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Somali police assault women journalists, arrest them and confiscate camera equipment in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia 19 March 2026 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly condemns the violent arrest and confiscation of equipment from two women journalists in Mogadishu on Wednesday, 18 March, while they were covering a public protest against forced evictions in Mogadishu’s Dayniile district. Kaab TV journalist Amiro Sulaiman Ibrahim and Iqro Abdullahi Abdirahman from Five Somali TV were violently arrested by armed police officers re…
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Somali Journalists Syndicate broke the news in on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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