Somali News

Limited options in the media fraternity

Sep 23rd, 2010
Limited options in the media fraternity
  Hayaan Media Development Center (HMDC) has on a serious mission condemned over the ongoing issue of two media houses (Hornafrik and GBC Muqdisho) that got attacked by the radical Islamist... 

Somali Journalists say Islamists are Wiping Out Free Flow of Information

Sep 21st, 2010
Somali Journalists say Islamists are Wiping Out Free Flow of Information
A Somali media-rights group says fighting between Islamist militants and the country’s U.N.-backed government is about to explode in a propaganda war for the hearts and minds of the... 

The speech of Hayaan Media Chairman in Utrecht Somali Media Conference

Sep 6th, 2010
The speech of Hayaan Media Chairman in Utrecht Somali Media Conference
                                Thank you Mr. Chairman, Ali Muse. Before my remarks, I would like to begin with the most prized word, the name of Allah and Asalamu... 

Shir ay isugu yimaadeen Suxufiyiinta Soomaalida Yurub oo manta si rasmi ah uga furmay dalka Holland.

Sep 6th, 2010
Shir ay isugu yimaadeen Suxufiyiinta Soomaalida Yurub oo manta si rasmi ah uga furmay dalka Holland.
  Magaalada Utrecht ee dalka Holland waxaa manta ka furmay shir looga hadlayay xaaladda ay ku sugan Suxufiyiinta Soomaalida Yurub iyo kuwa joog gudaha Dalka Somalia,waxaana ka soo qeyb galay... 

Somali journalists win coveted CNN African Journalism award

Jun 3rd, 2010
Somali journalists win coveted CNN African Journalism award
  Star FM’s radio broadcaster Kassim Mohammed and AFP’s (Agence France-Presse ) Mogadishu’s correspondent,  Mustafa Haji Abdinur were among the 15 recipients of one of the most prestigious... 
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News in English

UN Human Rights Council

Oct 1st, 2011
UN Human Rights Council
Human Rights Council: 18th Session Item 10 – Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Somalia Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies 28th September 2011. Delivered by Ahmed Mahamed... 

Star’s Fatuma Noor is 2011 CNN/Multichoice Award Winner

Jun 27th, 2011
Star’s Fatuma Noor is 2011 CNN/Multichoice Award Winner
Star’s investigative reporter Fatuma Noor is the overall winner of the this year’s CNN MultiChoice African Journalist of the Year Award. Noor won the award for her investigative three-part... 

HMDC Calls For Journalists’ Release.

Apr 4th, 2011
HMDC Calls For Journalists’ Release.
The Somaliland authorities are under local and international obligations to respect the freedom of journalists to gather news and report events as they unfold in the troubled Horn of Africa region,... 

HMD hails the release of journalists

Mar 31st, 2011
HMD hails the release of journalists
Hague, 30 March 2011 – The chairman of Hayaan Media Development, Ali Dahir Eid, has today welcomed the release of Radio Shabelle editors and called for the warring sides to respect the... 
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