Hiiraan Online
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Hiiraan Online is the oldest news portal dedicated to news and information about Somalia and the Horn of Africa. It is published in English and Somali.
History
Hiiraan Online (HOL) was founded in Ottawa, Canada, on July 1st, 1999, making it the first Somali news website. Its founder, Ahmed Gure, a former airline Captain with Somali Airlines who loved computers, started the website after realizing that the internet could deliver fast and reliable news to the growing Somalia diaspora.
The website publishes news articles, opinions, and political commentary[1] and remains one of the most critical[2] and reliable news websites in the Somali media landscape[3][4]. Hiiraan Online is regularly cited frequently in academia[5], books and international media[6].
References
- ↑ University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305. "Somalia news". Stanford Libraries. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Somalis in Amsterdam". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Somalis in Oslo". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Somalis in London". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Google Scholar: Hiiraan Online". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "JSTOR: Hiiraan Onlie Search Results". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
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