"Throughout the month of August, they killed several Somali soldiers. Simultaneously, they attacked military bases in Kenya, Mali, and Ethiopia.
Greg Kelley with World Mission says, "They're receiving more resources, or just as much, as the government of Somalia through taxation. They force people to pay them, or else they threaten them, bomb their business, kidnap their daughters, or things like that..
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