The money trail often leads to soldiers or officials. The UN Security Council banned charcoal exports from Somalia because jihadists were making millions selling it to the Gulf, where shisha ...

"I have one Arab client who really sifts through the charcoal to check the quality," says Abubaker Usman, a local producers in the town of Bauchi. "He exports the best quality charcoal and sells ...

The Islamic courts that control large parts of Somalia have banned the export of charcoal and wild animals. The courts warned businessmen involved in the trade that they will be dealt with firmly if ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Banned charcoal exports from Somalia are thriving, generating millions of dollars a year for al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremists — and often passing through Iran to have ...

[PHOTO: REUTERS] Nairobi; Kenya: Illegal exports of Somali charcoal earned Al-Shabaab militants tens of millions of dollars in the past year and also financed violations of an arms embargo by clan ...