July 10, 2026

Samosas, fried triangle-shaped pastries, are famous in Pakistan (spicy versions from Karachi, unusually large ones from Faisalabad) and are a Ramadan iftar staple. They also appear across East Africa in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Rwanda. In which Horn of Africa country did Al-Shabaab ban them in 2011?

A Algeria
B South Africa
C Somalia
D Libya

In Pakistan, samosas are a staple iftar food during Ramzan, with Karachi known for spicy fillings and Faisalabad for extra-large samosas. In Somalia, samosas are also part of everyday food, though in 2011 Al-Shabaab banned samosas in parts of Somalia over worries about rotten meat filling.

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