Somalia’s intelligence agency on Thursday made some damning allegations against a respected journalist who co-authored one of the key books on Al-Shabaab and Islamic militancy in Somalia.
Harun Maruf a journalist with VOA and author of “Inside Al-Shabaab, the Secret History of Al-Qaeda’s Most Powerful Ally,” was labelled a threat to Somalia’s national security by NISA.
Government intimidation has led at least one other reporter to flee from Somalia and seek asylum abroad. Zakariye Mohamud Timaade a former Universal TV journalist fled after he began to receive threatening phone calls from NISA about his reporting. He left Somalia in 2019 and is now living in Sweden.
Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries to be a journalist. It consistently ranks on the bottom for press freedom according to Reporters Without Border.
The Real reason behind story is about two different agents, one of whom is an Ethiopian and an expat (Aaron Makruuf), and the other is the Qatar Spymaster and of the Shabab Collaborator, which now serve as the head of NISA Fahad Yasin who are best friends and find out that they are are meeting the tactical fake news. treasure!!!!!!! Beggars are on the way.
