Weekly Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Brief for East Africa (Kenya & Somalia) Shabaab Al-Mujahideen in Period of April 1st – April 9th, 2021: Tracking and Monitoring Al-Shabaab’s Activity in East Africa

Executive Summary Al-Qaeda affiliates are strengthening in Africa. In East Africa, Al-Shabaab, Al-Qaeda’s affiliate with its home-base in Somalia has spiked up attacks back at home and sporadically targeting Kenya’s frontier regions bordering Somalia. Political impasse in Somalia continues. A series of meetings between Federal Government of Somalia and Regional States have collapsed. Member State...