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Kenya: Al-Shabaab Crafts New Ways to Replenish Funds
Nation, 26 April 2020
Local Al-Shabaab terrorists are leading a vicious extortion ring for the Somali-based terror organisation within Kenyan borders, a security report seen by the Sunday Nation… Read more »
Al-Shabaab Extorting Kenyans For Funding
The militant group's activities appear to have intensified in Kenya's coastal and northeastern regions, where it has deployed local recruits to collect millions of shillings through extortion, illegal taxation and even robbery. The changing tactic is fuelled by the financial mess in Somalia, following the widening gap between Al-Shabaab's de facto leader Ahmed Diriye, aka Abu Ubeyda, and the head of finance Mahad Karate, according to a security report seen by the Sunday Nation.
A police escort vehicle which was attacked by suspected Al-Shabaab militants at Nyongoro (file photo).
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