Somalia appoints prosecutor for ‘crimes against journalists’
MOGADISHU, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia’s attorney general has appointed a special prosecutor for crimes against journalists.
The prosecutor will probe and prosecute “those who carried out killings and maiming of journalists,” Dr Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud said in a statement.
He added that perpetrators would face the full force of the law.
This comes four months after the Banadir regional court directed the attorney general’s office to investigate allegations of killing of journalists in the country.