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Muqdisho :May 02, 2023 Daladda Warbaahinta Soomaaliyeed ee SOMA waxaa ay ka xuntahay falkii foosha xumaa ee ay ku ka ceen Ciidamo ka amar qaato agaasimaha waaxda nadaafada iyo bilic soo celinta gobolka Banaadir Maxamed Suudi kuwaas oo jir dil xoogan u geystay Afar suxufi oo ka howlgalo Magaalada Muqdisho. Ciidamo ka amar qaata agaasimaha waaxda nadaafadda iyo bilic soo celinta gobolka Banaadir, Maxamed Suudi ayaa maanta jir-dil xoogan u geystay Afar wariye oo ka kala tirsan Telefishinada Shabelle iyo Universal ee magaalada Muqdisho. Wariyayaashan oo gacan ka hadal kala kulmay Ciidamo uu watay Maxamed Suudi ayaa kala…

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MOGADISHU, Somalia 23 February, 2023 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists, (SMSJ), the Somali Media Association (SOMA)  and Somali Independent Media Houses Association (SIMHA) condemn in the strongest terms possible the arbitrary and the unlawful arrest  against the Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) Abdalle Ahmed Mumin by members of the Somali Police and the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) at the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu. One plain clothed intelligence officer and a uniformed police approached Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) while at…

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MOGADISHU, Somalia , Monday,13 February 2023: The Somali Media Association (SOMA) is marking the International World Radio Day and the 10 th anniversary of the establishment of the SOMA association at Hotel Sahafi, Mogadishu, Somalia. The Somali Media Association (SOMA) has organized the World Radio Day event in close cooperation with the Somali Mechanism for the Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) The main UNESCO theme of the World Radio Day 2023 is 'Radio and Peace’ to focus on the role of radio as an independent medium of peace making. The key purpose of commemorating the World Radio Day…

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Munaasabadan Raadiyaa Adduunka waxaa ku dhawaaqay dawaldaha xubnaha ka ah UNESCO sannadkii 2011, waxaana ansaxiyey Golaha Guud Qaramada Midoobay 2012 inay noqoto maalin  calami ah, 13 Febraayo waxay noqotay maalinta Raadiya Addunka (World Radio Day). Halku Dhegga ugu weyn UNESCO ee munaasabadan maalinta Raadiyaha Addunka 2023 waa Raadiyaha iyo Nabadda ('Radio and Peace). Taasna waxaa la go’aamiyey in la muujiyo kaalinta waxku oolka ah iyo isku xirka ee Raadiyaha ka qaato horumarinta Nabadda. Xoghaya Daladda Warbaahinta Soomaaliyeed ee SOMA Maxamed Cismaan Makaraan ayaa ugu horeyn ka hadlay Munaasabada Maalinta radiyaha Aduunka 13ka February waxaana uu ka…

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MOGADISHU, Somalia 30 December 2022 – Somali Media Association (SOMA) and the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemn the arbitrary detention of five local journalists in Mogadishu and in Galmudug over their coverage deemed critical to the authorities as we call both federal and Galmudug officials to stop ongoing attacks on free press. On Wednesday 28 December, Somali police in Mogadishu’s Hamarweyne district arbitrarily detained three Risaala Media Corporation journalists– news reporter Ilyas Daud Hassan, reporter Sayid Ahmed Abdullahi and their cameraman Ali Hassan Gure – who were covering Hamarweyne community members who were complaining about the closure of…

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MOGADISHU, Somalia 22 December 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), the Somali Media Association (SOMA) and Somalia Mechanism for Safety of the Journalists (SMSJ) condemn the raid and closure of the independent local Radio Hiiraanweyn in Beledweyne, Hiiraan region on Thursday 22 December, as well as the arbitrary detention of four of Radio Hiiraanweyn journalists after covering an al-Shabaab attack in the central Somalia region. Around 11:00am on Thursday morning, the Beledweyne police commissioner Bishar Hussein Jimale, summoned Abdullahi Osman Idow, Radio Hiiraanweyn technician and detained him at the police station. Later, at around 2:00pm armed police officers…

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Mogadishu, Jimco, December 9, 2022: Waxaa la soo gaba-gabeeyay shir golaha fulinta daladda warbaahinta ee SOMA uga socday magaalada Muqdisho 7ilaa;8 December, 2022. Shirkaan oo ay goob joog ahaayeen dhammaan xubnaha golaha fulunta ee SOMA ayaa ujeedkiisu ahaa in la iska wareysto waxyaabihii u qabsoomay, guulihii dalladda ay gaartay sannadkan dhammadka ah iyo qorshaha sannadka soo socda ee 2023. Sidoo kale shirka ayaa looga hadlay tacadiyada ka dhanka ah , Xuquuqda aadanaha, Warbaahinta iyo Wariyeyaasha kuwaa soo inta badan ka yimaada Maamul goboleedyada,Laamaha ammaanka DFS, Kooxaha ka soo hor jeeda Dowladda iyo cid kasta oo ku kacda falsharciga baal marsan. Gaba-gabada…

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Mogadishu, Friday, December 9, 2022: The Somali Media Association (SOMA) has organized and conducted a two- day Annual Executive Committee meeting at Mubarak Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia. from the 7 th to 8 th December 2022. The annual meeting has been participated by SOMA Executive Committee Member delegates from Mogadishu, Banadir region, South West, Jubbaland, Hirshabelle and Galmudug states. Mohamed Osman Makaran, the Secretary General of the Somali Media Association (SOMA) in his opening remarks has briefly stated the meeting is important for sharing and discussing the key issues for the association and the way- forward. On…

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MOGADISHU, Somalia 29 October, 2022 – Somali Media Association (SOMA)  the  Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), and the Somali Mechanism for the Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) strongly condemn the killing of Universal Somali TV journalist, Mohamed Isse Koonaa and the injuries of Reuters photojournalist, Feisal Omar and M24 TV journalist and Voice of America freelancer, Abdukadir Mohamed Abdulle in a terrorist attack in Mogadishu today. The three journalists are among confirmed casualties of double suicide car bombings that targeted a government building housing ministry of higher education and other offices located at Mogadishu’s KM5 junction on Saturday. According to colleagues and police, the three…

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MOGADISHU, Somalia 21 October 2022 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Somali Media Association (SOMA), and  Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) condemn the continued detention of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of Somali Journalists Syndicate and Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists (SMSJ), who is in government custody for the 10th night. The groups call for the Somali government to unconditionally release him and drop the malicious and trumped-up charges. On October 11, 2022 Somalia’s intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) unlawfully and arbitrarily arrested Abdalle Ahmed Mumin at  Aden Adde International airport in Mogadishu, while traveling to Nairobi. He was held against…

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