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Journalists in Somalia have welcomed a declaration by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, that an outdated law, from 1964, will be reformed to protect journalists and freedom of expression.

It has been used to prosecute news reporters and media companies, to stifle investigation into corruption.

The legal change will give a boost to the media industry, in one of the world's most dangerous countries for reporters. As Omar Faruk Osman, the Secretary General of the National Union of Somali Journalists, in Mogadishu, tells the 大象传媒's Russell Padmore.

(Picture: Journalists in Somalia protesting against media repression. Credit:AFP/Getty Images).