Media censorship in Somalia


This video says about itself:

Somalis and antiwar networks in Sweden gathered in Stockholm to demonstrate against US backed Ethiopian invasion in Somalia.

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) sharply protests today, Wednesday 02/03/2011 the order from the National Security Agency to close an independent radio station, by the government security forces in Mogadishu: here.

Mogadishu — Hawiye traditional elders on Monday vehemently condemned Somali government’s move of arresting Shabelle’s director Abdirashid Omar Qase and Abdi Mohammed Ismai’il better know as (Abdi Ud), the news editor of the station: here.

Mogadishu — Some of Somali journalists based in the Somali capital Mogadishu have criticized government’s move to seize and take Shabelle journalists into custody: here.

Uganda: Three UPDF peacekeepers serving in Somalia have each received a two-year sentence for shooting and injuring 14 civilians in Mogadishu in two separate incidents: here.

2 thoughts on “Media censorship in Somalia

  1. Mogadishu hit by cholera epidemic

    Somalia: A growing cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Mogadishu has killed more than 20 people and infected more than 2,000.

    Dr Lul Mohamed said on Saturday that Banadir Maternity Hospital had seen more than 2,000 cholera patients since the beginning of February and that the disease was spreading rapidly.

    In the past 48 hours the hospital had received 180 people affected by the highly contagious disease, which is easily preventable with clean water and sanitation, she said.

    http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/102182

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