The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is shocked and saddened to learn of the cold blooded murder of journalist Liban Abdullahi Farah. On Sunday night, 7 July 2013, Liban Abdullahi Farah, who has been […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today condemned draconian sentences handed down by Somaliland Court in Hargeisa. Journalist Hassan Hussein Abdullahi, known Keefkeef, received a two-year jail term and two million Somaliland shilling […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today accused Somaliland authorities in northwest Somalia of seeking to annihilate independent print media following a ban on two newspapers, owned by Hubal Media Group. A court order […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is horrified by an attack on broadcast journalist Abdulkadir Abdirisak Soofe, known Jiijiile, in Kismayu on Wednesday evening, 29 May, in which he was badly wounded after he […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has in joint collaboration with the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) organised a three-day regional […]

On World Press Freedom day, 3 May 2013, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today launched in Mogadishu its Annual Report on State of Press Freedom in Somalia in the year 2012 to […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) expresses outrage and strongly condemns the 21 April 2013 killing of senior journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh in Mogadishu, in what has been a series of targeted attacks against […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) voices concern over the increasingly uncertain future of private radio stations in Puntland following the closure of three private radio stations.  On Wednesday, 3 April 2013, The Puntland […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomes the ruling passed by Somalia’s military tribunal on the case of a murdered journalist.  On 28 March, 2013, the military tribunal found Adan Sheikh Abdi Sheikh Hussein […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns strongly the senseless killing of female journalist in Mogadishu. Three young men armed with pistols shot Rahmo Abdulkadir, a female journalist working for Radio Abudwaq in Abudwaq […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns strongly today’s car bomb attack which killed and wounded civilian people, including two radio journalists. A suicide bomber blew up his car near Villa Somalia (Presidential Palace) […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomes the decision by the Supreme Court of Somalia to free freelance journalist Abdiasis Abdinur Ibrahim after he interviewed an alleged rape victim.  The Chair of the Supreme […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) views with consternation and indignation the Hibin and Heb administration’s decision to shut down a private radio station in Adado, a town in Somalia’s Galgudud region.  Al-Ihsan Radio […]

Forty-five media stakeholders gathered on Monday, 18 February in Mogadishu to consult about the state of the media in Mogadishu, with a particular focus on media law reform, the security and persecution of journalists.  The […]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the murder of a Radio journalist in Mogadishu. Abdihared Osman Adan, 45, who had been working as a newscaster at Radio Shabelle, was murdered at around […]