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On 16-17 April Somaliland Journalist’s Association with collaboration of National Endowment Democracy were organized a capacity building training on Somali Language and creative Written skills with 35 individual Journalists from different media houses both private and public. This training was held in Hargiesa at Guleid Park. The major aim of this ...

Vikes Conduct a 3 day Training on Training on best practices of Journalism and professional Ethics drawn from SOOL regions of Somaliland jointly organized by Somaliland Journalist Association “SOLJA” and VIKES,The Finnish Foundation for Media and Development  opened 05 march at Lasanod Mr. Mahmoud Jama Ahmed, chairman of SOLJA speaking during ...

Hargiesa: on 30th December, 2017 Somaliland Journalists Association-SOLJA held its 6th General assembly at Ambassador hotel officially opened by the Vise-President Hon. AbdirahmanAbdilahiSaylici, there were other officials from government who said their word concerning congratulating SOLJA on holding timely General Assembly after three years including the Vise-Ministry of Information, the ...

National Mechanisms for Safety of Journalists 13th – 14th November 2017 Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya The Nairobi Declaration on National Mechanisms for Safety of Journalists We, the participants at the Eastern African Conference on National Mechanisms for Safety of Journalists held in Nairobi, Kenya, 13th -14th November 2017; Full ...

Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA) has participated Workshop on responsible journalism and election violence held in Nairobi, Kenya on 28-30 November 2017 Read Press Release (PDF)

As opposed to prior elections the 2017 presidential polls saw local media houses perform devoid of any unethical acts This was revealed by a committee appointed to monitor local media performance during the 2017 presidential elections during a meeting organized by the Somaliland Journalists Association –SOLJA in Hargeisa To brief ...

On 08th -09th November 2017, SOLJA is conducted and carry out Somaliland media summit 2017 where nearly practicing journalists, media practitioners, female journalists, senior journalists and other respective media officials gather for 2 days well-organized event covering commemoration of Somaliland media day and Announcement of AWKE media Award. These activities ...

Greetings from Hargeisa, As you may be aware of Somaliland is having its presidential elections in November 13 2017 and there is significant preparation and political activities undergoing across the country. Hence, we believe media is one of integral part to shape this elections and political movements. The intention of ...

SOLJA successfully completed two days workshop scheduled  1-2 August 2017 in Berbera city.  The workshop topic was ”Orientation training on role of media on Electoral process and supported by UNSOM. This workshop is intended to prepare journalists capacity to carry out journalism activities that constitute free and fair election occurrence of ...

On Saturday 1 July 2017 DW Akademie teams have arrived in Hargeisa, the capital city of Somaliland in their first visit to conduct an interactive workshop and skill development training for local journalists in partnership with SOLJA. Last week, a group of 15 Somaliland journalists took part in a training ...