On February 18, 2024, the police briefly detained freelance journalist Jamal Muhumed Osman and his producer, who work for UK’s Channel 4 News, in Garowe, Puntland State. The journalists had earlier secured the necessary approval to conduct interviews for the production of a documentary on the Red Sea crisis. However, they were stopped at the Garowe Airport and subsequently held in custody in the city before being released later that evening. As a result, they were prevented from accessing sources of information that could enable them to undertake their work and were forced to return to Ethiopia the following day.
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