Efforts to counter the Muslim Brotherhood's transnational networks in Africa have entered a new phase, one centred on dismantling financial infrastructure rather than pursuing individuals or isolated branches. Source: UGCThe US Treasury's sanctions against senior Brotherhood figure Mahmoud Al Abyari represent a targeted strike at an alleged multilayered financial network spanning several jurisdictions. Kenya's legislation effectively sought to close the network's next potential access point in East Africa. Analysts note that tightening pressure on formal financial channels may push some networks towards informal transfer mechanisms or newly established charitable structures operating under different names. Kenya's broad legislative powers appear designed to address precisely this possibility by authorising security agencies to act against reconstituted networks before they can entrench themselves.