Mogadishu (Sunatimes) Alshabab commander in the central Somali town of Beledweyn, Yusuf Ali Ugas has ordered Radio Voice of Hiran, an independent broadcaster, to stop releasing reports about the Somali Transitional Federal government and those of the Ahlusuna National Salvation forces

"We order you to stop boradcasting reports on these groups other wise, name them as the "apostatates," the commander told the administrators of the station.

A journalist in the region told SOFCA on condition of anonymyty because he feared reprisals, the group has also ordered to stop broadcasting pre-recorded regious lessons by Somali well-known moderate clarics.