Two journalists on the London-based Somalian channel Universal TV that is distributed internationally via the Internet, have found out to their cost.

During a live broadcast in the Somali language on UniversalTV on 13 September, the show's host Ahmed Hassan known as Awke made some humorous comments that strongly displeased the Djibouti authorities. In short, he said that he had seen many interesting things during a recent visit to Djibouti, such as "bad electricity connections", "mosquitoes", a "high temperature climate" and "two political questions that I will show you in my next programme". He will not now have the opportunity to do so.