Radio Mogadishu
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| Type | Broadcast |
|---|---|
| Country | Somalia |
First air date | 1951 |
| Availability | National |
| Headquarters | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Owner | Federal Government of Somalia Director: Abdiaziz Afrika |
Launch date | 1951 |
Official website | Radio Muqdisho |
| Language | Somali, Arabic, English, Italian[1] |
Radio Mogadishu (Somali: Radio Muqdisho, Arabic: راديو مقديشو) is the federal government-run radio station of Somalia.[2]
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Established in 1951 during the period of the Italian run UN Trust Territory of Somaliland, Radio Mogadishu initially broadcast news items in both Somali and Italian.[3][4][5] Radio Mogadishu was modernized with Russian assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, Amharic and Oromo.[6]
The station was a focal point in rising political tensions between UNOSOM II and the Somali National Alliance during mid-1993. It was the site of the 5 June 1993 clash that resulted in the initiation of a UNOSOM military offensive and emergence of an anti-US/UN insurgency in Mogadishu.[7]
After closing down operations due to the civil war that broke out in 1991, the station was officially re-opened in 23 August 2001 by the Transitional National Government of former President of Somalia Abdiqasim Salad Hassan.[8]
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Prior to the Somali Army's ultimate pacification of the capital in August 2011, Radio Mogadishu operated from a walled compound guarded by armed soldiers. The station's staff routinely broadcast news, talk shows and music despite threats of violence.[9]
Radio Mogadishu presently broadcasts from downtown Mogadishu. In the late 2000s, the station also launched a complementary website of the same name, with news items in Somali, Arabic and English.[10] In 2013 Radio Mogadishu started the process of digitization of its archives, which dates back from 1951.[11]
Staff
- Current
- Abdiaziz M Guled Afrika, director[9]
- Abdilahi Qorshe, Chief Editor[9]
- Mohamed Kaafi Sheikh Abukar Editor of Planning [9]
- Former
- Mohamed Abshir Waldo, director
- Sheik Nur Mohamed Abkey, reporter[9]
