Parliament Bans Reporters, Intelligence Officers Raid Media HQ Highlighting Somalia's Shrinking Space For Independent Journalism

Parliament Bans Reporters, Intelligence Officers Raid Media HQ Highlighting Somalia's Shrinking Space For Independent Journalism

Horn ObserverFebruary 2, 2026By: Horn Observer Staff ReporterSomali journalists covering. Photo Horn Observer ArchiveMogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) - Journalists in Somalia are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of political and security authorities, as Parliament imposed punitive action to ban journalists who recently reported the chaos of the parliament, while members of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) r…