Weekly Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Brief for East Africa (Kenya & Somalia) Shabaab Al-Mujahideen in Period of March 12th – March 19th, 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 increased its efforts to conducts back at home and sporadically targeting Kenya’s frontier regions with Somalia. Al-Shabaab propaganda emphasized its intent external attack ambitions to wage attacks on allies supporting Somalia. The Islamist militant group...