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Somali Journo, Assassination Survivor, Flees Country

on June 25, 2009 2:16 AM | 0

by DAVID AXE Two weeks ago, unidentified gunmen targeted Somali radio reporter Ahmed Omar Hashi, aka Ahmed "Tajir," as he was walking in Mogadishu's Bakara Market with Moqtar Hirabe, his director. Hirabe died, on the spot; Hashi's friends rushed......more

Help Rescue a Somali Reporter, Targeted for Assassination

on June 9, 2009 7:18 AM | 0

On Sunday gunmen shot and killed Muktar Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle in Mogadishu, making him the fifth Somali reporter to die this year, in a country where being a journalist is one of the most dangerous jobs there......more

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user-pic David Axe is freelance war correspondent based in Washington, D.C. He has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan,Lebanon, East Timor and Somalia....

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