Somalia Report is a news service that focuses on working with Somali journalists and international experts to provide news, insight and non-partisan coverage. The internet-based information network began in 2011 and now works with over 110 local Somali journalists to gather news and information to create the region's only 24/7 news cycle. Somalia Report provides local news with exclusive insider coverage of piracy, al Shaabab, clandestine operations, back room politics along with in-depth analysis. The editor is Canadian author Jay Bahadur who wrote Pirates of Somalia.