Abukar Hassan Mohamoud

Abukar Hassan Mohamoud, also known as Kadaf (1969? – 28 February 2012), was a Somali activist and the manager/director for the independent Somaliweyn Radio in Mogadishu, Somalia. At the time of his murder, he had been working on a re-launch of Radio Somaliweyn, which had been attacked and looted by Al-Shabaab in 2010.

Personal Mohamoud had a wife and two daughters.

He was an activist, and police were said by the Committee to Protect Journalists to have beaten him twice and arrested him for publishing what police said was false information.

Career Mohamoud worked as the manager/director of the independent Somaliweyn radio station in Mogadishu. He had been trying to relaunch Radio Somaliweyn after it was raided and looted by Al-Shabaab insurgents in May 2010.

Death Mohamoud had arrived at his home in northern Mogadishu at around 6 p.m. when two men with pistols shot him five times in the head and chest. The shooting occurred in the Wadajir district of the capital.

Context This was the second murder of a journalist in Mogadishu that year and the 29th since 2007, in a country that is considered one of the most dangerous places for journalists to work.

Omar Faruk Osman, who represents the International Federation of Journalists said, "This murder of Abukar Hassan Mohamoud is another tragedy and continues to further undermine freedom of expression and freedom of the press in Somalia. Those who continue to murder journalists must be brought to justice, lest fear cripple both the media community and the people of Somalia who rely on journalists for the news and information."