Somalia
From Harry Potter to Mogadishu
Daniel Radcliffe, star of the Harry Potter films, is set to portray Reuters war photographer Dan Eldon who was stoned and beaten to death along with Hansi Krauss, Anthony Macharia also from Reuters and Hos Maina from the Associated Press in Mogadishu in July 1993. The film is called Journey and will be directed by […]
Gwen Le Gouil seized in Somalia
Reuters reports that negotiations are underway today in Somalia for the release of French cameraman Gwen Le Gouil abducted on Sunday. He was working in the northern Puntland region on a human trafficking story, “The negotiations are underway this morning,” said Jean Laurent, a colleague of Le Gouil’s in Nairobi from their small TV company […]
Axe not dead
We interviewed David Axe a couple of weeks ago before he headed into Somalia. He blogs today that, contrary to pre-assignment popular opinion, he did not die, Somalia: so what’s it all about? It’s about how divisive internal politics can prevent the resolution of a conflict that pretty much everyone agrees must end. It’s about […]
David Axe heads to Mogadishu
David Axe is a journalist and cartoonist and he blogs at the oddly titled War is boring. He’s just arrived in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, to report on the “insurgency” and the work of the African Union. I fired off a few questions to David about his assignment in Somalia and how he intends […]
“Working in Somalia is a death sentence”
Following the shutdown of three popular radio stations in Somalia in recent weeks, freelance photojournalist Salah Mohammed Adde was arrested on 15 November by plain clothes officers at the Banadir Football Stadium in north Mogadishu. According to IFEX, Salah was taking pictures of the demonstrators, who were expressing support for security operations carried out by […]
Where Soldiers Fear to Tread
Any journalist who spends time in disaster zones comes away with at least a grudging admiration for aid workers. While some are self-righteous, others self-serving, a few simply naïve and more than a few exasperating, almost all of them earn our admiration. A few, perhaps, win a small touch of envy for having actually “done […]
