KDF on the spot over Shabaab charcoal exports in Somalia
KDF soldiers take positions at Kismayu after taking control of the port from Al-Shabaab on October 28, 2012. UN says Kenyan military, part of Amisom, has failed to stop charcoal trade at the port. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Kenya Defence Forces units assigned to the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) are failing to enforce a ban on charcoal exports by Al-Shabaab, a team of United Nations monitors charges in a new report.
Shabaab earns at least Ksh1 billion ($10 million) a year by shipping charcoal from ports in southern Somalia where KDF units are stationed, the UN panel says.
