Al Shabaab demand Somalis use Ethiopian Currency

[Yonis]

kkkkk in the article it says "Puntland is partly controlled by Al-Shabab"




Al-shabab control small little areas in remote regions in Galgala mountains dozens of miles away from cities in Puntland. How does this equate to part control.

 

[oday1kenobi]

Makes you wonder kulaha..Have you forgotten the attack at hargeisa awhile back? Are one of those dumbass who think unrecognised country like Somaliland is somehow sponsoring al kebab in some sort of proxy war. You are giving the north way to much credit sxb

I'll just leave this here.

One minute SL is poor, unknown and irrelevant and the next minute they're supporting a sophisticated, Islamist terrorist organisation.

How about Gaas pays his disenfranchised troops on time instead of espousing baseless mistruths.

Troops in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland have briefly staged a mutiny.

Dozens of soldiers seized the parliament compound in the administrative capital Garowe and blocked nearby streets.

However one of the region's most respected clan elders, Islan Issa Islan Mohamed, told them to return to their barracks.

He told the BBC that the "drama" was now over.

It had been reported that the soldiers were protesting about a delay in the payment of salaries as well as poor working conditions.

Last September soldiers took control of the central bank in Garowe in protest at lack of payments, Garowe Online reported.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39096892

The article below refers to the SFG, but it would be wise for Puntland to heed their advice:

Failure to pay soldiers threatens Somalia’s war on Islamists

(Reuters) - Somalia's inability to pay and even feed its soldiers threatens to undermine years of hard-won military gains against Islamist al Shabaab rebels, with corruption sapping morale and weakening the army in the war against the militants.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-security-insight-idUSKCN0S21GP20151008