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Two journalists detained in the north

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    The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported that two journalists have been detained in separate incidents in northern Somalia, saying it was "deeply concerned" about the detentions. Neither journalist, it added, had been "formally charged".

    In a statement released on Monday, CPJ said those arrested were Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, the editor-in-chief of the independent War-Ogaal newspaper in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, and Abdirrahman Haji Dahir, a reporter for the independent daily Haatuf in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, northwestern Somalia.

    Abdishakur was arrested in Bosaso, the commercial capital of Puntland, on 21 April, for publishing an article accusing a cabinet minister of selling food donated by the international community, the CPJ said, quoting local journalists.

    Meanwhile, Abdirrahman was arrested on Monday in the Somaliland port city of Berbera in connection with an article mentioning differences between Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin and his vice-president, Ahmad Yusuf Yasin, the statement said, again citing local journalists.

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