state actors use both novel and traditional means to suppress reporting and target individual journalists—including imprisonment, online…
Abdirisak Said Osman
Abdirisak Said Osman died on September 19, 2018, of injuries sustained during a September 18 knife attack in the city of Galkayo, in Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, according to a statement by the Media Association of Puntland (MAP). Abdirisak, a journalist with the privately owned Codka Nabada radio station, was on his way…
Mahad Ali Mohamed
Mahad Ali Mohamed, a journalist for Codka Mudug Radio, was fatally shot in the north-central Somali town of Galkayo amid heavy fighting between fighters allied with the Galmudug and Puntland regions on November 6, 2016. Hanad Abdi Farah, the director of Codka Mudug Radio, told Somalia media that Mahad was shot in the head by…
Abdirizak Ali Abdi
Two unidentified hooded gunmen shot Abdirisak Ali Abdi in the head and chest while he was sitting in a restaurant in Galkayo, a town in the semi-autonomous Somali region of Puntland, on November 16, 2014, according to news reports and Mohamed Abdulahi, director of Dadio Dajir, where Abdirisak worked, who spoke to CPJ. The two…
Liban Abdullahi Farah
Two unidentified gunmen shot Liban, a correspondent for Kalsan TV, near his home in the Wajadir village area, north Galkayo, in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, local journalists told CPJ. The gunmen fled before police arrived. Liban , who was also known as “Liban Qaran” died before reaching a local hospital, the same colleagues told…
Ali Ahmed Abdi
Assailants shot Ali in the head near his home in the north-central town of Galkayo in the semi-autonomous republic of Puntland at around 9 p.m., local journalists told CPJ. The attack occurred in Galkayo’s northern district of Is-Raac. Al-Shabaab insurgents claimed responsibility for the murder through a broadcast on their station, Radio Andalus, the following…