Islamist militia close second Somali radio station citing ‘evil alliance’ links

SOMALIA’S Islamic radicals closed down a second radio station yesterday, days after introducing strict new media laws in the war-torn country.

Militia raided East Africa Radio in the capital, Mogadishu.

The station belongs to Bashir Rageh, who the Islamists claim was part of a secular alliance of US-backed warlords ousted from the capital, in June, by after days of fighting.