Mukhtar Mohamed Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle was shot in the head four times by three armed men on his way to work in the capital Mogadishu. This is the third fatal attack on the radio station staff in 2009. Read more here
The National Union of Somali Journalists has reported that four journalists have been injured after press conference was hit by artillery fire in southern Mogadishu. Read more here
Said Tahlil, director of HornAfrik radio was shot dead in Mogadishu yesterday (4 February). Tahlil was attacked by gunmen while on his way to a meeting called by representatives of the al-Shabab militia.
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A radio reporter in Puntland, Somalia, who broadcast a speech by an opposition candidate, has been detained without charge. Mohamed Mohamud, the regional director for Radio Daljir, was arrested on 17 August following his broadcasting of a speech by Nurradin Adan Dirie, a Puntland presidential candidate. He had been working in his office in Bossaso when he was arrested. A decree issued on 16 August from the office of Puntland president Mohamud Muse prohibits local media from broadcasting speeches by any candidates contesting the Puntland presidency.
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