During RSF’s first visit to Somalia, the Prime minister announces a moratorium on arrests of journalists

NewsIn response to the first-ever visit to Somalia by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the country’s president has pledged to pursue his government’s efforts to promote press freedom, while the prime minister has announced that a moratorium on arrests of journalists will soon be decreed and implemented.During an unprecedented meeting today with RSF secretary-general Christophe Deloire, Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo undertook to press ahead with combatting impunity for crimes against journalis

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