A ceremony which was commemorating on May 3, of World Press Freedom has been held in Mogadishu on Sunday.
The ceremony was organized by the National Union of Somali journalists (NUSOJ) and government officials attended it.
The deputy speaker of the Somali parliament Prof. Mohamed Omar Dalha, who spoke in the ceremony has called for the journalists to take part the rebuilding of the country.
NUSOJ secretary Abdirahman Omar Dalmar, said that the year 2009 started with sorrow to the Somali journalists. Shabelle’s reporter Hassan Mayow Hassan was killed in Afgoye town in lower Shabelle region 1 January 2009.
Said Tahliil Ahmed, the director of Horn Afrik radio was killed in Mogadishu 4 February 2009.
On the other hand, the information minister of the Somali government Fahan Ali Mohamud, who attended in the ceremony disbanded the council of Somali journalists and said that a new independent council of Somali journalists will be formed and the job of the formed council ended.
The minister said the council has done a lot during its term, but he added that they could not keep abreast with the new media.
Sharif Moalim Mohamed, the chairman of the Somali Council held a press conference and said that the minister for information could not disband their council.
amsomalia@mareeg.com
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