Somalia - Security agency arrests journalists, closes radio stations after banning coverage of Al-Shabaab

Reporters without borders

Taking its fight against the Islamist militia Al-Shabaab to the airwaves, Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) has been arresting journalists and closing news media since 2 September, when it issued a ban on national media coverage of all Al-Shabaab activities. In one of its latest operations, the NISA raided Radio Kulmiye and stopped its broadcasts on 7 September. It also arrested Radio Kulmiye director Osman Abdullahi Guure and the head of the state radio (...)

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