MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's government, with new emergency powers in hand to tame the chaotic country, ordered four major media outlets to shut down on Monday as the president named four officials to take charge of the capital.
The interim government, weeks after arriving in Mogadishu on the heels of an Ethiopian-led offensive, is struggling to impose order and has seen forces backing it attacked repeatedly, most recently in a firefight late on Sunday.
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