Public life today
Ahmed Mohamed Ali 'Kismayo' (Axmed Maxamed Cali Kismaayo)
Ahmed Mohamed Ali 'Kismayo' (1964 to 9 August 2017) was a Somali journalist who worked for Radio Mogadishu from 1987 and the BBC Somali Service from 1997 to 2012. He helped found the magazine Riyaaq in 1998 and was the first director of Puntland TV and Radio from 2013. He died in Hyderabad, India.
Ahmed Mohamed Ali 'Kismayo'Ahmed Kismayo · Axmed Kismaayo
- Lived
- 1964 to 2017-08-09
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who was he?
Ahmed Mohamed Ali, known as Kismayo, was a Somali journalist born in Kismayo in 1964 (Wikipedia, Ahmed Mohamed Kismayo). He went to school in Mogadishu and earned a journalism degree from the Somali National University in 1990 (same source).
Career
He began at Radio Mogadishu in 1987 and worked there until 1991 (Wikipedia). Displaced by the war, he lived in Kismayo and then for four years in Mombasa (same source). He taught at a secondary school in Garowe from 1995 to 1997, and in 1998 helped found the magazine Riyaaq, which he edited (same source).
He worked for the BBC Somali Service from 1997 to 2012 (same source). In 2013 he helped set up Puntland TV and Radio and became its first director (same source). In 2017 he briefly headed the Puntland Electoral Commission before resigning because of illness (same source).
Death
He died on 9 August 2017 in Hyderabad, India, where he was being treated for illness (Wikipedia).
In short
A Kismayo-born broadcaster who reported for the BBC for fifteen years and launched Puntland's state broadcaster.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Ahmed Mohamed Kismayo · en.wikipedia.org
Ahmed Mohamed Ali 'Kismayo'Ahmed Kismayo · Axmed Kismaayo
- Lived
- 1964 to 2017-08-09
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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