Industry | Broadcasting |
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Founded | 1951 |
Headquarters | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Services | Radio Mogadishu, Radio Muqdisho.net |
Website | Radio Muqdisho.net |
Radio Mogadishu is the federal government-run radio station of Somalia.[1]
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Established during the colonial period in Italian Somaliland, Radio Mogadishu initially broadcasted news items in both Somali and Italian.[2] The station was modernized with Russian assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, Amharic and Oromo.[3]
After closing down operations due to the civil war that broke out in 1991, the station was officially re-opened in the early 2000s by the Transitional National Government of former President of Somalia, Abdiqasim Salad Hassan.[4] It presently broadcasts from Mogadishu, the nation's capital.
In the late 2000s, Radio Mogadishu also launched a complementary website of the same name, with news items in Somali, Arabic and English.[5]