Somali government launches own TV station, 1st in 2 decades

 

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Somalia’s president has inaugurated the country’s first government-run TV station in two decades in the war-ravaged capital.

Islamist militants battling President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed’s fragile administration have several radio stations aimed at promoting anti-government messages.

Ahmed called Monday’s launch of the new TV station a “very big step.” He urged the station’s staff to work for unity in Somalia.

In 2009, Ahmed’s government began countering Islamist propaganda on its Mogadishu-based radio station. It has since succeeded in denting the Islamists’ image.

Somalia has been mired in conflict since 1991.

Source: AP