Al-Shabab militants who captured Jowhar, the provincial capital of Middle Shabelle Region in Southern Somalia formed an “Islamic administration” in the town, officials said on Wednesday.

Al-Shabab seized Sunday the strategic town from pro government Islamic Courts Union who have been controlling it for months.

Jowhar is the home town of the beleaguered president of Somalia, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed who leads the weak government that controls few blocks of Mogadishu.Sheik Ali Mohamed Hussein, the Shabab head of Banadir region said they formed the administration after they consulted with the clerics, businessmen, and the intellectuals of the town.

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