Somalia: Journalist shot dead in Kismayo
March 09, 2026
March 09, 2026
BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 9 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release:
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Somalia: Journalist shot dead in Kismayo
On 2 March, freelance journalist Abshir Khalif Shide Omar was shot and killed by a police officer following a brief altercation in Kismayo, the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubbaland region, which is located about 528 kilometres from the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The Internatio . . .
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Somalia: Journalist shot dead in Kismayo
On 2 March, freelance journalist Abshir Khalif Shide Omar was shot and killed by a police officer following a brief altercation in Kismayo, the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubbaland region, which is located about 528 kilometres from the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The Internatio . . .