Arts, heritage and media
Radio and news in Puntland: Radio Garowe, Radio Gaalkacyo and Puntland Post
Puntland's independent media include Radio Garowe (founded 2004, on 89.8 FM, with a Bosaso station since 2013), Radio Gaalkacyo (formerly Radio Free Somalia, broadcasting from Galkayo) and Puntland Post, a news site and weekly paper founded in 2001 by Somalis in Denmark.
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). A 2011 BBC Media Action study found it was read every morning by 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).
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; Radio Gaalkacyo).
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; Puntland Post).
Other stations
Wikipedia's articles on Puntland media also name Radio Daljir, Radio Kulmis and Radio Laascaanood (Radio Garowe, Wikipedia; Radio Gaalkacyo, Wikipedia). 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).
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Sources
- Garowe Online, Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- BBC Media Action, An analysis of the Somali media environment · downloads.bbc.co.uk
- Radio Gaalkacyo, Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Radio Gaalkacyo · radiogaalkacyo.com
- Puntland Post, Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Puntland Post · puntlandpost.net
- Radio Garowe, Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- RSF, Somalia · rsf.org
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