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Somalia: Mogadishu radio stations begin off-air strike Mon. November 19, 2007 12:09 pm.- By Mohamed Abdi Farah. - (SomaliNet) The independent privately owned radio FM stations operating in the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Monday announced to stop broadcasting for 24 hours in protest of the media purge after three of the main broadcasters were shut down by the transitional government. The off air strike started on later today at about 3:00 pm local time, according to the mangers of the FM stations who had meeting in Radio Banadir headquarter north of Mogadishu. The media officials said they had media the decision after the government troops shut down Shabelle, Simba and Banadir radio stations for their journalist work. The move came as the government officials in Banadir province demanded the off air radios to make apologize for their wrong doings against the national security as the government claimed. More than ten FM broadcasters operate in Mogadishu, the most volatile city in Somalia as the most popular stations seen by the current government as giving propaganda to the insurgent groups. News Category: Somalia Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: Somali pirates hijack second Stolt ship-of... Libya: 6 killed as gun battles break out in southeas... Nigeria: Militants threaten to renew "oil war" if a... Zimbabwe: Opposition chief Tsvangirai rejects SADC c... Philippine: Troops kill 10 Muslim rebels in the troub... Ivory Coast: Political leaders postpone November 3... Rwanda: Thousands protest against arrest of Rwa... Nicaragua: Thousands riot after Nicaragua local elec... India negotiating a $1.5 -billion arms deal with Isra... Sudan, Chad restore full diplomatic ties, exchange e... More News...