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Government holding BBC staff days after banning media house

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It is now emerging that the government is holding several British Broadcasting Corporation staff arrested after the closure of the media company from operating within Somaliland. Reports indicate that five employees of  BBC Media Action have been arrested and are beuing held by the police.. Among the five include Mohamed Gas, Head of the Somaliland […]

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Government bans BBC from broadcasting in Somaliland as attack on media freedom goes on

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Media freedom in Somaliland continue to diminish after the government announced a ban on broadcasts by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Somaliland Information Minister Saleban Yusuf Ali Koore told reporters Tuesday that BBC broadcasts have reduced the identity and dignity of the self-declared independent nation. The minister, speaking in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa, said that […]

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