{"id":22662,"date":"2022-07-09T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T15:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/al-shabaab-denies-funding-jihadists-in-mozambique-and-nigeria"},"modified":"2022-07-09T15:46:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T15:46:04","slug":"al-shabaab-denies-funding-jihadists-in-mozambique-and-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/al-shabaab-denies-funding-jihadists-in-mozambique-and-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Al-Shabaab denies funding jihadists in Mozambique and Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recently suggested that Al-Shabaab funds terrorists in Mozambique, as well as in Nigeria, where Boko Haram and ISWAP, an Islamic State-affiliated faction, are based.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Sheikh Mohamud\u2019s accusation about funding \u201cgroups in Mozambique and Nigeria is not only absurd but woefully laughable\u201d, reads a reply published on the pro-Al-Shabaab website \u201cSomali Memo\u201d yesterday, quoted by the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have evidence that the money collected by Al-Shabaab is used in financing terror groups in Mozambique and Nigeria with some going to Al-Qaeda,\u201d president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said during a visit to Somali soldiers and police officers training in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to stop funding?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll shut down these revenue streams,\u201d promised Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who took office in May this year after serving a first term as president between 2012 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A 2018 report by Somalia\u2019s Hiraal Institute estimated the annual revenues of the extremist group Al-Shabaab at around US$27 million.<\/p>\n<p>The al-Shabaab group, which joined al-Qaeda in 2012, is deeply rooted in the Middle East and North Africa, and regularly carries out attacks in Somalia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud recently suggested that Al-Shabaab funds terrorists in Mozambique, as well as in Nigeria, where Boko Haram and ISWAP, an Islamic State-affiliated faction, are based. 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