Demystifying Al-Shabaab Terrorist Organization in Somalia

Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM), or commonly known as Al-Shabaab, is a Salafist– Islamist militancy group currently waging war majorly in Somalia and sporadically in East Africa.  The name ‘Al-Shabaab’ means “the Youth” in Arabic or Movement of “Striving Youth”. The group’s leadership is based in Somalia’s Lower Juba region capital Jiliib. The jihadist group was...