| A report from the United Nations has indicated through practices of intimidation and brutal methods of coercion, -Shabaab raises as much revenue as the country's authorities, estimated at $20M a month in "taxes" extorted from the Mogadishu business community and the Mogadishu port, illegal levies that started in 2017 under the past administration. |
[Garowe] After months of confusion, tension, and political theatre, Somalia elected former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to the presidency, defeating incumbent President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed in a third-round run decided by a parliamentary vote of 214-110.
In a sign of the times, the vote was held in an airport hangar protected by blast walls built to prevent al-Shabaab
...... Somalia's version of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men... |