NUSOJ annual report focuses on journalists’ precarious working conditions

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), a Reporters Without Borders partner organization, has just published its annual report on the situation of journalists in Somalia. The report’s title says it all: “The Untold Tales of Deep Misery, Somali Journalists and their Precarious Work.” It describes the countless problems and obstacles that journalists must deal with every day in their work, including political chaos, armed clashes, gender inequality and poverty. Aside from the physical dangers – Somalia is Africa’s deadliest country for the media, with three journalists killed in 2010 – the report emphasizes the precarious working conditions for journalists, the violation of their labour rights, the lack of decent remuneration and the growing corruption within the media. Released on 10 December, the report concludes by making recommendations to the Somali government, the authorities in the semi-autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, the authorities in the breakaway northwestern territory of Somaliland, media owners, the International Labour Organization and Somalia’s journalists themselves. Read the NUSOJ annual report in English :
2010 annual report
More information about Somalia on the NUSOJ site On the eve of the report’s release, the Mogadishu-based independent radio station, Radio Shabelle, received the 2010 Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Prize. More information