Just came across this story from a couple of days ago about a Canadian somalia journalist who was killed.
The second story i have below is from Quartz Africa( a news agency/outlet) Their tab symbol on computer pages is a large black Q, kek
'Brave, inspiring' Somali-Canadian journalist killed in Kismayo
Hodan Nalayeh, who died in al-Shabab attack, was renowned for her 'positive stories' on Somalia's hidden beauty.
"Passionate", "brave" and "a shining star who was a force for good" - these were just some of the tributes that poured in for Canadian-Somali journalist Hodan Nalayeh, who died on Friday during a 14-hour hotel siege in Somalia's port city of Kismayo.
The 43-year-old, who was pregnant, was killed in an al-Shabab-claimed attack along with her husband, Farid Jama Suleiman, a year after she moved to Somalia from Canada with a mission to showcase the east African country's rich culture and natural beauty.
As the founder of Integration TV, Nalayeh used the hashtags #SomaliaSuccess and #SomaliPositivity to post videos on YouTube of Somali youth and female entrepreneurs, as well as share pictures on Twitter of her travels in the country, including the fishermen of southern Ilisi Island and camel herders in Las Anod, the northern city where she was born.
On Monday, she uploaded photographs of the setting sun in Kismayo, saying: "People save all of their lives to have a retirement by the beach, yet, we have plenty of it and cannot see its value. Let's appreciate the beautiful blessings we have."
At least 26 people were killed and 56 others wounded in Friday's attack on Kismayo's Asasey Hotel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/inspiring-somali-canadian-journalist-killed-kismayo-190714072758850.html
A journalist returned to Somalia to tell positive stories—then terrorists killed her
Hey, my name is Hodan. And I am Somali.”
The last part of that statement made me smile, mainly because I couldn’t comprehend why she was distinctly introducing herself as “Somali” when everyone else in the room was one. This was mid-September 2014, and almost 30 of us ethnic Somalis congregated in a country mansion with expansive gardens in South Wales for a creative storytelling workshop. We were writers, journalists, academics, and graphic designers who had come from Australia to America to talk about our work and discuss how to shape a new Somali narrative both at home and in the diaspora.
“And you are?”
“I am Abdi Latif,” I replied. “And I am Somali too.”
In the following days, I came to know well the phenomenon that is Hodan Nalayeh: A Somali-Canadian journalist and videographer whose buoyancy and energy drew people in that conference together. A colorful raconteur, she wore her love for Somalia on her sleeves and spoke about the country at length in broken Somali during evening fireside chats.
In the months and years that followed, she made telling uplifting and inspiring stories about Somalia her métier, especially after founding the Somali-dedicated YouTube channel Integration TV. As her profile rose, the 43-year-old, whose family moved to Canada when she was six, decided to permanently move back herself to Somalia last year to counter stereotypical media coverage and showcase the country’s rich culture and natural beauty.
https://qz.com/africa/1666331/somali-canadian-journalist-hodan-nalayeh-killed-in-somalia/