Somalia has executed a journalist accused of helping members of al-Shabab kill at least five journalists in the capital. Hassan Hanafi, who was captured in neighbouring Kenya in 2014, was executed on Monday morning by a firing squad in Mogadishu after his appeal at a military court failed. Hanafi was accused of
helping fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked group identify possible targets in the journalism community between 2007 and 2011. From 2009 to 2011 he worked for Radio Andalus, al-Shabab's official mouthpiece. In an interview aired on Somalia state TV in February, Hanafi admitted ordering the murder of several journalists. But in an audio recording of a phone call leaked last month Hanafi...
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