Somalia's Al Shabaab Targeting Journalists?
Media workers believe they hold the number one spot on Al Shabaab's hit list, with 13 journalists being killed since the beginning of the year in a country that has been described as the most dangerous place in Africa to practice journalism.
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Somalia:
Al Shabaab Targets Journalists
RNW Africa, 22 September 2012
Until recently, after a day's work in one of the world's most volatile cities, Mogadishu journalists and civil servants alike would unwind in The Village, a restaurant in the heart… Read more »
Local media.
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Somalia:
Investigate Killings of Journalists - Four Journalists Killed Within 24 Hours - 13 in 2012
HRW, 24 September 2012
The new president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, should promptly order an investigation into the killings of four journalists over a 24-hour period on September 20-21, 2012.… Read more »
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Somalia:
The IFJ Condemns the Killing of 4 Journalists in Twenty-Four Hours in Somalia
IFJ, 22 September 2012
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today strongly condemns the killing of 4 journalists in twenty-four hours. Read more »
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Somalia:
Thirteenth Journalist Murdered in Somalia, Fourth in Twenty-Four Hours
IFEX, 21 September 2012
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) deplores the targeted murder of a fourth journalist in less than 24 hours in Mogadishu. Read more »
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Somalia:
Suicide Attack Kills Three Somali Journalists, Wounds Four Others
IFEX, 21 September 2012
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns, in the strongest terms possible, the killing and wounding of journalists in a horrifying suicide attack in a Mogadishu… Read more »
InFocus
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In what is being described as a series of killings on media workers in the country's capital Mogadishu, another journalist was shot dead just hours after he reported on a suicide ... Read more »
