He was harassed and briefly jailed for his work on Le Lynx, his satirical weekly newspaper, which investigated and caricatured a series of repressive leaders.

Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who is widely admired in his home country, would have been the first Somali to referee a World Cup game.

Hundreds of Kenyans have marched through the streets to oppose a quarantine facility that would be reserved exclusively for American patients.

The police said they were looking for more than 10 attackers, who had stormed a community of tin shacks. Investigators were still trying to determine the motive.