Somalia: Widespread Condemnation after Journalist Gunned Down

A radio journalist for Shabelle Media Network has been killed by unidentified gunmen in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Anshur is the sixth journalist to be killed in Somalia in 2012.

Soldier on patrol along the frontline between AMISOM forces and Al Shabab militia in Mogadishu, Somalia.

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