Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, [note 1] simply known as al-Shabaab, [note 2] or by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Somalia, is a transnational Salafi Jihadist [36][37] military and …

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 …

Apr 8, 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 …

Apr 2, 2015 · Al-Shabaab is a Somali group that the United States designated as a foreign terrorist organization in March 2008. It wants to turn Somalia into a fundamentalist Islamic …

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.

Al Shaab (in Arabic الشعب meaning The People) was the official newspaper of the Egyptian Islamic Labour Party (formerly known as the Socialist Labour Party). The paper existed between 1979 …

Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen, commonly known as Al-Shabaab is an Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in East Africa. For nearly two decades, Al-Shabaab has endured as the most potent and lethal …

Al-Shabaab is a Sunni Islamic terrorist group that publicly pledged loyalty to al-Qa‘ida in 2012. The group works to overthrow the Somali Federal Government, expel foreign forces from …

Al-Shabaab is responsible for the assassination of Somali peace activists, international aid workers, numerous civil society figures, and journalists, and for blocking the delivery of aid …

Nov 1, 2023 · Al Shabaab controls swaths of central and southern Somalia, where it implements governance and collects taxes. It regularly attacks government and security targets across …