May 2020

Banadir Regional Court has for the first time issued court order that directed the Attorney General Office (AGO) to urgently commence investigations into the killings… Read More »Court Orders Historic Investigation into Journalists’ Killings to Fight Impunity

A total of 283 journalists and other media workers in Mogadishu have today received from the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) face masks as part… Read More »283 journalists and other media workers receive face masks for their protection from COVID-19

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) highly welcomes the statement issued by the European Parliament’s Human Rights Sub-Committee on the state of media freedom… Read More »European Parliament Issues Statement on the situation of journalists and media freedom in Somalia

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the murder of broadcast journalist in Mogadishu, and demands immediate prosecution of the assailants to ensure… Read More »Broadcast Journalist killed in knife attack in Mogadishu

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the brutal methods by officials of Mogadishu Municipality against two journalists, and calls on the authorities to… Read More »Journalists brutalised, their gadgets confiscated in Mogadishu

The President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed “Farmaajo”, has today officially declared that Somalia’s outdated and draconian Penal Code of 1964 will be reformed to… Read More »Somalia is set to decriminalize journalism and freedom of expression

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) joins the rest of the world in celebrating 2020 World Press Freedom Day which is being commemorated under… Read More »Onslaught on press freedom weakens independent journalism, says NUSOJ