Somalia's Terrorist Taxation & Financing

The Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab partially funds their organization by collecting money from business within the Somali communities and by threating to beat, kill or kidnap those who disobey their orders and fail to pay this false "Islamic Taxation". The taxation is open extortion and for one example is paid on all exported and imported commodities....

Somalia's coronavirus khat bans leaves chewers in a stew

Flights carrying the mild stimulant khat have been banned from entering Somalia, leaving chewers of the leaves in a stew, write the BBC's Mary Harper and Bella Hassan. In normal times, around midday, when the bunches of fresh leaves arrive in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, by plane from Kenya, men disappear from view, lounging in khat kiosks or chewing at home....

Somalia:Terror taxation boss unveiled by traders.

Sunatimes.com - Somalia's terror group known as Al-shabab is making express money collection from business community by making threats to kill those who disobey their orders and fail to pay "Islamic Taxation."...

Somalia:Internet Filtering in a Failed State-Hormuud Telecom

The Case of Netsweeper in Somalia Key findings • Internet censorship products made by Canada-based Netsweeper have been identified on the networks of three Somalia-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs). • Testing has demonstrated that the Netsweeper installation on the network of the ISP Hormuud Telecom is being used to filter content. • The history of contested political authority and influence of a radical insurgency within Somalia raises questions about whether Netsweeper undertook due diligence before providing its filtering technology to the ISPs and telecom providers in the country....

Somalia:"Hormuud Telecommunications has provided key material and logistical support to al-Shabaab to include weapons, private fighters, and ammunition."

The company, Hormuud Telecommunications, was created and is operated by Ahmed Nur Ali Jim'ale, a chief financier of al–Shabaab, an east African-based jihadist group that serves as Al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia. In her social media account, Omar writes that Somalia's government and peacekeeping forces need to protect Hormuud and the Somali telecom industry as they make enormous contributions to the economy and provide vital services. "During my visit to Somalia in 2011, I was surprised by the quick evolution of technology in Somalia," Omar posts, indirectly praising the telecom firm with terrorist ties. The Israeli article includes the links to a pair of United Nations Security Council reports documenting Hormuud's direct support for al-Shabaab....