Somalia’s First All-Women Newsroom Spotlights Female Taboos

People often laugh when Fathi Mohamed Ahmed tells them she runs the first and only all-women newsroom in Somalia, one of the most dangerous places on the planet to be a reporter.

But Bilan, the media house where Ahmed works as chief editor, is far from a punchline, producing a daily mix of hard news and in-depth features for local and sometimes international audiences...

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Fathi Mohamed Ahmed and Shukri Mohamed Abdi, journalists at Bilan Media, Somalia's first all-women media team,  Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2023. © REUTERS/Feisal Omar