Bi-Weekly Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Brief for East Africa (Kenya & Somalia) Shabaab Al-Mujahideen in Period of 1st February – 14th February, 2023: Tracking and Monitoring Al-Shabaab’s Activity in East Africa

Executive Summary Al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group affiliated to Al-Qaeda, has been active in the East Africa region for more than a decade, with a primary focus on Somalia and Kenya. The group emerged in 2006 as the military wing of the Islamic Courts Union, which briefly controlled much of southern Somalia before being ousted...