Reporters Without Borders is deeply saddened to learn that Sheik Nur Mohamed Abkey, a radio journalist based in
Reporters Without Borders is deeply saddened to learn that Sheik Nur Mohamed Abkey, a radio journalist based in
Reporters Without Borders is stunned and saddened by today’s suicide bombing in a Mogadishu hotel that killed more than a dozen people including at least two journalists, three government ministers and nine students.
Reporters Without Borders is stunned and saddened by today’s suicide bombing in a Mogadishu hotel that killed more than a dozen people including at least two journalists, three government ministers and nine students.
Reporters Without Borders expressed anger and dismay at the murder today of Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle, who was shot dead in Bakara market in the capital, Mogadishu.
Reporters Without Borders expressed anger and dismay at the murder today of Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle, who was shot dead in Bakara market in the capital, Mogadishu.
Reporters Without Borders is extremely worried by Universal TV director Ibrahim Mohamed Ali’s abduction yesterday as he was returning from Afgoye, 30 km north of Mogadishu. Universal TV is a privately-owned Somali television station based in London.
Reporters Without Borders is extremely worried by Universal TV director Ibrahim Mohamed Ali’s abduction yesterday as he was returning from Afgoye, 30 km north of Mogadishu. Universal TV is a privately-owned Somali television station based in London.
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Heavy fighting erupted on Tuesday in a densely packed slum area of Somalia's capital, killing several people and sending thousands fleeing as a leading aid agency warned of a humanitarian catastrophe.
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Heavy fighting erupted on Tuesday in a densely packed slum area of Somalia's capital, killing several people and sending thousands fleeing as a leading aid agency warned of a humanitarian catastrophe.
For the fifth day, Islamist insurgents exchanged machine gun and mortar fire with government troops and allied militias. Hours after Somali president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed held a news conference at his Mogadishu residence, Islamist insurgents fired several mortars into the compound. Insurgents also attacked a base housing African Union peacekeepers from Burundi, and gun battles took place in several areas of the city.
For the fifth day, Islamist insurgents exchanged machine gun and mortar fire with government troops and allied militias. Hours after Somali president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed held a news conference at his Mogadishu residence, Islamist insurgents fired several mortars into the compound. Insurgents also attacked a base housing African Union peacekeepers from Burundi, and gun battles took place in several areas of the city.
New draconian restrictions on the coverage of fighting between government forces and rebels by the few media still operating in the capital are “unacceptable,” Reporters Without Borders said today. The restrictions were ordered on 26 November by Mogadishu mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb, a former warlord and governor of the central city of Jowhar who is also known by the nom de guerre of “Mohamed Dhere.”
New draconian restrictions on the coverage of fighting between government forces and rebels by the few media still operating in the capital are “unacceptable,” Reporters Without Borders said today. The restrictions were ordered on 26 November by Mogadishu mayor Mohamed Omar Habeb, a former warlord and governor of the central city of Jowhar who is also known by the nom de guerre of “Mohamed Dhere.”
Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about the safety of the members of its partner organisation in Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), after unidentified gunmen yesterday threatened to kill one of its leaders, Ali Moallim Isak.
Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about the safety of the members of its partner organisation in Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), after unidentified gunmen yesterday threatened to kill one of its leaders, Ali Moallim Isak.