Weekly Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Brief for East Africa (Kenya & Somalia) Shabaab Al-Mujahideen in Period of June 12th – June 19th, 2021: Tracking and Monitoring Al-Shabaab’s Activity in East Africa

Executive Summary Harakat al-Shabaab al Mujahideen (HSM) movement, an affiliate of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group continues to morph and strengthen in East Africa. Popularly known as Al-Shabaab, Al-Qaeda’s associate militant force with its home-base in Somalia has constantly and persistently mounted low-scale to large-scale attacks back at home and sporadically targeting Kenya’s frontier regions with...