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Bareedo Platform trains 40 at-risk civil society organizations on how to use the Microsoft nonprofit’s secure software and products in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia to improve their digital security capacity
Bareedo Platform Somalia, with the support of the Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP), conducted a two-day training in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia, from June 27 to 28, 2024, for over 40 civil society organizations from various regions of Somalia. In this training, Bareedo Platform trained them on how they can use Microsoft ...
Bareedo Platform conducted digital security training for more than 70 civil society organizations, human rights defenders and activists in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia
With the support of the Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP), Bareedo Platform Somalia held a three-day digital security training for more than 70 civil society organizations, human rights defenders, activists and journalists from all regions of the state of Puntland in Somalia to promote their digital security capacity to better respond ...
Internet Connection Was Cut Off in Lasanod Town in Somalia for 12 Hours
The internet access in the northern Somali town of Lasanod was forcefully shut down by the security forces of Somaliland, a self-declared region in northern Somalia that broke away and declared independence from Somalia in 1991. Clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces started in Lasanod town on December 26, ...
Bareedo Conducted Training For 34 Journalists On Right To Information And Protection Of Vulnerable Groups In Somalia
Bareedo Platform facilitated Right to information and protection of vulnerable groups - Remote training units for 34 journalists from different media outlets in Puntland, mainly those based in Garowe, the capital city of Puntland state in Somalia. The training was funded through partnership between Puntland Media Co. and Caritas Somalia ...
Bareedo Platform Opens A Roundtable Discussion On Adoption Of E-Governance Practices In Mogadishu
Despite years of anarchy, Somalia has a successful ICT sector, providing one of the most cost-effective voice and data service in Africa. More than 2 million people make their way into the internet and the onset of COVID-19 pandemic and measures imposed to contain the spread of the pandemic has ...
Keeping Social Media Open During National Exams In Somalia Campaign is successful
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education of Federal Government of Somalia concluded the national secondary exams for the school year of 2020-2021 without shutting down social media platforms to prevent exam cheating. This is a remarkable change after in response of exam papers leaked on social media platforms in ...
Mobile Money Scams Take A Toll In Somalia During COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis
Somali people who are already struggling with the health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, are also distressed by another pandemic of mobile money scams, making the country's largest financial service distrustful. Mobile money is the primary access point to financial services in Somalia with transactions worth about $2.7 ...
Why Are Parents in Somalia Worried About Their Teenage Children’s Extended Use of the Internet?
In Somalia, the use of the internet and technology has experienced exponential growth, with over 2 million Internet users and the lowest-cost Internet in Africa. Young people, who make up over 75 percent of the Somali population, use the Internet more than ever before, and some begin accessing it in ...
Bareedo Platform Concludes Digital Security Training Workshops conducted for 112 Journalists in Somalia
Somalia is the world’s most dangerous country for reporters, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. On a day-to-day-basis, the online harassment and censorship against journalists and social rights activists in Somalia is on the rise in a time most of the journalists depend on the Internet and digital communications ...
Bareedo Platform concludes two-day Digital Security Training for Journalists in Kismayo
Journalists depend on the Internet and digital communications for research, interaction and news distribution. The widespread use of Internet and social media for news distribution, interaction with audiences without basic digital safeguards has facilitated harassment against journalists in online settings by a variety of means, including by disseminating threats and ...