Since at least 2020, journalists in Somalia have been targeted in a pattern of lethal violence. The armed group Al-Shabaab has been responsible for many attacks, while other armed factions and state actors have also been implicated. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 10 journalists were killed in Somalia between 2020 and late 2023.
This memorial has documented 3 people who died between January 1, 2020 and November 30, -0001. Each name on this page represents a life that ended violently, abruptly, and irreversibly — a family shattered, a community bereaved.
Deaths recorded in this conflict span the years 2020, 2022, 2023. Browse by year using the sidebar filter to examine how casualties shifted over the course of the conflict.
This conflict is interconnected with other documented war zones — Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Freedom's Sentinel, Minab School Strike, Iran ? 2026. Each of those pages maintains its own independent roster of the fallen.
