Curfew lifted in Somali capital for Muslim festival

A dusk-to-dawn curfew that has been in place for three months has been lifted in the Somali capital of Mogadishu for the holy month of Ramadan, a government minister said today.

Interior minister Mohamed Mohamud Guled did not say whether the curfew would be re-imposed after the end of Ramadan, the month celebrating the revelation of the Muslim holy book during which the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, then often feast and socialise late into the evening.