Somalis want SA-linked mercenary group out

    Hundreds of former South African reconnaissance soldiers (“reccies”) continue to serve as soldiers of fortune in a number of foreign dirty wars despite it being illegal under South African law, and despite the UN warning that one company with links to South Africa presented the biggest threat to the failed state of Somalia. However, last…

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      Somali Journalist Killing Is Latest in Violent Trend

      A Mogadishu radio-station director has became the third Somali journalist killed in as many months. The death underscores the constant threat against journalists working in the war-torn country. Abukar Hassan Mohamoud is the latest journalist to be killed in the bullet-ridden Somali capital, Mogadishu. Witnesses say unidentified gunmen assassinated the Somaliweyn radio station director late…

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