Somaliland’s ministry of information imposes indefinite ban on CBA TV
Nairobi, September 16, 2022—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Friday called on authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland to allow the privately owned CBA TV broadcaster to resume operations and to desist from using bans to silence the press. In a September 6 letter, the minister of information Suleyman Yusuf Ali, also known as…
Two Somaliland journalists arrested while covering protests
Nairobi, August 17, 2022 — Authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland should unconditionally release journalists Ahmed-Zaki Ibrahim Mohamood and Abdinasir Abdi Nour and refrain from prosecuting the press for covering matters of public interest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On Thursday, August 11, police arrested Horyaal 24 TV broadcast reporter Ahmed-Zaki and…
Somaliland Prisons
Guards stand outside a prison in March 2011 in the breakaway northern republic of Somaliland. On August 11, 2022, police arrested Horyaal 24 TV broadcast reporter Ahmed-Zaki Ibrahim Mohamood and cameraman Abdinasir Abdi Nour while they covered opposition protests in the region’s capital Hargeisa. (AP Photo/ Katharine Houreld)
Somaliland authorities indefinitely suspend BBC
Nairobi, July 20, 2022— In response to news reports that authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland on July 19 indefinitely suspended the BBC, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement: “Taking the BBC off the air will only rob the public of access to a source of critical reporting on matters of…
Fifteen journalists detained for covering prison fight in Somaliland
Nairobi, April 15, 2022 – Authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland should unconditionally release without charge 13 journalists detained since April 13 and should not pursue any charges against two others who were detained and later released, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 13, security personnel —…
Somaliland
Screenshot of a Saab TV report graphic showing the nine journalists who were detained while covering a prison fight in Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa on April 13, 2022. From left to right, top to bottom: Mohamed Abdi Ilig, a reporter and chairperson of MM Somali TV; Hassan Galaydh, a BBC correspondent; Sagal Mustafe Hassan, a stringer for U.S. Congress-funded Voice of America; Naima Abdi Ahmed, founder of Carro Edeg Media; Ahmed Mohamud Yusuf, a Saab TV camera operator; Aidarus Mohamed, a reporter and regional bureau chief with Goobjoog Media Group; Ahmed Said Hassan Shimali, a Horn Cable TV reporter; Mohamed Jamal Jirde, a cameraperson with MM Somali TV; and Ahmed Nur Samrawi, a Bulsho TV reporter. (Screenshot: Youtube/Saab TV)
Somaliland intelligence officers attack 3 journalists; detain journalist Abdisalan Ahmed Awad
Nairobi, April 11, 2022 — Authorities in the breakaway region of Somaliland should unconditionally release freelance online journalist Abdisalan Ahmed Awad and hold the intelligence officers who harassed and assaulted him and two other journalists responsible, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. On the night of March 18, Abdisalan was riding in a car…
Muse Bihi Abdi, of Somaliland speaks during a news conference in his office in Hargeysa
Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi speaks during a news conference in his office in the breakaway region’s capital, Hargeisa, on October 10, 2018. Somaliland intelligence officers recently attacked three journalists, and detained journalist Abdisalan Ahmed Awad. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)