National Union of Somali Journalists Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Security officers investigate after a car bomb killed Somali journalist Hindia Haji Mohamed. (AFP/Mohamed Abdiwahab)

Car bomb kills broadcast journalist in Somalia

December 3, 2015 4:23 PM EST

New York, December 3, 2015–A Somali journalist with state-run media was killed today in Mogadishu when a bomb blew up her car, according to news reports. Hindia Haji Mohamed was the widow of another journalist killed in an attack in Mogadishu in 2012.

Two Somali journalists shot in Kismayo

July 18, 2013 3:09 PM EDT

Nairobi, July 18, 2013–Two Somali journalists were wounded, one critically, when they came under fire on Wednesday while covering the aftermath of a landmine explosion in the southern port city of Kismayo, according to news reports and local journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an immediate and thorough investigation.