Somalia: Defeating Al-Shabab by Drying Up Funding

Source: The Royal United Services for Defense and Security Studies posted on 8 May 2019
The Royal United Services for Defense and Security Studies posted on 8 May 2019 a commentary titled “Reinvigorating the Forgotten Financial Fight against Al-Shabaab” by Tom Keatinge.

The author argues that the lessons learned in combating the Islamic State by drying up funding need to be applied to defeating al-Shabaab in Somalia.