Somalia: Legal Defence Roundtable Charts New Path for Journalists' Protection Across Eastern Africa

Somalia: Legal Defence Roundtable Charts New Path for Journalists' Protection Across Eastern Africa

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has successfully concluded the first-ever Eastern Africa regional legal roundtable that aimed at reinforcing protection for journalists facing legal persecution in Somalia, Kenya and Uganda while building unprecedented cooperation, mutual support and grassroots-driven legal defence campaigns.

UN Special Rapporteur: Somalia unlikely to achieve military victory over Al-Shabaab.

MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, Ben Saul, has called on Somalia’s federal government and its international allies to pursue political dialogue with Al-Shabaab, warning that a military solution alone is insufficient to end the Islamist group’s two-decade-long insurgency.  During a recent visit to the Somali capital Mogadishu, Saul underscored the need for reconciliation wit…

United Nations trains media executives on media Information literacy integration into editorial policy - PENPUSHING

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in collaboration with Media Awareness and Information For All Network (MAIN) organised a two-day training workshop for media managers, Senior journalists and content creators in North-West Nigeria. Penpushing reports that the bodies organized the training in quest to strengthen the capacity of media institutions, journalists and social media content creators to develop…

Legal Defence Roundtable Charts New Path for Journalists’ Protection Across Eastern Africa

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has successfully concluded the first-ever Eastern Africa regional legal roundtable that aimed at reinforcing protection for journalists facing legal persecution in Somalia, Kenya and Uganda while building unprecedented cooperation, mutual support and grassroots-driven legal defence campaigns. Held f…