Al-Shabab bans mobile phone money transfers in Somalia

Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has ordered mobile phone companies to stop their popular money transfer services, saying they are "unIslamic".

Mobile phone banking was introduced in the northern Somaliland region in 2009 and has now spread across the country.
Al-Shabab and its allies control much of southern Somalia and one mobile phone company official said he had "no option but to obey" the order.Read More