The attacks are part of a wave of killing that is the country's worst bloodshed since 2008.
The attacks are the latest in a wave of killing that has claimed more than 2,000 lives since the start of April.
The attacks are the latest in a relentless wave of killing that has left thousands dead since April, marking the country's worst spate of bloodshed since 2008.
"This wave of killing and injuring media people is an intentionally organized mission to silence journalistic voices in Somalia," the National Union of Somali Journalists said.
Central Africa shares this gruesome recent past with southeastern Europe, where in the 1990's the Balkans were swept by a wave of killing and "ethnic cleansing".
"The surge in the price of ivory is driving a wave of killing of elephants across Africa that shows little sign of abating," campaign group Save the Elephants said.
The Rajapaksas ended the war in 2009 in a brutal wave of killing that cost the lives of about 40,000 people, many of them civilians, according to international human rights organizations.
Backstory The wave of killing in the heart of Africa has its roots in 2003 in Darfur, where ethnic African tribes staged a revolt against Khartoum, after years of neglect and discrimination.
Thomas, who had well-placed friends, had heard that large-scale massacres of Tutsis were being prepared nationwide by the President's extremist entourage, and that lists of Hutu oppositionists had been drawn up for the first wave of killing.
The wave of killing on Friday will undoubtedly be attributed to Islamic State, which has already reportedly claimed responsibility for one amongst them, with strong indications of a role in the others.
