Weekly Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Brief for East Africa (Kenya & Somalia) Shabaab Al-Mujahideen in Period of March 5th – March 12th, 2021: Tracking and Monitoring Al-Shabaab’s Activity in East Africa

Executive Summary The political impasse over when and how the next Somalian election will be conducted, coupled with the increasing number of attacks from the Islamist terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, has put Somalia on an unpredictable shaky path. Tensions are still running high among the central federal government, two federal member states, and various opposition groups....