GBC radio resumes its operations

GBC independent radio station which was among the radio stations in Mogadishu resumed its operations on Monday after two months of closure, officials said.

Hizbul Islam rebel group closed the radio station after they accused of airing songs they banned from Mogadishu radio stations.

The management of the radio said Hizbul Islam group allowed them to operate after two months.

The management added that the Islamist group mistaken them with Radio Bar-Kulan, a Somali broadcaster of the African Union Mission  in Somalia (AMISOM), which used the FM position of GBC.

Bar-Kulan radio which is based in Nairobi transmits its progarmmes through an FM in Mogadishu and plays music and songs.

Mareeg Online