Shabaab violence, impunity putting Somalia media freedom at risk

Somali Journalists at work in Mogadishu.

Somali Journalists at work in Mogadishu. Militant group Al-Shabaab is still the biggest violator of media freedom in Somalia. PHOTO | COURTESY | NUSOJ

Militant group Al-Shabaab is still the biggest violator of media freedom in Somalia, even as the safety of journalists is also at the mercy of some government administrators acting with impunity.

Findings from the latest Annual State of Media Freedom Report in Somalia show that at least two journalists were killed last year, six others injured in their line of duty and several others arrested, illegally detained or tortured for doing their work.