December 14, 2009
photo by ctsnow Mogadishu, Somali
A couple weeks ago I wrote about the release of the Canadian and Australian freelance journalists that had been held hostage inside Somalia. Since then the Toronto Somali community has been shocked by the disappearance of five young Somali men that many are speculating have gone to Somalia to fight with a terror group called Al-Shabaab.
These current events, coupled with the rise of Somali pirates over the last few years, has [...]
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November 29, 2009
The release of Canadian Amanda Lindhout, and Australian Nigel Brennan – who had been held captive for 15 months in Somali – has set off debate over the role of freelance journalists reporting in danger zones. Their capture in August, 2008 – reported here by the National Post – happened near the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Lindhout and Brennan along with their Somali fixers were on their way to a refugee camp when they were [...]
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