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 SummaryAl-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 by...