Public life today
Nasteh Dahir Farah (Nastax Daahir Faarax)
Nasteh Dahir Farah (1972 or 1973 to 7 June 2008) was a Somali journalist, a correspondent for the BBC and the Associated Press, and vice-president of the National Union of Somali Journalists. He was shot dead by gunmen in Kismayo on 7 June 2008 after receiving death threats.
Nasteh Dahir FarahNasteh Dahir · Nastax Daahir Faarax
- Lived
- 1972 to 2008-06-07
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Places
- Kismaayo and Lower Juba
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who was he?
Nasteh Dahir Farah was a Somali reporter and vice-president of the National Union of Somali Journalists, born in 1972 or 1973 (Wikipedia, Nasteh Dahir). He was a local correspondent in Somalia for the BBC and the Associated Press (same source).
Killing
He received death threats and on 7 June 2008 was shot by gunmen in Kismayo, dying in hospital there (Wikipedia). Reporters Without Borders said the killers had not been identified; the BBC and Al Jazeera reported that the killing had been attributed to Islamist insurgents (same source). See Kismayo and Lower Juba.
In short
A BBC and AP reporter and journalists' union leader, killed in Kismayo in 2008.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Nasteh Dahir · en.wikipedia.org
Nasteh Dahir FarahNasteh Dahir · Nastax Daahir Faarax
- Lived
- 1972 to 2008-06-07
- Known as one of
- Public life today
- Places
- Kismaayo and Lower Juba
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012
- Sources
- 1 sources
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