Midweek East Africa Counterterrorism Intelligence Brief in Period of August 21st – August 25th: Tracking and Monitoring Al-Shabaab’s Activity in East Africa (Kenya and Somalia)

The Al-Qaeda affiliate militant group in East Africa, Al-Shabaab’s continued purge targeting Somalia local and foreign forces are indication of the Islamist militant group’s growing confidence in its battle for control of the war-torn country in the Horn of Africa.  The Islamist militant group has been waging an insurgency persistently in the Horn of Africa...