"I take this opportunity to thank local media and our
international friendly media for spending much time and energy to take what we
have been doing before an international audience” said Somali Football
Federation director of communications Shafi’i Mohyaddin Abokar.
Local radio stations, news websites and TVs including the
government-owned Somali National Television are commended for the efforts they paid
to provide the Somali people with all the news and information about the
competition.
"More praiseworthy are the two sports news channels in the country, Access Sports Television and GoolFM which made daily live coverage, interviews and other special programs before, during and after the competition” the SFF director of communications explained. "A very big thank you is due to Kismaayodaily.com, a news website which gives a particular consideration to our sport” he said.
Despite the less knowledge and experience, sports
journalism in Somalia is now growing and since late last year, Somali-speaking
media mostly TVs have been doing live coverage for Somali football
competitions.
"Top help our journalists acquire enough knowledge and
experience in the sports journalism, we
are planning to organize a national level course for sports writers in the
country this year, followed by an international level seminar due next year” Somali
Football Federation director of communications Shafi’i Mohyaddin Abokar noted.
Somali Football Federation Media Department
Email:info@somsoccer.com