{"id":460319,"date":"2026-05-12T16:22:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=460319"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:22:53","slug":"somalia-participates-in-global-south-media-forum-in-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somalia-participates-in-global-south-media-forum-in-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia Participates in Global South Media Forum in Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cairo, Egypt(SONNA)-The Federal Republic of Somalia, represented by the Director of the Somali National News Agency (SONNA), Ismail Mukhtar Omar \u201cOronjo,\u201d is participating in the High-Level Global South Media and Think Tank Forum taking place in Cairo, Egypt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The forum is jointly organized by China\u2019s Xinhua News Agency and the League of Arab States, bringing together senior officials, media leaders, and policy experts from across the Global South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The opening session was attended by Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua, and Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang, alongside prominent regional and international participants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Somalia\u2019s participation is seen as an important step toward strengthening the country\u2019s voice in international media platforms and advancing discussions on how Global South nations can develop balanced media narratives that support peace and development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The forum, running from May 12 to 13, focuses on issues including peaceful development, diverse narratives, digital innovation, and mutual learning among civilizations. Participants are also discussing technological transformation in journalism and opportunities for professional cooperation between Arab and Chinese media institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say Somalia aims to benefit from the exchange of technical expertise and partnerships that can contribute to modernizing the country\u2019s media sector and enhancing national communication capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-460321\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sonna-director.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sonna-director.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sonna-director-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sonna-director-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sonna-director-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sonna-director-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Sonna-director-860x645.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-460322\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sss.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sss.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sss-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sss-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sss-860x1147.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cairo, Egypt(SONNA)-The Federal Republic of Somalia, represented by the Director of the Somali National News Agency (SONNA), Ismail Mukhtar Omar \u201cOronjo,\u201d is participating in the High-Level Global South Media and Think Tank Forum taking place in Cairo, Egypt. The forum is jointly organized by China\u2019s Xinhua News Agency and the League of Arab States, bringing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":460320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-460319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460323,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460319\/revisions\/460323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}