TRADERS CALL FOR LAWS TO REGULATE TOBACCO TRADE IN SOMALIA
May 1st, 2017
Slowly, a central government is re-establishing itself in Somalia. But it is far from being a safe place in which to do business. Even though other sectors (such as livestock) are establishing themselves, the tobacco sector still lacks a functional regulator and effective regulation. The result, tobacco traders in Somalia told Tobacco Journal International is that legal sales of their products in the country remains a touch call.
Farah Abdille, is one. He is a businessman based in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and a key distributor of various cigarette brands, ...
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