Killing of Journalists on the Rise in Somalia?

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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 bomb blast that killed three of his colleagues.

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• Somalia:  Dangers Grow for Journalists
  UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 28 September 2012
  The situation of journalists in Somalia is becoming increasingly precarious as the country struggles to put behind it years of lawlessness following the recent successful election ... read more »

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Press censorship: Somalia is the most dangerous country in Africa to practice journalism, says the Committee to Protect Journalists.

• Somalia:  Journalist Beheaded in Mogadishu (press release)
  Committee to Protect Journalists, 28 September 2012
  Two Somali journalists have been killed in Mogadishu in the past 24 hours, one in a brutal targeted attack, according to local journalists and news reports. read more »
• Somalia:  Another Journalist Shot Dead in Mogadishu
  Shabelle Media Network, 21 September 2012
  Unidentified assailants have shot to death a journalist in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, the latest in series of killings on the media workers in Mogadishu, reports said. read more »
• Somalia:  Somali Journalists Mourn the Loss of another Assassinated Journalist in Mogadishu
  National Union of Somali Journalists, 21 September 2012
  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) mourns the loss of the another prominent journalist who was assassinated in Mogadishu’s General Daud High School in Yaqshid ... read more »
• Somalia:  Mogadishu Restaurant Bombings Kill 10, Including 3 Journalists
  Shabelle Media Network, 20 September 2012
  Witnesses said two suicide bomb attacks at a restaurant killed on Thursday afternoon at least 10 people, among 3 Somali journalists and wounded twenty people. read more »
• Somalia:  Suicide Attack Kills Three at Popular Journalist Hangout (press release)
  National Union of Somali Journalists, 20 September 2012
  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in strongest terms possible the killing and wounding of journalists in a horrifying suicide attack in Mogadishu restaurant ... read more »
• Somalia:  The IFJ Condemns Killing of Young Media Worker in Somalia (press release)
  International Federation of Journalists, 19 September 2012
  The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today vigorously condemned the killing of a young media worker in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia who was gunned down on Sunday ... read more »
• Africa:  African Union Commission Reiterates Its Commitment to Ensure the Safety of Journalists in Africa (press release)
  International Federation of Journalists, 18 September 2012
  The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Jean Ping, on 14 September 2012 received a delegation led by Mr. Omar Faruk Osman the president of the Federation of African ... read more »
• Somalia:  Young Journalist Murdered in Mogadishu
  National Union of Somali Journalists, 17 September 2012
  The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today condemned sustained deadly violence against journalists following the killing of young journalist in Mogadishu. read more »
• Somalia:  Young Somali Journalist Murdered (press release)
  International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House, 17 September 2012
  The National Union of Somali Journalists condemns the sustained deadly violence against journalists, following the killing of a young journalist in Mogadishu. read more »