SOMALIA: Journalist Arrested over Arms Report
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
A Somali reporter has been jailed since Monday following his recent online story claiming that a faction known as the Jubba Valley Alliance has been importing arms in violation of the 2004 peace agreement and a United Nations arms embargo, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) reported. The faction, which controls the southern city of Kismayo, is holding reporter Ahmed Mohammed Aden and has accused him of posting “false information” in an article on the Gedonet Online Web site, NUSOJ reported. Aden also works for private radio station Jubba FM in Kismayo and is a prominent member of NUSOJ.
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