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Abdirahman Yabarow (Cabdiraxmaan Yabarow)
Abdirahman Yabarow is a Somali journalist who became Editor-in-Chief of the Voice of America's Somali service in 2009. He previously worked in the UNDP's documentation unit and as Washington correspondent for the BBC Somali service.
Abdirahman YabarowCabdiraxmaan Yabarow
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
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Who is he?
Abdirahman Yabarow is a Somali journalist (Wikipedia, Abdirahman Yabarow).
Career
In the early 2000s he worked in the UN Development Programme's documentation unit (Wikipedia). He then served as Washington DC correspondent for the BBC Somali 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.
In short
A Somali broadcaster who has led VOA's Somali-language service since 2009.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Abdirahman Yabarow · en.wikipedia.org
Abdirahman YabarowCabdiraxmaan Yabarow
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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