The Supreme Council and Executive Committee of the Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) has jointly today elected Farah Omar Nur as new Secretary General, who will replace the former FESOJ Secretary General Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu who resigned and has become the spokesman of the Federal Government of Somalia.

According to the FESOJ Constitution, an elected member from the executive committee will take up in charge until the next General Assembly in June 2023 in which the new Secretary General of FESOJ will be elected by Somali journalists

Farah Omar Nur is a well-respected and veteran journalist who has been working in the Somalia media for more than 30 years. He had worked for Radio Mogadishu and the National Television, and also a long time worked with BBC Media Action. Farah Omar Nur was the Training Secretary of FESOJ since establishment.

"I will focus on advocating for journalists and media workers and capacity building of our journalists, in order to make changes for the difficult situation in which the Somali journalists are working today, given that Somalia is still at the top of the list of the most dangerous countries for journalists” Farah Omar Nur, new FESOJ secretary general said.

"As a media trainer who interacting directly with journalists across the country, I know a lot about their problems they routinely face and the concerns they have, but I believe that in order to make progress it is necessary for all of us to work together, since one person or two can’t do alone more and impossible to make a tangible difference” Farah added

"We welcome Farah Omar Nur who is indeed a well-known and respected figure in the media, and I hope he will fulfill his difficult task. Advocating for the media is not an easy task, and we always hear about abused journalists in the country every day, so I am confident that Farah will take the lead” Abaadir Abdulkadir Elmi FESOJ President said.

FESOJ is a trade union of Somali journalists, which currently has about 850 journalists across the country, and has partnerships with the United Nations, the European Union and member of several international development and defense agencies of the press freedom.

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