# Radio and news in Puntland: Radio Garowe, Radio Gaalkacyo and Puntland Post

> Puntland's radio stations and news outlets: Radio Garowe and Garowe Online, Radio Gaalkacyo, Puntland Post, Radio Daljir and state media.

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Last checked: 2026-11-12
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## Radio Garowe

## Garowe Online

Garowe Online is a news website in Somali and English founded in 2004 and owned by Garowe News Group, which also owns Radio Garowe. It covers mainly security, politics and humanitarian news on Somalia and the Horn of Africa ([Garowe Online, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garowe_Online)). A 2011 BBC Media Action study found it was read every morning by [Puntland](/en/states/puntland/) ministers and officials, and said it gave "particularly good context to stories" compared with other Somali news sources ([BBC Media Action, An analysis of the Somali media environment](https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/mediaaction/pdf/AnAnalysisOfTheSomaliMediaEnvironment.pdf)).

## Radio Gaalkacyo

Radio Gaalkacyo broadcasts from Galkayo in Mudug region. It was formerly called Radio Free Somalia. Wikipedia, citing the station, says it reached about 950,000 FM listeners around Galkayo and Garowe and counted 50,000 daily visitors to its website, which publishes news in Somali and English ([Radio Gaalkacyo, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Gaalkacyo); [Radio Gaalkacyo](http://www.radiogaalkacyo.com/)).

## Puntland Post

Puntland Post was founded in 2001 by Somalis living in Denmark. It runs a daily news website in Somali and English and a weekly Somali-language newspaper in Garowe, and launched a monthly English webzine, Puntland Post Monthly ([Puntland Post, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland_Post); [Puntland Post](http://puntlandpost.net/)).

## Other stations

Wikipedia's articles on Puntland media also name Radio Daljir, Radio Kulmis and Radio Laascaanood ([Radio Garowe, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Garowe); [Radio Gaalkacyo, Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Gaalkacyo)). Puntland also runs state radio and television, described on the state media page.

## The media environment

Somalia as a whole, including Puntland, is ranked among the most dangerous countries in Africa for journalists by Reporters Without Borders ([RSF, Somalia](https://rsf.org/en/country/somalia)).

## Read more

- [State media in Somalia](/en/institutions/state-media/)
- [Media in Somalia](/en/society/media-in-somalia/)
- [Somali media companies](/en/economy/somali-media-companies/)
- [Garowe and Nugaal](/en/regions/nugaal/)
- [Galkayo and Mudug](/en/regions/mudug/)

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