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Somalia: Somali Government Calls for Anti-AlShabaab Protest Amid Unresolved Questions from Deadly Attack
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Somalia: Somali Government Calls for Anti-AlShabaab Protest Amid Unresolved Questions from Deadly Attack

Mogadishu, (Raxanreeb) – A high-level security meeting was held today in Mogadishu, chaired by the Federal Security Minister. The meeting was attended by the country’s Police Chief, Sulub Ahmed, the Head of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Sanbalolshe and the Mayor of Mogadishu. The primary focus of the meeting was to address...

Somalia: A week after his release on bail, journalist Alinur Salad is unable to conduct journalism; President Hassan has not fulfilled his promise to drop the case
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Somalia: A week after his release on bail, journalist Alinur Salad is unable to conduct journalism; President Hassan has not fulfilled his promise to drop the case

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 04 August 2024 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) calls on Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to instruct his attorney general to drop the politically-motivated charges against Dawan Media director and journalist Alinur Salad, who is currently out of jail on bail. A week has passed since Alinur Salad was released on bail, guaranteed by a...

Somalia: Mogadishu Court Sentences 9 TikTok Influencers to Six Months for Incitement
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Somalia: Mogadishu Court Sentences 9 TikTok Influencers to Six Months for Incitement

 Mogadishu (Raxanreeb), Banadir Regional Court has today sentenced 9 young women, who were social media influencers, and had recently been detained by the Somali government’s police forces in the country’s capital of Mogadishu. The court has finally issued a verdict on the charges against these women, who were well-known on TikTok on Sunday. Among them...