On September 1, the leader of the Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabaab, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed in a US-led drone strike in an al-Shabaab stronghold in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region. The drone strike coincided with an ongoing military offensive launched August 25 by the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali government forces in southern and 
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Killing of al-Shabaab Leader Throws Future of Militant Group into Question
By: Gabrielle Reid | Friday, September 26th, 2014Djibouti: Al-Shabaab’s Latest Front
By: Jay Bahadur | Tuesday, June 24th, 2014On 24 May, two Ethiopian-Somali suicide bombers, a man and a woman, entered a popular Djibouti restaurant and blew themselves up. Dozens of Western military personnel were wounded, and one Turkish national later died of his injuries.
Al-Shabaab’s New Face in Kenya?
By: Jay Bahadur | Tuesday, May 20th, 2014With the notable exception of Westgate, terrorism incidents in Kenya have largely consisted of lobbed grenades and makeshift IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). The perpetrators have tended to be sympathetic to al-Shabaab’s ideology but unlikely to have direct ties to the group.
Al-Shabaab Engagement with Aid Agencies
By: Matthew Redding | Tuesday, December 10th, 2013The Overseas Development Institute (ODI)’s Humanitarian Policy Group in partnership with the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS) has released a policy brief outlining their research findings on humanitarian negotiations with Al-Shabaab.
Primacy of Puntland
By: Jay Bahadur | Monday, November 19th, 2012About a week ago, the Reuters news agency reported on the movement of al-Shabaab militants from the south of the country to the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in the north. Embattled Shabaab fighters fleeing the onslaught of Kenyan, Ethiopian, and Ugandan troops in the south is certainly nothing new, and the timing of the article probably had
7/11 Terrorist Attacks in Uganda Highlight the Need for Intelligence Reform
By: Pedro Lopez | Tuesday, August 17th, 2010The July 11th terrorist attacks carried out by the Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab underscored the need to reform the Ugandan intelligence system. The success of these attacks shows an increased level of sophistication on the part of al-Shabaab, as they are now operating outside of Somalia’s borders. In light of this continuing threat, improving the
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