MOGADISHU, Somalia — A former journalist who joined the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab was executed Monday by firing squad in Somalia’s capital for the killings of five Somali journalists. Hassan ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A former media officer for the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab was publicly executed by a government firing squad on Monday for ordering the death of six journalists, court ...

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MOGADISHU, Somalia – A former journalist accused of belonging to al-Shabab has been executed in Mogadishu, Somalia for the killings of five Somali journalists. Official said Monday that Hassan Hanafi ...

"Today, the court fulfils the execution of Hassan Hanafi who had killed journalists," Abdullahi Hassan, deputy judge of the court, told reporters at the scene on Monday. A former media officer for the ...

Hanafi served as both a battlefield leader for the movement and as its propaganda chief — the latter post described oddly by Associated Press as head of al-Shabab’s “media unit” (“Al-Shabab Media ...

He was promoted within Al-Shabaab and fought against Somali and African Union troops For years, Hassan Hanafi was a trusted source of news in Somalia. As the voice of Holy Quran Radio in Mogadishu, ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A former journalist who joined the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab was executed in Somalia’s capital for the killings of five Somali journalists. Hassan Hanafi Haji, who was ...

The National Union of Somali Journalists welcomes the arrest of former journalist and Al-Shabaab senior member Hassan Hanafi Haji in Nairobi, Kenya. Hanafi Haji has threatened many journalists to ...