UN Chief UN Killing Of Another Somali Journalist
 
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:01:28 -0400

UNESCO CHIEF DENOUNCES KILLING OF ANOTHER SOMALI JOURNALIST
 
New York, Aug 30 2007 11:00AM
Condemning the murder of a radio journalist in Somalia, the head 
of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 
(<"http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html">UNESCO) 
today called for urgent measures 
to halt attacks on media professionals in the country.    
Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura said that “Abdulkadir Mahad Moallim 
Kaskey and all too many of his colleagues in Somalia have become 

Calling for urgent action to bring an end to attacks on Somali media 
workers, he added that “guns must not be allowed to take the 

According to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Mr. 
Kaskey, the regional correspondent of Radio Banadir in the south-western 
province of Gedo, died after unknown gunmen opened fire 

His murder is the most recent in a spate of attacks against the media, 
bringing to seven the number of journalists killed this year 
in a country that has had no functioning central government since 

Earlier this month, HornAfrik Radio journalist Mahad Ahmed Elmi was 
gunned down by four unknown men. Ali Iman Sharmarke, founder and 
chairman of HornAfrik, was killed in his car by a remotely detonated 
mine as he returned from his colleague’s funeral. Reuters 
News Agency Reporter Sahal Abdulle was also injured in the blast. 
 2007-08-30 00:00:00.000 


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