Somaliland journalists meet with African leaders and UN Secretary-General in Ethiopia
Written by Somalilandpress
Feb 02, 2010 at 09:16 AM
ADDIS ABABA, (Qaran News) - Reporters from Somaliland have been invited to the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital who have been discussing a range of issues from security and conflict to development.
A total of four reporters from both government and independent media houses joined the 14th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union which opened on Sunday built around the theme of ‘information and communication technologies' in Addis Ababa.
Mohamed Hussein Jama of Geeska Afrika (independent), Abdiweli Farah Jambir, Ogaal news (independent), Abdullahi Ali Sudi, Somaliland National Television ‘TV Qaran' (government) and Moha Farah Jirde from TV Qaran joined the the 53-member body's annual meeting with another 528 journalists from around Africa and abroad.
Moha is also the president of Journalists for African Renaissance (JAR), an African Union agency founded by members from Somaliland, Kenya, Botswana, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia, with the help of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, a non-profit German political foundation.
The often flamboyant reporter and regular presenter in the state-owned Qaran TV, Moha Farah, who played an important role in convincing African heads of state to invite journalists from Somaliland to the conference thanked the Ethiopian government for their hospitality on behave of all African journalists. Ms Moha also thanked the AU leaders for "allowing the media free access." She praised Ethiopia's positive attitude towards free press and urged the international press to refrain from misleading the public via falsely depicted information about Ethiopia's press freedom.
She has over the years built up a considerable stable of contacts in Addis Ababa, which she says is home to thousands of diplomats, intellectuals and politicians. She emphasised the need for reporters from Somaliland in such gatherings by African leaders, who invited reporters from other continents.
Last Updated ( Feb 02, 2010 at 09:25 AM )
