Experts in fresh calls for joint efforts to end illegal trade in Somalia charcoal
Somali workers filling sacks with charcoal as they are prepare for transportation near the Kismayo seaport on February 27, 2013. AFP PHOTO | MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB
Sacks of charcoal, stacked as high as 10-storeys, are a common sight in Somalia’s port city of Kismayu. The city, which lies some 485 kilometres southwest of the capital Mogadishu, is best known for its trade in charcoal.
Most of the charcoal is shipped to the Gulf countries — despite a United Nations ban on exports in 2012. The majority of Somalis also use it as the fuel of choice in their homes.
