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Campaigning for the Rights of Women in Media December 10, 2011 Somaliland journalist Nafisa Hussein overcame many barriers and personal hardships out of love for her profession. Working first as a radio announcer, then as a newspaper reporter, she persevered. In Somaliland, women journalists are rare.	IREX Releases 2011 Annual Report November 14, 2011 Our work today reaches and helps more people than ever before in our history. These stories highlight just a handful of the 300,000 people IREX has helped this year.
IREX Media Partner Killed in Puntland September 3, 2010 IREX mourns the loss of Abdullahi Omar Gedi, a journalist and technician at IREX partner station Radio Daljir, who was killed on August 31 in Galkayo, in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland. He was 25 at the time of his death.	Puntland Station Tackles IDPs’ Plight in Radio Stories June 30, 2010 by Abdikadir Ahmed Young radio journalists in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland recently used their newfound skills to shed light on the challenges facing internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in refugee camps in Galkayo.
IREX Observes World Press Freedom Day May 3, 2009 On World Press Freedom Day, May 3, IREX would like to recognize the thousands of journalists, media workers, and media outlets with whom we have the honor to work as friends and colleagues. Without their hard work, without the risks they take every day, and without their dedication and sacrifice, more citizens throughout the world would be deprived of the vital news and information they need to actively participate in the development of their neighborhoods, towns, countries, and regions.	IREX Observes World Press Freedom Day: Somalia May 1, 2009 One theme of World Press Freedom Day is empowering citizenship through media, dialogue, and education. Somalia’s lively media sector regularly provides informational segments on topics of popular interest as well as forums for citizen debate, primarily via radio programs but also newspapers, television, and blogs.
Media Law Workshop Examines State of Freedom of Expression in Puntland April 7, 2009 While Somalia’s semi-autonomous republic of Puntland has been spared much of the violence and chaos that have engulfed Somalia since 1991, journalists there have not been spared from violence and intimidation. Foreign audiences may see Puntland in the news as a base of piracy in the shipping channels of the Gulf of Aden and along the eastern coast of Somalia, but the region has been relatively stable with a functioning government and a notable media and civil society sector.