Mogadishu — A security meeting attended by Somali government officials, including army commanders and district commissioners, was held in Mogadishu on Thursday to improve the security of the capital, a spokesman for Banadir regional administration says.

The meeting which lasted for hours, and chaired by Somali defense minister Hussein Arab Isse in the absence of the interior minister Abdisamad Mo'alin Mohamud focused on mainly the security, according to Mohammed Yusuf.

"With help of Somali people and national security agencies, we are going to terminate the insecurity acts in the capital," said Mr. Yusuf while he was giving an interview with Shabelle Media.

Security in Mogadishu has improved since militants were pushed out of locations sit along Afgoye corridor, an agricultural center from which militants could launch coordinated attacks in the past three years.