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29/05/2015

Al Shabaab in the Horn of Africa (DIEEEINV05-2015)

Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen, also knowed as al Shabaab, is a jihadist militia born in Somalia in the middle of the former decade. During the following years al Shabaab became the main armed opposition forcé against the Transtional Federal Government of Somalia, the main jihadist group in the Horn of Africa and, finally, the al Qaedas´s franchise in that region. This paper reviews the origins and growth of al Shabaab, it ideology, goals and violent activities, it methods for recruitment and financing and it alliance´s politics inside and outside of Somalia. Next, we describe the responses applied against al Shabaab. Finally our study offers some considerations about the likely future of this group and the jihadist threat in Eastern Africa.

Author: Luis de la Corte Ibáñez

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