Mukhtar Al-Yafei, Vice President of the Southern National Media Authority, met today at the Authority’s headquarters in the capital, Aden, with Ahmed Juman, Director General of the Socotra Archipelago Governorate Media Office.

In the meeting, Al-Yafei expressed the need to pay attention to media activity in Socotra Governorate due to its specificity in tourism and environmental media and the rich media material it can provide about the picturesque natural environment for the media, as well as its role in following up and facilitating the work of Arab and foreign media delegations and granting them permits. Necessary during her visits to Socotra.

Al-Yafei also pointed out the need to pay attention to local media activity in the capital, Hadibo, and the various directorates of the Socotra Archipelago, and to overcome the difficulties facing the media authorities in the governorate through coordination with the local authority in the governorate, represented by Engineer Raafat Al-Thaqali, Governor of the Socotra Archipelago, and by communicating with the leadership of the Authority. National Media, directing the media training and qualification sector of the Southern Transitional Council to provide more training and qualification opportunities for Socotra media professionals.

Al-Yafei had heard from Ahmed Juman, Director General of the Information Office in the Socotra Archipelago Governorate, a detailed explanation about the media activity in the governorate and the challenges and difficulties it faces, praising the National Media Authority’s interest in Socotra’s journalists and its role in activating media work there.< /p>