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Somalia: Interview with Media Women’s Association
Source: WLUML The Somali Media Women’s Association is a grassroots NGO in Somalia dedicated to increasing the presence of women in the media. They also organize capacity building and empowerment projects. The founder, Marian Zeila, is currently based in London and leads the organization from abroad. What is SOMWA’s relationship with other international organizations? SOMWA [...]
SOMWA conducts capacity building for the journalists and the civil society members
Friday, 31 December, 2010 – With the support of IREX, the Somali Media Women Association (SOMWA) has implemented a three- day training workshop on media advocacy for targeted Somali women journalists and the civil society organizations in Mogadishu, Somalia. The training workshop was implemented at Ambassador Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia from 28 – 30 December [...]
Press Freedom Prize goes to Somali radio station
In partnership with the French retail chain Fnac, Reporters Without Borders has awarded its 2010 Press Freedom Prize to two symbols of courage, the jailed Iranian journalist Abdolreza Tajik and the embattled Somali news radio station Radio Shabelle. The awards were presented at ceremony hosted by journalist Elizabeth Tchoungui at the Foreign Press Reception Centre [...]
SOMWA conducts seminar for media and civil society
A three-day seminar on advocacy and lobbying organized by Somali Media Women Association has been held on November 24, 2010 at Bakin hotel in Mogadishu. Thirty participants selected from the media and the civil society organizations were the main persons attending in the seminar, which was the second of its type and funded by the [...]
Somali Journalist Recognized for Brave Coverage
By Kerry M. Flynn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Friday, November 19, 2010 Mohamed Olad Hassan, a Somali journalist who has covered the people of his nation amid dangerous insurgency over the last decade, was awarded the Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at the Walter Lippmann House in Cambridge last night. Hassan, a [...]
Radio Horseed director freed after president pardon
Somali journalist freed Monday, November 08, 2010 Mogadishu (SOMWA) – A journalist who was jailed for six years in August for airing an interview with an al-Qaeda linked militia leader in Puntland state was freed Monday.
Somali journalists face death threats, kidnappings
NAIROBI, Kenya — Islamist insurgents blindfolded journalist Ibrahim Mohamed Hussein, tied his hands behind his back and ordered him to face Mecca. Then a man put a knife to his throat. A last-second phone call spared Hussein’s life. His family had paid an $18,000 ransom. After the attack he fled to Uganda, leaving behind his [...]
Amanda Lindhout speaks publicly for first time since kidnapping
On Sunday night, freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout made her first public appearance since returning to the country after spending 15 months in captivity in Somalia. Alberta’s Somali-Canadian community hosted a dinner in honour of the 28-year-old in northeast Calgary. Lindhout’s arrival at the Pineridge Community Centre was highly anticipated. With a number of her friends [...]
Attacks on the Press 2009: CPJ report on Somalia
Attacks on the Press 2009: Somalia Top Developments • Al-Shabaab terrorizes media through violence, threats, censorship. • Many local journalists flee into exile, leaving a void in coverage. Key Statistic 6: Journalists killed in direct relation to their work in 2009. Somalia was among the world’s deadliest countries in 2009, surpassing violent hot spots such [...]
U.S. Raises Funds for Banadir University Recovery
U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya Press Release February 10, 2010 The Somalia Unit at the United States embassy in Nairobi hosted a fundraiser for Banadir University on the evening of February 9. Distinguished American pianist Ned Kirk performed a series of pieces, including compositions by Beethoven, Debussy, and List. The proceeds from the benefit concert, nearly [...]
