Al-Shabaab.
Horn of Africa-based Islamist movement affiliated with al-Qaeda
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About Al-Shabaab
Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen simply known as al-Shabaab is a transnational Wahhabi-Salafi Jihadist militant organization. It is involved in the ongoing Somali Civil War, controlling a non-contiguous network of primarily rural areas in southern Somalia that some consider a quasi-state. Since 2011, the group refers to the territory under its control as the Islamic Emirate of Somalia, although it has not formally declared itself as an emirate. Al-Shabaab has invoked takfir to rationalize its terrorist attacks on Somali civilians and civil servants. It is, in a more limited capacity, active elsewhere in East Africa, and has pledged allegiance to the militant organization al-Qaeda. Al-Shabaab has been designated as a terrorist organization by numerous countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada, as well as several EAC and EU member-states. The militant group remains subject to international sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, and other jurisdictions.
Everything about Al-Shabaab →- Country
- Somalia
- Inception
- 2006