.... the island is bedevilled by social problems, including widespread unemployment, a heroin epidemic and widespread poverty.
There have been a series of disputed elections with allegations of electoral fraud, accompanied by the rise of the Islamist party Uamsho (The Awakening) leading to violent clashes with the authorities. Dr Mike Jennings, a lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, said the group was a political rather than a terrorist organisation.
He added: “They want an Islamic interpretation of law on the island. [The Daily Express] Read more
