Alshabaab is mainly funded by coal exports and those who are supposedly their enemies and fighting them don’t mind doing business with them for the coal export. Secondly, two of the most agricultural areas in Somalia in jubada Hoose like Jillib and Jamaame and their sorroundings are under their control. Alshabaab controls more agricultural productive areas than the government or dawlad goboleeds. They sell (or Tax) these products to the rest of the country. Last but not least, business people pay them protection money, so they wouldn’t assassinate them or destroy their businesses. Given all that, they are a government within a government.