Leyla Ugbaad

Mastered @KenyattaUni| Postgraduate from @Uni_Lancashire| @UniOfOxford Alumni| @GlobalShapers & @YALI member| Read my story on @UN here:

[Leyla Ugbaad @LeylaUgbaad]

I am pleased and grateful to have been chosen as a class of 2023 Journalism Innovation & Leadership Programme Scholar @UCLan university, UK.

The @JILeaders scholarship is made possible through the generosity of @GoogleNewsInit and @IMSforfreemedia’s support.
#JournalismMatters

[Omar Artan @RefOmarArtan]

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[Mohamud Nadif @MohamudNadif]

Journalist Suways Gacayte is expected to appear before the First Instance Court in Garowe tomorrow after spending 10 days in detention at Garowe Central Prison. According to the Puntland Media Association, her arrest was carried out unlawfully.

However, on 4 July, the court issued an order retroactively legalizing her detention and instructed the prosecution and police to prepare the charges against her within seven days—a deadline that expired yesterday.

The key question now is whether Suways Gacayte will receive a fair trial and justice from Puntland’s judicial system?

#FreeSuweys #journalismisnotacrime

@MAP_Puntland @MohamedSelh @MSeylac @NUSOJofficial @sjs_Somalia @RealAWiM @LeylaUgbaad @RSF_inter @CPJAfrica @IFJGlobal @N_abdirizak @IWMF

[UK in Somalia🇬🇧🇸🇴 @UKinSomalia]

Different voices, one shared hope for Somalia. 🇸🇴

From poetry and music to media and digital storytelling, Somali creators share their hopes and aspirations for a peaceful and prosperous Somalia.

#GoFarGoTogether

[Leyla Ugbaad @LeylaUgbaad]

@renabaddie_ 116

[IMS @IMSforfreemedia]

Somalia’s Wadaag initiative, implemented by @SomaliMedia13 and supported by IMS, highlights community-driven stories about health, education, governance, livelihoods and more.
A new assessment study looks at its impact, achievements and good practices: https://t.co/zylsXPTuu7

[Suldan I. Mohamed, MA @SuldanMohamed_]

For two consecutive nights, 35 Somali citizens have been stranded and humiliated at #Cairo International Airport in #Egypt.

Despite travelling legally with valid visas, they were reportedly subjected to inhumane treatment, had their passports confiscated, and were denied both entry and the right to return home.

The degrading treatment Somali travellers face at the hands of Egyptian authorities is unacceptable.

No Somali citizen deserves such humiliation.

Somalia & Egypt are supposedly allies. This isn’t acceptable.

Where is the Somali Embassy @SomaliainEgypt @MOFASomalia ?

[Radio Ergo @RadioErgo]

Hundreds of poor families in #Mogadishu have been pushed deeper into hardship after traders rejected Somalia’s widely used 1,000-shilling note, forcing small businesses to close and leaving savings worthless overnight. https://t.co/DwfdxFRiOa

#radioergo
#somalia

[IDIL INSTITUTE @Idilinstitute]

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[Leyla Ugbaad @LeylaUgbaad]

I’m moderating @Idilinstitute’s upcoming Space. Will you join? https://t.co/dFNRLCyYrq

[Leyla Ugbaad @LeylaUgbaad]

I’m moderating @Idilinstitute’s upcoming Space. Will you join? https://t.co/dFNRLCyYrq

[IDIL INSTITUTE @Idilinstitute]

Tonight, IDIL Institute for Policy Studies is honored to host a high-level X Space dialogue

We warmly invite policymakers, researchers, civil society actors, youth, and the wider public to join this important regional conversation.

📅 23 May 2026
🕗 8:00 PM EAT
#somaliwomen

[Leyla Ugbaad @LeylaUgbaad]

My story 😊🌹

[UNTMIS @UNTMIS_]

𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗠𝗜: 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 – "When I began my career in the media, I found myself without a role model to inspire me. I wanted a mentor or hero in the field who could guide me and show me what was possible," says Leyla Abdi Mohamed, who is now setting an example for other young Somali women through her role as @RadioErgo's editor-in-chief and as the head of @SOMWIM1.

Read her story here: https://t.co/TPuUXKb2du

[UNTMIS @UNTMIS_]

𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗠𝗜: 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 – "When I began my career in the media, I found myself without a role model to inspire me. I wanted a mentor or hero in the field who could guide me and show me what was possible," says Leyla Abdi Mohamed, who is now setting an example for other young Somali women through her role as @RadioErgo's editor-in-chief and as the head of @SOMWIM1.

Read her story here: https://t.co/TPuUXKb2du

[Leyla Ugbaad @LeylaUgbaad]

👏👏

[UK in Somalia🇬🇧🇸🇴 @UKinSomalia]

Helping build an inclusive future for all Somalis 🇸🇴 🤝 🇬🇧

Last night we hosted a screening of two fantastic films on Somali Sign Language with SONAD and @UNTMIS_ Both films powerfully demonstrated the importance and impact of sign language for deaf Somalis. #GoFarGoTogether

[Leyla Ugbaad @LeylaUgbaad]

@EngNaaji Ma sheegee marka 😀

[Leyla Ugbaad @LeylaUgbaad]

Lama yaqaanno

[Fouwzi A. Osman @fouwzi]

President HSM's legacy is one of mediocrity, crude-nepotism, cabal culture, unprincipled-narcissistic individual, spreading division, inciting and entrenching clan loyalty instead of patriotism, unity and consensus. Today Somalia is more divided.
History will not be kind to him.

[IMS @IMSforfreemedia]

IMS recently convened media partners from Moldova, Ukraine and Armenia, along with independent media from the Western Balkans, for a peer-to-peer knowledge exchange on information integrity. The charette focused on how newsrooms can assess and respond to information threats.

[IMS @IMSforfreemedia]

CPH:DOX presented two powerful documentaries highlighting Afghan women’s stories. The Secret Reading Club of Kabul won the NORDIC:DOX Award, while the IMS-supported documentary film, A Fox Under a Pink Moon, previously won the main prize at IDFA, was also screened at CPH:DOX.

[Leyla Ugbaad @LeylaUgbaad]

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[Muwaadin Platform @muwaadinso]

Caawa waxa barta X Space ku qaban doonaa mawduuc ku saabsan “cabashada dhallinyarada iyo caburinta dawladda”. Waxaa marti inoo ah Hogaamiyaha Xisbiga Wadajir, Xildhibaan @AAbdishakur . Waxaa xiriirin doona @LeylaUgbaad iyo @Viimtoisse.

Ka soo qeyb galkaagu waa muhiim muwaadin.