Horseed FM shut in Puntland on orders from the authorities

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Security agents in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region shut down a popular radio station in Bosaso on Saturday morning, according to news reports and local journalists.

The authorities accused the station of broadcasting programs that threaten Puntland’s security, but didn’t provide any evidence, according to Mohamed Ibrahim of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ).