Somalia Launches Restoration Project for Radio Mogadishu Archive to Preserve National Audio Heritage
In a step that reflects growing efforts to preserve Somalia’s national memory, the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, H.E. Abdullatif Qasim Mahmoud, inaugurated today in Mogadishu the restoration and maintenance project of the Radio Mogadishu archive. The initiative aims to safeguard and modernize Somalia’s audio and historical heritage within the Federal Republic of Somalia. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Deputy Minister of Information, the Ministry’s Director-General, and several department directors, who toured the archive and inspected the recording equipment used in preservation and documentation processes. The Director of Radio Mogadishu, Mr. Abdullatif Tahir Gedi, highlighted ongoing modernization efforts, noting that the archive is being upgraded toward a fully digital system to ensure long-term preservation of its historical recordings. In his remarks, the Minister emphasized that the upgrade of the Radio Mogadishu archive is part of broad...
