Welcome to Somalia: Where Men Don't Consider Rape a Crime

Sunatimes.com - Welcome to Somalia, the place where rape is so common that many don't even consider it a crime at all. Here, almost every woman has a #metoostory, but little means of fighting for justice. Here, violence against women makes up 30 per cent of reported crimes in Somalia, according…

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Somali President expected to travel to Burundi while half a million suffer from flooding

SUNATIMES.COM - President Farmajo is expected to travel to Burundi on Saturday ahead of the CECAFA U-17 finals on Sunday while close to half a million people in the country are affected by severe flooding.

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Journalists' union accuses Somali Ministry of Information for faking sincerity to resolve journalists' safety crisis

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has today accused federal Ministry of Information of Somalia for faking its sincerity in efforts to protect the safety of journalists and seek accountability for abuses committed against media professionals.

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Somalia: Press Release by Ministries of Information of Regional States of Somalia

Ministers of Information of five (5) Regional States of Federal Republic of Somalia, namely Puntland, Jubbaland, SouthWest, Galmudug and Hirshabelle were invited to Multi-Stakeholders Safety of Journalists Forum in Mogadishu whereas Regional States of Somalia and Independent Journalist Organisations…

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Somalia: illegal agreement between Somaliland and the Dp World Emirates

The Secretary of state for foreign affairs is looking for thorny files with the UAE Ambassador. Mogadishu, 26 March 2018-the minister of state for foreign affairs and international cooperation, Mr. Abdelkader Ahmed-Al-good in his office at the ministry of foreign affairs today, received his excellency…

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European parliament hears calls for urgent protection of journalists and trade unions in Somalia

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) yesterday teamed up with the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) to testify at the European Parliament about the riskier and more difficult environment in which journalists and trade unions…

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SOMALIA:THE FIRST YEAR OF PRESIDENT FARMAAJO AND PRIME MINISTER KHEYRE

Sunatimes.com - President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre popularity has slipped since the 2017 election, because of their inaction and mostly talk, as well as their lack of vision, strategy and concrete policies in addressing the enormous challenges facing Somalia. Also…

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Somalia: A Sitch in the Somali parliament

Sunatimes.com - Mustaf Ali Duhulow is a member of Somali National Assembly who was sworn to serve his war-torn nation, but he instead decided to serve a neighboring country that has sinister geopolitical interest for minor political advantage.

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A Qatari agent in Somali president office

Sunatimes.com - After one year in the office, the Somali federal government President, Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmaajo" proofed himself to be unreliable and not trustworthy to run the highest national political position, according to a survey made by Sunatimes.com and ten independent journalists.

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Somali Prime Minister 's Head of Security has reportedly disappeared and sought asylum in Belgium.

Sunatimes.com - Ayuub Ali, a Somali Prime Minister 's Head of Security, who travelled with him to Devos Switzerland, has reportedly disappeared and sought asylum in Belgium.

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U.S.-Based Internet Service Provider Blocks Malicious, Defamatory Articles Targeting Somali Union Leaders

In the defamatory articles masquerading as news, Radio Dalsan infringed NUSOJ trademarks and falsely accused Mr. Osman and other Somali union leaders of misappropriating funds contributed by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) for victims of the October 14, 2017 terrorist attack in Mogadishu.…

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Somalia: Blatant Lies Bring Rogue Information Minister in the Open

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) hereby responds to the recent statement issued by Mr Abdirahman Omar Osman Yarisow, the unqualified Minister of Information in the Somali government.

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IFJ "Somali Ministry of Information is "engineering unwarranted attacks against Somali journalists"

IFJ expresses concerns over the escalation of attacks on media freedom in Somalia

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Human Rights Journalists welcomes the release of a Somali journalist Abdishakur Abdullahi

Mogadishu, January 9, 2018 --The Human Rights Journalists (HRJ) welcomes the release of a Somali journalist Abdishakur Abdullahi also known as Shaashaa on Monday.

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Villa Somalia secretly met with Qatari -Iranian and Hezbollah intelligence officers in Turkey

The Chief of Staff of Villa Somalia Fahad Yasin secretly met with Qatari intelligence officers and Iranian intelligence as well as Hezbollah in Istanbul, according to western diplomats sources briefed on the meeting by western intelligence services.

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OUT OF CONTROL VILLA SOMALIA ATTACKS OPPOSITION POLITICAL FIGURES

Sunatimes.com - The government of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre is out of control, using security forces to target opposition political figures. The attacks are part of a proxy war orchestrated and led by Fahad Yasin, the Chief of Staff of Villa Somalia, using…

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Foreign Entities Dig a Grave to Bury Somalia

Somalia has significant challenges that may foretell its death, and in fulling this dire prediction, foreign entities are aggressively digging Somalia's grave. Today, there are many authoritative foreign entities who direct Somalia's leadership decisions, and actually dictate policy. These foreign…

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Ethiopia to Free Political Prisoners, Close Prison

Important Steps, but More Rights Reforms Needed

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Zimbabwe: Former army chief apppointed vice-president of the ruling party

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Somalia releases jailed ex-minister and government critic

A court in Somalia on Thursday released without charge a former minister and government critic who spent two days in jail after being arrested for alleged treason, an arrest which ignited a smoldering political crisis for the fragile government.

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