Breaking:Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube blocked in Turkey during reported coup attempt

Waagacusub.net - The Turkish military have deployed in Istanbul and Ankara, and the government has apparently blocked social media in response to what is being reported as an attempted coup.

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Somalia: Journalists arrested, radio station closed in crackdown on media freedom

The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has called on the authorities to immediately free the journalists and lift the ban on City FM, a radio station in the Middle Shabelle region.

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Somali President called the Opposition the nation's enemy after Al-Shabaab

Mogadishu, Somalia (Waagacusub.Net) — President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says the Somalia's political opposition members are the nation's enemy.

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Festu says "SAD-Businesses in Somalia willfully evade tax with overt and covert support from public officials and offices"

2016 International Public Service Day Commemoration: Halt Illicit Financial Flows and effectively administer tax to advance efficient public service delivery in Somalia

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ASOJ demands the release of Somali journalist detained in Djibouti

ASOJ.ORG - Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) condemns the arbitrary incarceration of a Somali journalist, Roble Mohamed Dirir, who is currently in the notorious Gabood prison in Djibouti city.

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Somalia:A list of officials that Damul Jadeed decided to assassinate

Waagacusub.net — The Islamist party of Damul Jadeed has already succeeded to assassinate a number of Somali patriots , including MP Faysal, MP Yusuf Dirir, MP Kobaweyne and MP Gure, Commander Degabadan, Businessman Abdirashid Ilkeyte, among others. But now they are planning to assassinate other officials:-

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Somalia:Statement on the Galmudug Electoral Committee

The nomination of SIET must be amended immediately to reflect the broad diversity of the Galmudug electorate. Failure to do so would, sadly, lead to a political conflict in Galmudug. As the newest federal member state, Galmudug won't be able to withstand the sheer jolt of the political conflict…

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Journalists' world body elects Somalia's Omar Faruk Osman to its global leadership

Delegates from 140 countries voted on Friday, 10 June 2016, to elect Omar Faruk Osman, Secretary General of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), to the all-powerful 21-member Executive Committee of world journalists' ruling body, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

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The Ruling party's new sword against Somali independent Journalists.

Associated Somali Journalists (ASOJ) condemned on Thursday the arrest of the director of Goobjoog FM Mogadishu and called the move a new method to suppress the Somali independent media.

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Video Remembering the late, great Somali singer Saado Ali Warsame !

Saado Ali Warsame - a Somalian parliamentarian and singer of socially relevant songs who was gunned down by Al Shabaab in 2014. Karima Bennoune reads as Saado Ali Warsame (Somalia) RIP.

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Somalia:Minister Ainte joins Islamist DamulJadiid political party

Minister Abdirahman Ainte, who has long been suspected of being Islamist Ala Sheikh group officially joined the ruling Islamic party of DamulJadiid (the New Blood), a party that helped the recolonization of Somalia.

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Somalia:Hassan Gesey, a journalist or a terrorist?

Hassan Hanafi, Somalia's journalists killer has the first time confirmed Hassan Ali Geesey of being a member of Al-Shabaab who involved in the assassination of a number of Somali journalists including Sheikh Nur Abkey, Salad Hiis, Abdirahman Mohamed Ali, Abdullahi Fanah and Abdullahi Anogel.

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Video Somali President's characteristics and his historical mistakes

Somalia's historical enemies of Ethiopia and Kenya to annex Somalia bit by bit.Ethiopia diverted the water flow of the Shabelle river. Kenya annexed 150 kms of Somalia's maritime boundary--- rich in oil and gas.

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Somalia: Al-Shabaab plans revenge attacks against Puntland

The terrorist groups of Al-Shabaab plan to carry out attacks in Garowe, Northern Galkayo and Bosaso amid to revenge after its defeat in Puntland and Galmudug, Waagacusub Media reports.

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Somaliland gives Al-Shabaab financial and Military Support

Somaliland gives financial and military support to the terrorist groups of Al-Shabaab, said Yusuf Indha'Ade, one of the former Islamist Officials in the South of Somalia.

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Somalia:Dahabshiil Battles in Court: An interview with a Sister of slain Singer

A Somali British based in Bristol UK Mr's Suad Ali Warsame, a sister of Sado Ali Warsame talks with Waagacusub TV about the Dahabshiil's emissaries to silence the case of Mrs. Warsame. Below is the transcription of the interview.

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Internet Censorship in Somalia: Blocking websites is a threat to the free speech

Mogadishu: Somali authorities shut this week more than 30 websites critical to the Federal government, including Waagacusub Media.

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Disdain for civil liberties and respect for rule of law continues unabated in Somalia

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) expresses outrage over continued attempts by the Ministry of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia to try to capture and control the leadership of the union, as well as manipulate some media managers in order to advance its agenda of trying…

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Somaliland's Dangerous Proxy War in Somalia

Al-Shabaab Training Camps in Somaliland There are al-Shabaab-run training facilities and improvised-explosive factories in Somaliland. They range from small facilities hidden within compounds in Hargeisa and Burco that build the devices, too much larger 'IED factories' which double as training…

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Somalia: The Nexus between Somaliland and Al-Shabaab

Former al-Shabaab operatives confirmed that the Somaliland Intelligence was represented on the al-Shabaab leadership council, known as the Shura, and the Security Council. Indeed, the agency appears to have circumscribed the al-Shabaab's strategic autonomy.

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