The African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia is to start a radio station in Mogadishu.The Defence/Army Spokesperson, Maj Felix Kulayigye said that the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) has already procured the radio equipment.
"The machines are already in East Africa. We are training those who will be handling radio programmes," he said
According to a military source, the radio will be a mouthpiece of the Transitional government led by Sheikh Sharif to bolster its campaign against the Islamist hardliners who have been calling for general upraising in the country against the AU force. However Maj. Kulayigye denied that the setting up of the radio is intended to counter war propaganda by the Islamist fundamentalists in Somalia.
He said the radio will broadcast educational programmes and the need to have a peaceful Somalia. (The Monitor, in ScreenAfrica.com, July 10;
Gabriel Ivan Barrera-ARG, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 15)
(WWDXC/Top News-BC DX #921)
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