The IPI global network expresses its condolences to the family and colleagues of Somalian journalist Ahmed Mohamed Shukur, a journalist and camera operator who was killed in a bomb attack while covering a military operation near Mogadishu on September 30. We call on authorities to swiftly and thoroughly investigate this killing and to step up […]

The IPI global network calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Somaliland journalists Mohamed Adbi Sheikh Mohamed of MM Somali TV and Adijabar Mohamed Hussein of Horncable. The two journalists were sentenced to 16-month prison terms on May 23 by a court in Hargeisa for reporting on a prison fight at Hargeisa Central Prison. […]

The IPI global network calls on Somalia authorities to increase the protection of journalists following recent incidents of arrests and harassment by police. IPI strongly condemns authorities’ actions of raiding newsrooms and detaining journalists. On January 30, armed police raided Sooyaal TV and Radio, a local media station in Abudwak town, and beat and detained […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has urged Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to take immediate steps to end the harassment of journalists and media outlets. In letters sent to the president last week, IPI expressed serious concern over the rapidly deteriorating state […]