MOGADISHU, Sept 20 (Reuters) - People often laugh when Fathi Mohamed Ahmed tells them she runs the first and only all-female newsroom in Somalia, one of the most dangerous places on the planet to be a reporter.
"Sometimes my soul tells me I cannot continue the work because of insecurity and societal pressure.
However, it is a career that I loved since my childhood and a dream which still lives in me," Ahmed said.
With more than 50 journalists killed since 2010, Somalia is the most dangerous country for journalists in Africa, according to Reporters Without Borders.
Bilan has revolutionised the news agenda in Somalia, said Abdallah Al Dardari, director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States.
Persons:
Fathi Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed, Maria Abdullahi Jama, Sheikh Abdi Hayi, Omar Ibnu Khadab, Abdallah Al Dardari, Al Dardari, Abdi Sheikh, Abdirahman Hussein, Hereward Holland, Richard Chang
Organizations:
United Nations Development Programme, Protect Journalists, Somalia, Facebook, Bondhere School, Ministry, Women, United Nations, Programme, Bureau, Arab, Bilan Media, Thomson
Locations:
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Africa, Mogadishu