Somalia Elects Next President, but Terrorists Hold True Power

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Every month, Abdow Omar, who runs a business importing flour and sugar, gets a call from the Somali militant group Al Shabab reminding him that it's time to pay them taxes -- or risk losing his business, or even his life.
41% : After more than 16 years, the Shabab, a terrorist group linked to Al Qaeda, now has a firm grip on much of Somalia -- extorting taxes, judging court cases, forcibly recruiting minors into its forces and carrying out suicide bombings.
25% : Many of those impacted by the drought live in Shabab-controlled areas in south-central Somalia, where aid organizations are not able to reach them, crops are failing and the Shabab demands taxes on their livestock, according to interviews with officials and displaced people.

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