Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Controversial trials of Somaliland journalists delayed
By  • 28 April 2016
The controversial trials of three journalists in a breakaway province of Somalia have been postponed amid criticism of recent legal action by authorities against the press, the press freedom group Reporters Without Borders said. At…
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Newspaper latest casualty in Somaliland crackdown
By  • 5 April 2016
Somaliland's government has ordered the closure of a newspaper, part of a renewed effort to silence critics in an autonomous region of Somalia once hailed for its commitment to democracy and press freedom. The newspaper, Codka…
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Somaliland journalists jailed after corruption coverage
By  • 30 June 2014
A court in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, has sentenced two journalists to three years in prison after convicting them of making false accusations and defaming government ministers. Yusuf Abdi Gabobe, chairman of the…
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