Somalia - Al-Shabaab uses terror to stop local stations from retransmitting BBC and VOA

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the Islamist militia Al-Shabaab's announcement today that it is banning local radio stations in the regions it controls from retransmitting the broadcasts of the BBC and Voice of America on the grounds that they carry Christian propaganda. “Already responsible for killing or kidnapping many journalists and a permanent climate of terror for the Somali media, Al-Shabaab has today added another misdeed to its long list of violations of free (...)

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