SOLJA – Somaliland Journalists Association

Capacity Building
Programs

SOLJA concluded today a two-day training workshop on investigative journalism in Disaster Risk Management for Journalists

Gender mainstreaming
Women in the Media

SOLJA congratulated to women in the Media. On the occasion of 8 March 2022. And honored the various girls working in the Somaliland Media

Trarining on
Disaster risk Reporting

SOLJA has shown some of the Journalists working in Hargeisa on the source of the Hargeisa River, its tributaries & the impact of the floods on both the environment & the city

SOLJA’s New Leadership
Takes Office Offially

The newly elected leadership of the Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA) officially took office on 25th Jan 2024.

SOLJA's 8th
General Assembly

SOLJA is an established organization that has its GA meeting every 3 years to elect the organization's Board of Directors

Working since 2003

About SOLJA .

Somaliland Journalist Association (SOLJA) is a non-governmental, non-political, and nonprofit organization founded in Somaliland on Feb 2003 by a group of professional journalists and media experts. The reason found was to defend, develop, and build free, independent, and transparent media that promotes access to the right to information, and right to freedom of speech and expression in Somaliland. SOLJA strives to empower, strengthen the capacity of its members, and ensure high standards of Journalism/reportage in Somaliland.

It’s legally registered in Somaliland as “Somaliland Journalists Association” with valid registration Certificate No. 43.31.781.2024M/J. SOLJA has its head office in Hargeisa the capital city of Somaliland and operates across Somaliland.

Currently, SOLJA has a total of 800+ Journalists and 56 media houses representing all regions of Somaliland.

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OUR VISION

Envisions the existence of free, independent, and transparent media and regulatory system that is working and ensuring media pluralism, right to freedom of expression and information is guaranteed in law and respected in practice

OUR MISSION