While the United Nations has not identified the gunmen, some local media reports from Somalia said the attackers were members of the Islamist al-Shabab militia, which controls much of southern and central Somalia.

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But he notes that geolocation is merely the latest example in a growing trend to impose local controls on the Internet.

ECONOMIST: Geography and the net

All of the money distributed by the Global Fund is handed over to national governments, so the Global Fund is to spend more money on local controls.

ECONOMIST: Aid and corruption

David Sparks, from the Local Government Association, defended the millions of pounds in profit that comes from local authority parking controls.

BBC: A government report says parking charges should be fairer