Somalia: 2012 Was Worst Year for Scribes in Somalia - Report

A number of Somali Journalists have been murdered in cold blood, tortured, jailed and threatened during the year of 2012, according to the Annual Report on State of Press Freedom in Somalia.

The survey released on Friday by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and coincided with the World Press Freedom Day, describes 2012 as the worst year of media practitioners in war torn Horn of Africa.

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