Weekly East Africa Counterterrorism Intelligence Brief in Period of August 21st – August 28th: Tracking and Monitoring Al-Shabaab’s Activity in East Africa (Kenya and Somalia)

Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM), commonly known as Al-Shabaab an affiliate of Al-Qaeda operating in East Africa region continue to record increased successful attacks from across regions of Somalia and its neighbor Kenya. The tempo of Al-Shabaab’s military operations in in the Horn of Africa Somalia has steadily increased and widely been promoted by the group’s...