Marko — Somali interior minister Abdikarin Hussein Guled is having a meeting with the officials of Lower Shabelle administration under the government, reports said on Monday.

The meeting is taking place in the southern port city of Marko, where the officials are discussing ways to restore law and order in the region which is one of the richest states in Somalia.

They agreed upon police deployment, judiciary services as the allied forces waging war Al shabab militants in the entire south and central the country.

Somali government is struggling to regain full control of the country from Al shabab which announced merger with Al Qaeda early last year in 2011.