By Hamsa Omar - May 9, 2011
Somalia’s al-Shabaab, an Islamic militant group that controls most of the southern and central parts of the country, banned smoking cigarettes and chewing khat, a leafy narcotic, in the Afgoye district.
Anyone caught violating the ban, which includes selling tobacco products, may face 30 days and a fine, said Sheikh Aby Ramla, head of the information department in Afogye, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) southwest of the capital, Mogadishu.
Al-Shabaab, which the U.S. alleges is linked to al-Qaeda, has been battling the western-backed Somali government for control of the Horn of Africa nation since 2007.
Source: Bloomberg.
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/somalia-s-al-shabaab-bans-smoking-cigarettes-chewing-khat.html.
Somalia’s al-Shabaab, an Islamic militant group that controls most of the southern and central parts of the country, banned smoking cigarettes and chewing khat, a leafy narcotic, in the Afgoye district.
Anyone caught violating the ban, which includes selling tobacco products, may face 30 days and a fine, said Sheikh Aby Ramla, head of the information department in Afogye, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) southwest of the capital, Mogadishu.
Al-Shabaab, which the U.S. alleges is linked to al-Qaeda, has been battling the western-backed Somali government for control of the Horn of Africa nation since 2007.
Source: Bloomberg.
Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/somalia-s-al-shabaab-bans-smoking-cigarettes-chewing-khat.html.
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