Somalia’s Islamist insurgents vowed on Thursday to launch more hit-and-run attacks against the government, saying their tactics were designed to reduce civilian casualties. Islamist fighters briefly seized the town of Jowhar, north of Mogadishu, on Wednesday, highlighting the interim government’s inability to assert its authority.
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/ 28 November 2007
An international media watchdog condemned as ”ridiculous” and illegal on Wednesday the Mogadishu mayor’s banning of media interviews with Somali insurgents and other tough restrictions on local journalists. Mayor and former warlord Mohamed Dheere called media heads in this week to impose the restrictions.
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/ 27 November 2007
The mayor of war-wracked Mogadishu has banned Somali media from publishing interviews with government opponents, or reporting on military operations and the city’s refugee exodus, journalists and watchdogs said on Tuesday. The measures announced by mayor and former warlord Mohamed Dheere put further pressure on journalists.