A total of 57 professional journalists were killed in the world in the line of duty in 2016, Reporters without Borders (RSF) said on Monday.
The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants in Somalia have killed at least 43 soldiers in an attack on a base used by Ethiopian troops north of the capital, Mogadishu.
Somali government forces have killed the head of the intelligence unit in al-Shabaab militant group during a cleanup operation in the troubled country.
At least 70 people have been killed, 500 wounded and over 1,000 jailed in weeks of political violence in Burundi, a rights groups said late Thursday.