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The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) successfully convened two training workshops on peace journalism in Mogadishu and Galkayo in cooperation with Swedish government agency for peace, security and development (FBA – Folke Bernadotte Academy) […]

A two-day national conference on peaceful elections and freedom of expression, bringing together key stakeholders in the electoral process has concluded today in the Somali Capital, Mogadishu, with the adoption of a declaration to ensure […]

The National Union for Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the efforts of the House of the People leadership to censor journalists and strangle free media in Somalia. NUSOJ is shocked and […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly protests the arrest of two Radio Daljir journalists in Garowe, Puntland, for carrying out their journalistic duties. Journalists Khadar Awl Ismail – Director of Radio Daljir and […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) takes note of the signing into law of the Amendment of Media Law following the approval of the final amended version from the both Houses of the Federal […]

In a bid to eradicate Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), fifty (50) male and female journalists drawn from the media in Mogadishu participated a three-day training on ending Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) […]

The intensified clampdown on the media in Somaliland in the last few days underscores the unwillingness of Somaliland’s administration to respect media freedom and the right of the people to access information about what is […]

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 of journalists to confront impunity and to bring the perpetrators […]

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 of efforts to provide essential protection for the safety of […]

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 in Somalia.  NUSOJ has made submission to the European Parliament’s […]

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 justice to the slain journalist.  Journalist Said Yusuf Ali, 30, […]

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 ensure that this violence does not go unpunished. Safia Osman […]

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 protect journalists and freedom of expression.  In his official message […]

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 unusual and extremely difficult circumstances due to challenges and hardships […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomes the news that journalist Mukhtar Mohamed Atosh, reporter for Voice of America -Somali Service (VOA), has been freed on bail following an arrest that prompted national and […]

Southwest government has today pressed criminal charges against journalist Mukhtar Mohamed Atosh, VOA reporter, after arresting him yesterday in Baidoa’s city centre, holding him at the Crimes Investigation Department (CID) last night and transferred him […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in the strongest terms possible the arrest of a prominent journalist in Baidoa, Southwest State of Somalia, for a news report featuring rape case. Journalist Mukhtar Mohamed […]