In a recent news story out of Southern Somalia, the Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) have been accused of deliberately destroying mobile cellular communications towers in Southern Somalia.  The KDF, as part of the larger AMISOM security force contingent in Somalia, is responsible for “Sector 2” which encompasses southern Somalia from the Kenyan border and Lower and Middle Juba.  According to the Somali government and Somali-based telecom firm Hormud, KDF forces are targeting and destroying the towers in order to prevent al-Shabaab militants from communicating. Not surprising though, since they...