Journalist Abdiaziz Ahmed Gurbiye has been sentenced to six months in prison by a Somali court sitting in Mogadishu.
Reports indicate that the court found him guilty of the offences the government charged him with last week.
Further, he is expected to pay a fine of 5 million Somali Shillings, which is equivalent to $200.
The court heard that Gurbiye published a false report on Facebook. However, Gurbiye had vehemently denied the charges facing him.
His lawyers put up a spirited defense and faulted the amended charges the state preferred against him.