Somalia - Shabelle Media Network director gunned down outside home in Mogadishu

Reporters without borders

Shabelle Media Network director Hassan Osman Abdi, better known locally as “Hassan Fantastic,” was gunned down outside his Mogadishu home at 6:30 p.m. today, Reporters Without Borders has learned from its partner organization in Somalia, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). “Abdi is the first journalist to be killed in 2012 in Somalia, Africa's deadliest country for media personnel,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Our thoughts go out to his family and fellow journalists, who are (...)

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