Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced Friday that his government has banned people from carrying weapons on the streets of Mogadishu, the country's capital. Government goes after al-ShababHours before the announcement of the weapons ban, government media declared that the second phase of the government's war with al-Shabab militants has begun in the Central Somalia region of Hiran. Meanwhile, the militant group claimed that the first phase of military operations by the Somali government and local fighters had failed