Suspected al-Shabaab militants in Mogadishu during a joint operation between Somali forces and AMISOM, May 2014. In 2013, these internal rifts led to internecine violence as Godane effected what was virtually a purge of his critics. [94]

Jan 17, 2025 · al-Shabaab, Somali-based Islamist militant group with links to al-Qaeda. Beginning in 2006, the group waged an insurgency against Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG).

Oct 15, 2024 · Learn about al-Shabab, the al-Qaeda affiliate with continued influence in Somalia, and track the latest developments in the country using CFR’s Global Conflict Tracker.

Aug 26, 2024 · It’s 18 years since the militant group Harakat al-Shabaab, as al-Shabaab refers to itself, rose out of the disintegrating Somali state. It emerged in 2006 from an existing radical network that...

Four al-Shabaab gunmen conduct a four-day siege at Westgate Mall, killing 67 people and injuring around 200 others in an attack it claims was in retaliation for Kenya’s military intervention in Somalia.

Dec 22, 2017 · Islamist militant group al-Shabab is battling the UN-backed government in Somalia, and has carried out a string of attacks across the region.

Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for many bombings—including various types of suicide attacks—in Mogadishu and in central and northern Somalia, typically targeting Somali government officials, AMISOM, and perceived allies of the FGS.

Dec 6, 2022 · Al-Shabaab, or “the Youth,” is an Islamist insurgent group based in Somalia. It held sway over the capital of Mogadishu in the late 2000s, but a military campaign led by the African Union (AU)...

Sep 23, 2021 · The resumption of U.S. airstrikes in Somalia in July 2021 after a six-month pause under the Biden administration is renewing focus on Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen, al Qaeda’s affiliate in East Africa more commonly known as al Shabaab.

Aug 24, 2022 · In an audacious appointment, Somalia's new government has included a former al-Shabab militant, who once fought against the authorities, in the cabinet, but the weekend's deadly hotel...