TV Journalist's killing highlights professional risks to journalism in Somalia

ASOJ.ORG -Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) is saddened by and condemns in the strongest terms the death of journalist Ahmed Mohamed Shukur, a reporter for Somali National Television (SNTV), who was killed today at around 11:30am, in a landmine blast in the Basro neighbourhood of Bal'ad district.

Read More »

Left Behind: Deeply Broken Somalia

Somalis and foreign partners hailed the peaceful transfer of power between the elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on May 23, 2022 following the conclusion of the most corrupt drawn-out parliamentary election which continued between July 29, 2021…

Read More »

A Somali man who ate a cat in Indonesia.

Isse Mohamud known as Isse Riyoole was arrested for stealing a cat from a family living near a refugee camp.

Read More »

A US-Somali singer threatens his wife to decapitate and take a selfie on her severed body.

Sunatimes.com - Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed aka Ilkacase Qeys who hails from Ogaden clan but possesses US citizenship has threatened his wife Naima Warsame to decapitate and take selfie while he'll be on live video stream. He made the remarks while she was live on TikTok and said "if you again…

Read More »

Somaliland detains BBC Media Action staff while Somali police spokesman threatens reporters

Sunatimes.com - Somaliland detains BBC Media Action staff while Somali police spokesman threatens reporters covering police operations in Mogadishu. Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) and the Somali Media Association (SOMA) call for Somaliland authorities to halt the threats and harassment against…

Read More »

Somalia Endgame 2022: Hassan Sheikh and the Negotiation with Al-Shabaab

Therefore, the impending negotiation with Al-Shabaab and concomitant international recognition of it, similar that of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan in 2021, was not only inevitable in light of its continuing military strength, embedders within the fabric of Somali but also a recognition of Al-Shabaab's…

Read More »

SOMALIA:Drop trumped up charges and stop persecuting journalists under repressive criminal law

The Associated Somali Journalists ASOJ condemns the crude assault on media freedom by authorities in Somaliland, who this week, brought contradictory and unsubstantiated criminal charges against journalists Mohamed Abdi Mohamed of MM Somali TV, Abdijabar Mohamed Hussein of HornCable TV and Abdirahman…

Read More »

Court begins trial of a police officer who shot and seriously injured journalist in Mogadishu.

Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) welcomes the beginning of the military court hearing of a trial against a police officer who shot and seriously injured Goobjoog camera-journalist and SJS member, Sharma'arke Abdinur Wehliye, in March 2021 in Mogadishu. On the evening of 20 March, 2021, the young…

Read More »

Parliament picks presidential election joint committee

Sunatimes.com - A committee of 14 MPs and Senators will lead the process toward the election of a new president following an electoral cycle that has lasted close to one year.

Read More »

Journalists Arrested While Covering Prison Scuffle in Somaliland

Police in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region arrested at least seven journalists Wednesday, including a VOA reporter, as they covered a prison scuffle in the region's capital, Hargeisa.

Read More »

Somalia's first-ever all-women media unit launches

Somalia's first-ever all-women media unit launches today, providing a space where women media professionals can work with real decision-making authority and fully free from harassment.

Read More »

Western Intelligence Agencies Oppose the Democratization of Somalia Intelligence Services (NISA)

History documents the strong character of the Somali people associated with messy democratic rule that cherishes individual liberty, freedom of expression and opinion, Justice, and private entrepreneurship rather than with autocratic rule. British explorer, Sir Richard Burton wrote in 1856, "the…

Read More »

Somalia: After Decades of Democratic Progress Are at Risk

Sunatimes.com - Until recently, Somalia was on an upward trajectory. Although it continued to struggle with piracy, famine, and terrorism, the country was turning the corner after decades of bloody civil war. It had rebuilt its security forces, judiciary, and other vital state institutions. And it had…

Read More »

UAE Vice-President meets Prime Minister of Somalia

Sunatimes.com - His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today met with Mohamed Hussein Roble, Prime Minister of the Republic of Somalia, at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Read More »

WIDELY LIFE STYLE OF FINANCE MINISTER OF SOMALIA BEYLEH

Sunatimes.com - We are sharing this post on the Finance Minister of Somali's lavish lifestyle,including dayslong parties allegedly filled with prostitutes, cocaine and celebrity entertainment: Abdirahman Dualeh Beyleh, Minister of Finance of the FGS, is of the riches persons in Somalia. His networth…

Read More »

Nigeria commits to pay off US$28.7m capital arrears in Shelter Afrique

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has pledged to pay the full capital arrear of US$28.7m in Shelter Afrique, Nigeria's Finance Minister Dr. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed disclosed at a meeting with Shelter Afrique Group Managing Director and CEO Mr. Andrew Chimphondah in Abuja.

Read More »

Somalia: kills 22 al-Shabaab terrorists: Officials

3 people, including town mayor, were killed in attack by al-Shabaab terror group in southern Somalia, officials say

Read More »

Qatar Took Control of Somalia

Disciples of Abu-Zubeyr and Robert Greene, Abetted by Bigots and Qatar Took Control of Somalia

Read More »

Somalia Journalists unlawful detention and targeted assassinations.

In marking International Human Rights Day 2021, the ASSOCIATED SOMALI JOURNALISTS ASOJ is deeply alarmed that human rights violations in the country remain deeply widespread and pervasive. This is particularly glaring when observing that media freedoms, including that most central of other fundamental…

Read More »

Somalia is a frontline country for climate change

Sunatimes.com - Somalia has been in ruins, in terms of physical and institutional structure, for the better part of past 30 years. The physical destruction, however, might have concealed a subtle but more precarious form of societal decay: environmental degradation and with that a near total dependency…

Read More »