During the Covid-19 crisis, al-Shabaab and other terrorist actors are devising new ways of financing their activities. Inversely, violent extremist groups have seized the Covid-19 crisis as an opportunity for growth and expansion. Covid-19 responses are also posing new challenges to the war on terrorism in the Horn of Africa. Amid the Covid-19 crisis, Amisom is under immense pressure to withdraw its troops from Somalia. During the Covid-19 crisis, al-Shabaab and other terrorist actors are devising new ways of financing their activities.

Source: Daily Nation July 25, 2020 20:37 UTC