# Abdirahman Yabarow (Cabdiraxmaan Yabarow)

> Abdirahman Yabarow: Somali journalist, Editor-in-Chief of VOA Somali from 2009.

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

Abdirahman Yabarow is a Somali journalist ([Wikipedia, Abdirahman Yabarow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdirahman_Yabarow)).

## Career

In the early 2000s he worked in the UN Development Programme's documentation unit ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdirahman_Yabarow)). He then served as Washington DC correspondent for the [BBC Somali](/en/society/media-in-somalia/) service (same source). In 2009 he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Voice of America's Somali service (same source). See [Somalis in the Washington DC area](/en/diaspora/washington-dc-area/).

## In short

A Somali broadcaster who has led VOA's Somali-language service since 2009.

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