Hiiraan Online

Source profile

Origin:

Canada

Region:

Africa

Founded:

1999

Ownership: Family-held and diaspora-run. Founded on 1 July 1999 in Ottawa by Captain Ahmed Hagi Elmi Gure, who died on 28 July 2024; his son Dalmar Ahmed Gure became managing editor. The privacy policy names Hiiraan Online Inc and declares the outlet subject to Canadian federal and provincial law. No about page, masthead or ownership statement is published.

Funding: Programmatic display advertising sold through a partner's ad-manager network, plus a jobs listings section. No donations, subscriptions or disclosed grants.

Focus Areas: Somali federal politics and the electoral impasse, the federal member states, Somaliland, security and al-Shabaab, Horn of Africa diplomacy, the economy, diaspora affairs, and a large open opinion section.

Language:

English for news; Somali concentrated in opinion, roughly a quarter of op-eds