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Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 03:00
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Media & freedom of expression [2]
Issue Number: 
255 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Reporters Without Borders and its Somali partner organization, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), paid tribute to journalists trying to work in strife-torn Mogadishu, where an alliance of warlords is battling an Islamist militia, and offered advice on how to do their jobs effectively. "The effect of the fighting on the media's capacity to report confidently and independently is worrying," said press freedom organisations Reporters Without Borders and the National Union of Somal...read more [4]

Reporters Without Borders and its Somali partner organization, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), paid tribute to journalists trying to work in strife-torn Mogadishu, where an alliance of warlords is battling an Islamist militia, and offered advice on how to do their jobs effectively. "The effect of the fighting on the media's capacity to report confidently and independently is worrying," said press freedom organisations Reporters Without Borders and the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).

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ICT, Media & Security [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/media/34277 [6]
Country: 
Somalia [7]

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