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A Critical Study of IRIN Reporting: The Case of Somaliland
Dismissing A. Yusuf as Irrelevant, UCID Chairman Says Party Will Seek Talks
With Hawiye and Rahanweyn Leaders on Somaliland and Somalia
Classes To Start At SOS Sheikh Secondary
Somalia Peace Talks Mediator Denies BBC Report
Musyoka: Somalia Crisis a Burden to Kenya
New Mediator Promises More Transparency At Peace Talks
Somalia Talks Are Stormy, but They Still Inch Ahead
"I am Swinging This Flower To You" Part IV
US General: Iraq War Won't Hurt Horn of Africa Anti-Terror Effort
Appointment Of UN Special Adviser Extended
Man Claims Spirits Told Him To Hit His Son
Dr. Tani Responds To Raqiya Omaar
Faysal’s Creative Ideas and Legitimate Concerns
A State In The Making
Will The Federal Ethiopia Fail Somali Zone?
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IRIN uses the term Somalia to cover both Somalia and Somaliland. In our search we included all dispatches from this region using the search item "Somalia". We also took full advantage of the excellent search capabilities of IRIN’s Website. The archives in this site could be searched under 12 different subcategories:
- Children
- Democracy and Governance
- Economy
- Environment
- Food Security
- Gender Issues
- Health and Nutrition
- HIV/AIDS
- Human rights
- Natural Disasters
- Peace and Security
- Refugees and Internally displaced people
We searched under each of these categories using the primary search term of "Somalia" and the specific subcategory to come with a table that summarizes these data:
| IRIN
Dispatches from
Somalia
and
Somaliland
broken down in categories |
| IRIN
Search Category |
Somalia
Dispatches |
Regional
Dispatches |
Somaliland
Dispatches |
| Children |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Democracy |
12 |
0 |
3 |
| Economy |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Environment |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Food Security |
5 |
2 |
0 |
| Gender |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Health/Nutrition |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| HIV/AIDS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Human Rights |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Natural Disaster |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Peace/Security |
86 |
2 |
5 |
| Refugee/IDPs |
2 |
1 |
1 |
We determined whether a report covered Somaliland or Somalia or both by reviewing the title and reading the contents of the dispatch. Where a specific article covered both Somalia and Somaliland we classified it as regional:
| Numerical
comparison of IRIN dispatches covering
Somaliland
and
Somalia
|
| Total
No of Dispatches from
Somalia
and
Somaliland
|
Total
Number of dispatches covering Somalia |
Total
number of dispatches covering the region |
Total
number of dispatches covering Somaliland |
Percent
of
Somaliland
Coverage out of the total |
| 119 |
105 |
5 |
9 |
7.56 |
We determined whether an article was predominantly favorable or unfavorable in its coverage based on the gist and connotation of the article and the impression it left with the target audience:
| IRIN coverage of Somaliland broken down on the basis of sympathy as reflected by the dispatches into favorable and Non-favorable groups |
| IRIN
Categories |
Somaliland
Total |
Somaliland
Favorable |
Somaliland
Non-favorable |
| Children |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Democracy |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| Economy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Environment |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Food Security |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Gender |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Health/Nutrition |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| HIV/AIDS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Human Rights |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Natural Disaster |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Peace/Security |
5 |
1 |
4 |
| Refugee/IDPs |
1 |
1 |
0 |
We included the titles and dates of all 9 articles that covered Somaliland so that the reader could reach his own
calculations:
| IRIN Title, date and Internet address of all the articles on Somaliland (from July 1/2002 to December 31/2002.) |
| SOMALIA: Somaliland polls hailed as a success, 17/Dec/02
NAIROBI, 17 December (IRIN) - Ahmad Haji Ali Adami, chairman of the electoral commission in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, has described this weekend’s local elections... Email Report |
| SOMALIA: Tension rising in disputed northern regions, 25/Nov/02
NAIROBI, 25 November (IRIN) - Tension is rising in Sool and Sanaag regions of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, to which both Somaliland and the self-declared autonomous... Email Report |
| SOMALIA: Somaliland "will not attend" talks, 9/Sep/02
NAIROBI, 9 September (IRIN) - The authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland will not attend the upcoming Somali reconciliation talks, Somaliland’s Information... Email Report |
| SOMALIA: Disputed regions "non-issue" for Puntland, 2/Sep/02
NAIROBI, 2 September (IRIN) - The disputed regions of Sool and Sanaag are part of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland and therefore not an issue to be discussed with... Email Report |
| SOMALIA: Editor imprisoned in Somaliland, 29/Aug/02
NAIROBI, 29 August (IRIN) - A court in Hargeysa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, has sentenced a newspaper editor to four months’ imprisonment, according... Email Report |
| SOMALIA: Aid agencies uncoordinated in Somaliland, 15/Aug/02
NAIROBI, 15 August (IRIN) - International aid agencies lack coordination when dealing with long-term assistance for internally displaced and returnee populations in the... Email Report |
| SOMALIA: Somaliland parties agree on conditions for fair polls, 1/Aug/02
NAIROBI, 1 August (IRIN) - Registered political parties in the self-declared republic of Somaliland have agreed on conditions necessary for holding free and fair elections in... Email Report |
| SOMALIA: Somaliland polls set for January, 23/Jul/02
ADDIS ABABA, 23 July (IRIN) - The self-declared republic of Somaliland is to hold presidential elections in January, sources close to the Somaliland government told IRIN on... Email Report |
| SOMALIA: Troop build-up creates tension in Sool, 15/Jul/02
NAIROBI, 15 July (IRIN) - Tension is rising in the disputed Sool region of the self-declared republic of Somaliland as forces of Somaliland and those of the self-declared... Email Report |
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