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Outsourcing accountability: Extractive data practice and inequities of power in humanitarian third-party monitoring
Big Data & Society, issue January–March (2025), 14 pp.
"Since the early 2010s, humanitarian donors have increasingly contracted private firms to monitor and evaluate humanitarian activities, accompanied by a promise of improving accountability through their data and data analytics. This article contributes to scholarship on data practices in the humanit
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A Critical Analysis of Somalia`s National Strategy on P/CVE: A Media Perspective. A Case Study Report
Mogadishu: National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) (2023), iii, 10 pp.
State of the Media Report in 2022
Mogadishu: National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) (2023), 22 pp.
Assessing the risks of journalists reporting in conflict zones: A case study of Somalia
International Journal of Advanced Mass Communication and Journalism, volume 4, issue 1 (2023), pp. 16-20
"This study was conducted to assess the risks journalists face while reporting in Somalia. It was guided by three specific objectives that included: evaluating the cases of physical attacks on journalists reporting in Somalia, analyzing the cases of arbitrary arrests and imprisonments of journalists
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Cryptopolitics: Exposure, Concealment, and Digital Media
New York: Berghahn (2023), vii, 245 pp.
"Hidden information, double meanings, double-crossing, and the constant processes of encoding and decoding messages have always been important techniques in negotiating social and political power dynamics. Yet these tools, "cryptopolitics," are transformed when used within digital media. Focusing on
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Annual Report: Journalists Safety and Media Freedom in Somalia, June 2022 -2023
Mogadishu: Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) (2023), 31 pp.
Transnational Communication and Identity Construction in Diaspora: A Comparative Analysis of Four Diaspora Communities from the Horn of Africa
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2023), xvii, 325 pp.
"The study was sparked by the absence of literature on transnational masspersonal communication (tmc) of 'Eritrean', 'Ethiopian', Oromo, and Somali diaspora communities. To bridge this theoretical gap, an empirical study was conducted at meso-level based on three questions: (a) what topics do people
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Global Study: Gender Equality and Media Regulation
Top Insights
Fojo Media Institute (2022), 75 pp.
"This study is unique in its attempt to map both law and policy (regulation and self-regulation) and identify measures to promote gender equality in the media and women’s freedom of expression. The study covers policy instruments adopted at international, regional, national, industry and media hou
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How Can Media and Communication Support Somalis Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic?
London: BBC Media Action (2022), 15 pp.
"Our work in 2020 and 2021 focused on different aspects of COVID-19 to provide audiences with accurate information and appropriate strategies to deal with the pandemic. This media content contributed to increased knowledge, changed attitudes and positive behaviour change to counter the damaging effe
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Deploying the Common Social Accountability Platform to Support Rift Valley Institute (RVI)’s Somali Dialogue Platform in Promoting Public Dialogue on Elections and Amplifying Citizen’s Voices in Political Processes
Nairobi: Africa’s Voices Foundation (2022), vii, 45 pp.
"Africa's Voices Foundation in partnership with Rift Valley institute (RVI)'s Somali Dialogue Platform implemented a 3-month project between February 8th - May 7th 2022. The project promoted public dialogue around elections so as to understand citizens' perspectives on Somalia's national elections.
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Deploying the Common Social Accountability Platform (CSAP) to Support the Strength Through Tolerance Project That Aims at Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) in Somalia
Nairobi: Africa’s Voices Foundation (2022), vi, 20 pp.
"The following are the key insights identified across all three weeks of the radio dialogue: In week one of radio dialogue, 36.2% of the participants (n=125) and week 3 55.1% (n=266) of participants agreed that there should be unity and cooperation among all members of the community. They stated tha
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UNESCO's Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) Action in Somalia: 2018-2021 Quadrennial Report, Country Summaries
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 5 pp.
"Under the MDP, UNESCO has since 2018 coordinated actions with other development partners through the Somalia Media Sector Group (SMSG) to advocate for improvements in the media legislative framework and to support the implementation of the Somalia Federal Republic Media Strategy 2016-2020 as well a
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Journalists Safety and Media Freedom in Somalia
Mogadishu: Somali Mechanism for Safety of Journalists (SMSJ) (2022), 34 pp.
"In 2021, 105 incidents of media violations were recorded. The violations recorded by SMSJ largely targeted on-duty journalists and included: two cases of murder, 66 arrests, 14 media outlet raids, 14 physical assaults, 13 cases of harassment, and two sham trials. The figures represent an overall 62
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Trail of Violence: Somali Journalists Bear the Brunt of Impunity. Media Freedom Report in 2021
Mogadishu: National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) (2022), 20 pp.
Under-Moderated, Unhinged and Ubiquitous: Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State Networks on Facebook. Why Al-Shabaab and Islamic State Pages and Profiles in East African Languages Continue to Plague Facebook
London et al.: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2022), 21 pp.
"Researchers at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) led a two-year investigation into the online media ecosystem of al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Africa, analyzing the role of “independent news” outlets and their intersections with hundreds-strong networks of amplifier profiles on F
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Status of Digital Agriculture in 47 Sub-Saharan African Countries
Quick Overview
FAO;ITU (2022), x, 351 pp.
"It aims at providing a holistic view of digital transformation in the agriculture sector of 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region’s digital agriculture landscape is assessed through six key themes, namely: infrastructure, digital penetration, policy and regulation, business environment,
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Media and Digital Technologies for Mixed Methods Research in Public Health Emergencies Such as COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Using Interactive Radio–SMS for Social Research in Somalia
Journal of Mixed Methods Research, volume 15, issue 3 (2021), pp. 304-326
"Radio shows which invite audience participation via short message service (SMS)—interactive radio–SMS—can be designed as a mixed methods approach for applied social research during COVID-19 and other crises in low and middle income countries. In the aftermath of a cholera outbreak in Somalia,
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Murders, Physical Assaults & Online Harassment: Silencing Journalism in Somalia. Somalia Annual Press Freedom Report 2020-2021
Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) (2021), 13 pp.
"Overall, the situation of press freedom in Somalia between May 2020 and May 2021 has continued to experience a sharp and unfortunate decline. In total, FESOJ recorded the murder of 2 journalists – as a resulted of targeted killing, 52 arrests, assault and injury to 9 reporters in the line of duty
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Informing Hard-to-Reach Immigrant Groups about COVID-19—Reaching the Somali Population in Oslo
Journal of Refugee Studies, volume 35, issue 1 (2021), pp. 641-661
"This article provides a case study of an information campaign directed at people of Somali decent living in the worst hit district of Oslo, the capital of Norway. The Somalis were the immigrant group most affected by the COVID-19 in Norway during the first wave of the pandemic. The campaign used se
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Regional E-Waste Monitor for the Arab States
Bonn: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP);United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR);ITU;United Nations University (UNU) (2021), 103 pp.
"The key statistical findings for the region are that electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) placed on the market (POM) increased by 30 per cent from 3.2 megatons (Mt), or 8.8 kilograms per inhabitant (kg/inh), in 2010 to 4.1 Mt (or 9.5 kg/inh) in 2019. The Arab States mostly import, rather than
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