US-imposed government controls media by gunfire (Mogadishu)

Somali police have surrounded the offices of an independent radio station in the capital Mogadishu and opened fire on the building, according to station officials.

"Many Mogadishu-based journalists have been forced to flee the country due to the ongoing intimidation of journalists," Joel Simon, the CPJ's executive director, said in a statement.
   
"We call on the government to stop this harassment and to move its forces away from the main gates of the Shabelle media network offices."

Somalia is also the second deadliest country in the world for journalists, after Iraq, according to the CPJ.

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