
JUBA — The government of South Sudan offered a certificate of appreciation on February 28 to Somaliland journalist in Juba.
Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, South Sudan’s Minister of Information awarded Mohamed Rashid Mohamoud of Saxafi media, a local newspaper based in Hargeisa. The certificate was presented in recognition for Somaliland journalists’ Sudan South referendum vote coverage in January.
Mohamed accepts certificate from Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin
“Thank you for your efforts to create awareness,” Dr Benjamin told him.
At least a dozen of journalists and reporters from Somaliland led by the Presidential spokesman, Mr. Abdullahi Mohamed Dahir, visited South Sudan before their independence vote from Khartoum.
The people of South Sudan overwhelmingly voted to split from the north after decades of civil war. South Sudan will officially become Africa’s 54th state and the world’s newest nation on 9th of July. blaa balaaa baaal http://somalilandpress.com/south-sudan- ... ters-20683