BBC: Risking death to smuggle alcohol past Somali bandits and Islamist fighters

[Jungle]

Somalia alcohol: The dangerous life of a smuggler

Despite the dangers, the transporters of the illicit brew see it as a way out of poverty.

www.bbc.com

border towns such as Abudwak, Balanbale, Feerfeer and Galdogob.

“Alcohol mostly originates in [Ethiopia’s capital] Addis Ababa and makes it to the city of Jigjiga, in the Ogaden region,” Mr Diriye says.

The Ogaden or, as it is officially known in Ethiopia, the Somali region, shares a 1,600km (990-mile) border with Somalia. People on both sides share ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious ties.

Once the alcohol is loaded, it is moved across the plains of the Somali region, and then smuggled across the border into Somalia.

The border town of Galdogob is a major hub for trade and travel and has been hit hard by the flow of alcohol being smuggled from Ethiopia.

“I travel through at least eight to 10 towns to reach Mogadishu. But we don’t count the towns, we count the checkpoints and who mans them,” Mr Diriye says.

They encounter various clan militias with different allegiances, either lingering in the distance or at roadblocks.

“In case we get jammed up by a clan militia, if one of us is from the same clan as that militia or even a similar sub-clan, it increases our chances of survival. This is why all three of us are from different clans.”

 

[Sol]

Wording it as if the people smuggling alcohol are some kind of revolutionary heroes

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Galdogob making the news for the wrong reasons smh those smugglers are destroying the Somali society

 

[Riftvalley]

Wording it as if the people smuggling alcohol are some kind of revolutionary heroes

Some liberal pussio at the BBC was probably jerking off to the headline of this article.

 

[TheLand]

Some liberal pussio at the BBC was probably jerking off to the headline of this article.

 

[TheLand]

Galdogob making the news for the wrong reasons smh those smugglers are destroying the Somali society

Seems like fkd tbh, Goldogob is not the issue, its Xamar. Goldogog is probably the safest border town north of Mogadishu so that is probably why they come through there.

'The danger that Mr Diriye faces is a recurring reality that many smugglers endure while illicitly ferrying alcohol from Ethiopia to Mogadishu, in order to quench the growing demand.'

“I began picking up boxes of alcohol at designated drop points in Mogadishu on [his] behalf and manoeuvring through the city and offloading them at designated locations. I didn’t realise it at first but this was my introduction into smuggling.”

“The average box of alcohol I move has 12 bottles. I usually transport anywhere from 50 to 70 boxes per trip. Usually half the load on my truck is filled with alcohol.”

'But for the smugglers the goal is to get the alcohol to the capital.'

 

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[Takis]

Is alcohol sold openly in Jigjiga?

 

[TheLand]

Is alcohol sold openly in Jigjiga?

I would assume so, since it’s in a Christian country.

 

[DivineMartial]

Is alcohol sold openly in Jigjiga?

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BBC is an intelligence asset like all media agencys. They hire people to promote their ideals. So you will never see anything but the promoting of degeneracy and attacking of Islam and its ideals from them, it is not news but propaganda. This article promoting filth is another example of that.

 

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[The Oponian Guild]

You guys gotta stop the oromo calcaal “muh oromo kufsying us” talk, half of oromos can’t count up to ten and 3/4 of them are illiterate, it’s also been observed that they urinate on themselves as they walk and don’t deem it to be a hygienic issue.

one oromo who was asked by a Somali as to why he does it and said the following: “why use a toilet when I can piss and shart myself and then clean my clothes when I’m home, hustle bustle of big city, who’s gonna pimp my sister when I’m using a toilet, I’m gonna be losing money, lafti nagaa Waaq waaq nagaa ygm?”

 

[Pastoralist]

It doesn’t stop. Piracy back after no piracy in 5 years, alcohol????, military clothes being sold in markets.

We all know this wouldn’t be possible without corruption at our ports. So why beat around the bush by blaming mere petty criminals? It’s why America has Rico charges, to collect the wrongdoers at the top, even politicians.

scum breeds scum.

 

[Hotchick12]

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