Reports

State of the Press Freedom report in Somalia in 2019

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 06 January, 2020 – As 2019 ends, multiple actors continue to target Somalia media and its professionals through continued attacks, arbitrary arrests, death threats, and obstruction of access to information – all representing a vital constitutional right that citizens were meant…

Somalia's Al-Shabab attack a US base in Kenya in dawn raid

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali militant group Al-Shabab said on Sunday morning that its fighters attacked an American base in Lamu county in Kenya.

Somalia government organizes Demos in Mogadishu to condemn Al Shabab¨s violent attacks

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali government have on Thursday held a demonstration to condemn the Somali militant group Al-Shabab for Sarturday's Mogadishu truck bombing at General Kahiye Police Academy, though some parts of the city demonstrations turned violent, witnesses and local media reported.

Somalia: Media law amendment seeks restrictions on free press, gag social media

MOGADISHU, Somalia, (HORN OBSERVER) – Debate on the Somalia Media Law amendment has kicked off at the country's Upper House (Senate) on Tuesday as lawmakers firmly opposed new sections of the law that seek to impose restrictions on the free press and censorship against social media.

Members of the Somali Disability Empowerment Network receive two day workshop in Mogadishu supported by Finnish NGO

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali Disability Empowerment Network (SODEN) held a two day workshop in Mogadishu's Afrik hotel aiming to promote rights of Somali disability awareness and understanding of UN-convention on rights of persons with disability (UN-CRPD).

Somalia to investigate dead fish found in its shores

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia government on Wednesday that its investigating dead fish seen in Mogadishu shores and vows to take DNA tests for the Somalia fish to combat the illegal fishing, Sonna reported.

Somalia: AMISOM conducts an induction training to orientate 37 newly deployed police officers

Mogadishu – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has conducted an induction training to orientate 37 newly deployed police officers.

385 Somali police graduate from General Kahiye Police Training Academy

Mogadishu, Somalia– The South West State of Somalia on Sunday passed out 385 police officers who completed six months of training at the General Kahiye Police Training Academy in Mogadishu.