Shillings turn to trash in the hands of Somali small traders and poor consumers

Abdiqadir Mohamed Abdi, a grocery shop owner in Buur-Shabellow IDP camp in Baidoa, has saved up wads of torn, tattered shilling notes from his business earnings, faded and bound together with string or rubber bands – but he can’t use any of them today and is now completely broke.

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Jun 19, 2026 - 06:40
Shillings turn to trash in the hands of Somali small traders and poor consumers
Abdiqadir Mohamed Abdi, a grocery shop owner in Buur-Shabellow IDP camp in Baidoa, has saved up wads of torn, tattered shilling notes from his business earnings, faded and bound together with string or rubber bands – but he can’t use any of them today and is now completely broke.
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