Weekly East Africa Counterterrorism Intelligence Brief in Period of February 1st – February 5th, 2021: Tracking and Monitoring Al-Shabaab’s Activity in East Africa (Kenya and Somalia)

Executive Summary The Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab continue to execute small to large scale sporadic attacks across the Somalia and beyond, a move that should worry the Joint Counterterrorism partners in the region. There has been a surge of violent events claimed by militant Islamist groups and recorded in East Africa region. Al-Shabaab’s governance ambitions extend...