Hiiraan Online

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Hiiraan Online
Available in English, Somali
Founded1999
Headquarters
Ottawa
,
Canada
Country of originSomalia
Area served Somalia & Horn of Africa
Founder(s) Ahmed Gure
URL hiiraan.com

Hiiraan Online (HOL) is a website dedicated to news and information about Somalia and the Horn of Africa. It was founded in 1999 to deliver news to the growing Somali diaspora and is also based in Somalia. [1] [2] [3] It is run and based in Ottawa, Canada. [4] [5]

Contents

It is published in English and Somali [6] and discusses Somali news and affairs. In 2019, it was described as a leading Somali news website. [7]

History

Hiiraan Online was originally founded in Ottawa, Canada, on July 1, 1999. [1] [8] [9] Its founder, Ahmed Gure, a former airline captain with Somali Airlines, [10] started the website to serve the growing Somali diaspora.[ citation needed ] On 28 June 2011, HOL reporter Faysal Mohamed Hassan who was stationed in Puntland was detained after reporting that two beheaded bodies found near a road in the city of Bosaso were part of the region's security services. On 2 July, a lower court convicted him on charges of "endangering state security and publishing a 'false news report'." He was later released after spending 33 days in the city's prison. [11] [12]

Content

The website publishes news articles, opinions, and political commentary. It also hosts job advertisements for international bodies, government agencies and NGOs. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hiiraan online". www.artsrn.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  2. ↑ University, Stanford; Stanford; California 94305. "Somalia news". Stanford Libraries. Retrieved 2021-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Mapping digital media: Digital media, conflict and diasporas in the horn of africa". Open Society Foundation, & Stremlau, N. S. (2012, February).
  4. ↑ Chama, Brian (2017). "Diaspora Media Role in Conflict and Peace Building from the Perspectives of Somali Diaspora in Canada". Media, Diaspora and Conflict . Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 53–58. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56642-9_4 . Retrieved 23 May 2025. … Hiiraan Online, run in Ottawa, …
  5. ↑ Bell, Stewart (18 November 2009). "Somali-Canadians fear sons radicalized". National Post . Vol. 12, no. 20. p. 14. Retrieved 24 May 2025– via Newspapers.com. Ahmed Gure, who runs the Ottawa-based Somali news website Hiiraan Online, […]. Lock-green.svg
  6. ↑ Lynn, Walter (2003). "Sub-Saharan Africa | Somalia". The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide . Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 404. ISBN   0-313-32145-0 . Retrieved 23 May 2025– via Internet Archive. A well-known web site providing news in English and Somali.
  7. ↑ Maruf, Harun; Joseph, Dan (1 October 2018). Inside Al-Shabaab: The Secret History of Al-Qaeda's Most Powerful Ally. Indiana University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv6mtfn2 . Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  8. ↑ Gagliardone, Iginio (December 2011). "MAPPING DIGITAL MEDIA: DIGITAL MEDIA, CONFLICT AND DIASPORAS IN THE HORN OF AFRICA" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "Feedly – More signal, less noise". Feedly. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  10. ↑ "Reviving the aviation industry in Somalia". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  11. ↑ "Puntland frees jailed Somali journalist". Committee to Protect Journalists . 1 August 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "Hiiraan Online welcomes release of Faysal Hassan Boston". Hiiraan Online. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "HOL Job Posting, Expression of Interest & Call for Proposals : June 11, 2020". www.hiiraan.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.


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