Press Releases

IDEI 2023: Somali government must take its responsibility to protect journalists, investigate and prosecute crimes against media workers

MOGADISHU, Somalia 2 November, 2023 – On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI), The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) expresses deep concern about the escalating crimes against journalists in Somalia and the persistent culture of impunity surrounding the violence…

Somalia: Insecurity worsens, civilians pay the price

New York – Briefing Ambassadors in New York, UN Special Representative for Somalia Catriona Laing, described the country as being at a critical juncture.

Sudan: MSF suspends surgery in Khartoum hospital as supplies are blocked

KHARTOUM, Sudan —Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is suspending life-saving surgical activities at Bashair Teaching Hospital in southern Khartoum, Sudan, including trauma surgery and Cesarean sections, after military authorities caused surgical supplies to run out by blocking…

Somalia: TV director killed Mogadishu suicide bombing

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 16 October, 2023 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly denounces the suicide bombing attack that killed our colleague journalist, Abdifatah Moalim Nur (Qeys), on Monday evening in Mogadishu.

CPJ calls for release of DRC journalist, US resident Stanis Bujakera

Kinshasa, October 13, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo to allow the provisional release of journalist Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala and drop all legal proceedings against him.

WFP resumes distributions to refugees across Ethiopia

ROME – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun rolling out food distributions to nearly 900,000 refugees in Ethiopia, following a full revamp of the safeguards and controls in its refugee operations. Families living in refugee camps across five regions, including new arrivals who have…

19 million children in Sudan out of school as conflict rages on – UNICEF, Save the Children

PORT SUDAN, --An estimated 19 million children in Sudan are out of school as the brutal conflict approaches the six-month mark next week.

Head of ATMIS joins Ugandan nationals in Somalia to mark 61st Independence Day

Mogadishu – Ugandan peacekeepers serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) on Monday, joined their countrymen to celebrate their country's 61st Independence anniversary in Mogadishu.

Somalia: ATMIS troops and local administration officials in Dhobley strategise on security

Dhobley – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), troops stationed in Dhobley, Jubaland State, on Saturday held a meeting with the local security committee officials to strategise on how to ensure the safety and welfare of the local community.

WHO scales up response following Sudan declaration of cholera outbreak

Cairo, Egypt – Sudan has declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref State, where 264 suspected cholera cases, 4 confirmed cases and 16 associated deaths had been reported by 25 September 2023. Investigations are ongoing to determine whether cholera has also spread to Khartoum and South Kordofan states,…