Mogadishu(SONNA)-The Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Abdirahman Yusuf Al-Adala on Saturday opened two days of the Somali Strategic Communication Forum, focusing on unifying messages of government institutions and significance of disseminating an accurate news to the public.
The Minister underscored the challenges of the new age of media as rumor and fake news spreads faster than expected, urging media practitioners and politicians to use the media professionally and wisely.
“When it comes to disseminating news, there must be an accurate information reaching out to the public, if we don’t unite our strength and good voices are not unified, then bad voices would spread and cause negative impacts”, Al-Adala said.
The forum gathered representatives from relevant Ministries of the Federal Member States, Hirshabelle, Galmudug, Southwest States and Benadir region as well as international stakeholders who are expected to join it tomorrow.
Media experts and directors from the Ministry of Information and FMS are participating panel debates which are going on at the venue at moment, discussing challenges and opportunities of the media, in particular, the social media and strengthening coordinated collaboration of messages among government communications departments.
