{"id":16841,"date":"2024-07-26T10:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T07:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vikes-fi.staging.hel8.wp-cloud.dev\/?p=16841"},"modified":"2024-09-17T12:31:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T09:31:56","slug":"somalias-minister-of-financial-information-visited-vikes-to-learn-from-the-finnish-council-of-public-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vikes.fi\/en\/uutiset\/somalias-minister-of-financial-information-visited-vikes-to-learn-from-the-finnish-council-of-public-opinion","title":{"rendered":"Somalia&#8217;s Minister of Financial Information visited Vikes to learn from the Council for Mass Media in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|auto|5px|auto|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;49b990a9-3f5c-41d7-a146-f53d734cb61f&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"FI-FI\" lang=\"FI-FI\" class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW118266493 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118266493 BCX8\">Somalias Information minister<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118266493 BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW118266493 BCX8\">Abdiraham<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118266493 BCX8\"> <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW118266493 BCX8\">Al-Aladalaa<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118266493 BCX8\"> spent 9 days in Finland networking with the media experts and the Council of Mass media in Finland<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"FI-FI\" lang=\"FI-FI\" class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW118266493 BCX8\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118266493 BCX8\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW118266493 BCX8\">The Somali government aims to establish a media self-regulatory body to support fresh democracy in Somalia.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;360119ca-c6e7-4e37-8b9d-c9bf27dc46e8&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,&#8221;We have to start somewhere, we in government cannot just sit back and wait for the media situation to improve. We have to start working together and meeting among those with whom we can find common ground. I am very optimistic about change&#8221;,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 15px;\"> says the Minister of\u00a0 Information <\/span><b style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Abdiraham Al-Aladalaa <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">from <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Somalia<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\" style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Ministry of Communications, Culture and Tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Somalia is one of the youngest nations in the world: 75% of the population is under 35. Youth is both an asset and a challenge in a newly digital-native democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What kind of challenges the media landscape faces in a country traumatised by civil war, divided along clan lines and still with low levels of education, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Al-Aladala?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Disinformation and hate speech are the biggest problems in our country&#8217;s media landscape. Somalia has hundreds of newspapers, online publications, television and radio stations. But no one has control over what is produced and who produces the content. Anyone can say they are a journalist without any training or background&#8221;,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Al-Aladalaa sums up the challenges facing the media landscape in a country of 17.6 million people.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Somalia&#8217;s media landscape has undergone huge upheavals over the past 30 years. In colonial times, there were two radio stations but no television.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It was only in the early 1990s that the publication of free newspapers linked to the clans became widespread, and by the turn of the millennium radio had also found its way into households. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Somalia is a young country, both in terms of population and media culture &#8211; that&#8217;s why Somalia is driving the transformation of the media landscape and challenging reliable information.<\/b> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Today, Somalia has a huge number of powerful radio and television stations, and one-man news agencies, or influencers, have gained considerable influence on the media scene&#8221;, <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Al-Aladalaa says. <\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Indeed, Somali influence has become one of the biggest obstacles to peace in Somalia. According to Al-Aladala, many young people think that working as a journalist is an easy route to employment; you don&#8217;t need training or experience, you just start talking to the camera and sharing the news. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The biggest challenge for do-it-yourself journalists is the quality of the news: many self-styled journalistic influencers knowingly or unknowingly share disinformation and fake news, and paint people who do not act in line with their own goals.<br \/>Anger and fear are the emotions that feed the algorithms best, and clan rivalries are easy to exploit to boost ratings. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;In Tiktok, attention has been drawn to clan debates, where two clans debate each other. People donate money to these people to support their own clan. In reality, the debaters are friends, running a business together. But this is what the social media users don&#8217;t know, the theatre of the debaters re-enacting and deepening the divisions between the clans is all too real for them, <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Al-Aladalaa <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Al-Aladalaa explains how in the past, defining a journalist was easy. A person who has undergone journalism training, works in a media house or has a media card can call themselves a journalist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the days of the Internet, anyone can call themselves a journalist without any connection to the ethical code or principles of the profession. According to Al-adalaa, one solution could be the Kenyan model, where a press card issued by the association would prove a person&#8217;s journalistic background. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Minister of Information seeks inspiration from Finland, Denmark, Kenya and others to build a media council in Somalia<\/b> <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Al-Aladalaa hopes that the Media Council will create an institution for fresh democracy, offering networking opportunities for peace from both traditional and social media perspectives.<br \/>Currently, with a network of numerous media channels and social media providers, it is almost impossible to assess reliable content. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The story of Finland, through the civil war and the Second World War, to a democratic welfare state and a model country for freedom of the press are the reasons why Al-Adalaa is visiting Finland.<br \/>Meetings with experts from Vikes and with <strong>Eero Hyv\u00f6nen<\/strong>, President of the Council of Public Words, have provided inspiration and tools to promote the establishment of a media council in Somalia. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>&#8220;It is important to start by finding those who agree and want to work together. However, this is not an easy task, as the government does not want to interfere with the media,&#8221;<\/em> Al-Aladalaa says<em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On the other hand, it is difficult to build a self-regulatory body for the media among media houses alone, as many media produce content from completely different realities and values, he adds. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This year, Somalia will hold its first free elections to elect a president and a government. Shaping the media landscape towards free, truth-based and pro-democracy media is therefore an important part of the young country&#8217;s and people&#8217;s steps towards a functioning democracy. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{\" 134233117=\"\" :false=\"\" 134233118=\"\" 201341983=\"\" :0=\"\" 335551550=\"\" :1=\"\" 335551620=\"\" 335559685=\"\" 335559737=\"\" 335559738=\"\" 335559739=\"\" 335559740=\"\" :279=\"\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=&#8221;16854&#8243; orientation=&#8221;portrait&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Somali Minister of Information Abdiraham Al-Aladalaa spent 9 days in Finland networking with the Council for Public Information and media experts.<br \/>\nThe Somali government aims to establish a media self-regulatory body to support fresh democracy in Somalia.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":16851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,100,28,19],"tags":[156,132,153,71,149,157],"class_list":["post-16841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freedom-of-expression-in-somalia","category-news","category-somalia","category-uutiset","tag-democracy","tag-demokratia","tag-freedom-of-expression","tag-sananvapaus","tag-somalia","tag-somalia-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Somali Minister of Information Abdiraham Al-Aladalaa spent 9 days in Finland networking with the Council for Public Information and media experts. 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