Samira Mohamed Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Radio Simba sports reporter Ahmed Hassan was hit in crossfire while covering a soccer game in Mogadishu. (NUSOJ)

Mogadishu fighting injures journalists, destroys office

April 1, 2011 1:53 PM EDT

New York, April 1, 2011–Journalists in Somalia are getting caught in the crossfire of increased fighting between joint government and African Union forces against Al-Shabaab insurgents, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.