# Abdalle Mumin (Cabdalle Muumin)

> Abdalle Mumin: Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate and press freedom campaigner.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## Who is he?

Abdalle Ahmed Mumin is a Somali journalist and human rights activist ([Wikipedia, Abdalle Mumin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdalle_Mumin)). He is Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate and writes for The Guardian (same source). He contributed to the book *Hounded: African Journalists in Exile* (same source).

## Attack and detention

In early 2015 he survived an attack after reporting for The Wall Street Journal on the killing of al-Shabaab's leader ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdalle_Mumin)).

On 11 October 2022 he was arrested while waiting for a flight to Nairobi and held at the Godka Jilacow detention centre ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdalle_Mumin)). Wikipedia links the arrest to the authorities' campaign against armed groups, and he was released on bail on 22 October after ten days in custody (same source).

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## In short

A Somali journalist who leads the journalists' syndicate and has been attacked and detained over his work.

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