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Puntland radio station director contends with death threats followed by murder attempt (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News December 18, 2018

RSF calls on authorities in Somalia's semi-autonomous northeastern region of Puntland to take action against a police officer who tried to shoot radio station director Ahmed Sheikh Mohamed, as well as the soldiers who threatened to kill him.
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