Mogadishu’s Bakara market on strike over new government tax
Businesses in Somalia’s largest open-air market have boycotted trade over the introduction of a five percent sales tax.
Somalia‘s busiest and largest open-air market in Mogadishu has been closed for the past two days.
Business owners in Bakara market are protesting over a five percent tax imposed by the government, in an effort to pay back some of its international debt.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamad El Bardicy reports.
Published On 20 Feb 2018