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Africa: What Al-Shabaab Understands About Somali Authority
Al-Shabaab operates structured checkpoints in south-central Somalia with fixed rates, receipts, and an appeal process, contrasting with federal government roadblocks where soldiers demand bribes. A Mogadishu-based NGO director described this system to The New Humanitarian.
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