Kismayo Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

A view over the Kismayo sea-port as ships load with charcoal in Somalia in March 2013. Journalist Sabir Abdulkadir Warsame was arrested by regional security forces in the semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on February 8, 2018, and has been held without charge in the state capital of Kismayo. (AFP/ Phil Moore)

Somali journalist arrested, held without charge

February 9, 2018 4:09 PM EST

Nairobi, February 09, 2018–Somali authorities should immediately release Sabir Abdulkadir Warsame, a broadcast journalist with the privately owned Somali Cable TV, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Sabir was arrested by regional security forces in the semi-autonomous state of Jubbaland on February 8 and has been held without charge in the state capital of…

In Somalia, three journalists detained in Kismayo

January 2, 2014 11:55 AM EST

The Interim Jubba Administration in southern Somalia detained three journalists without charge in the span of a week in late December 2013. All were released after a few days.