Weekly East Africa Counterterrorism Intelligence Brief in Period of August 7th – August 14th: Tracking and Monitoring Al-Shabaab’s Activity in East Africa (Kenya and Somalia)

The Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab continue to escalate attacks in East African nation of Somalia and her neighbor Kenya. In the past one week, the militant group has claimed at least 16 attacks in Somalia. No attack recorded in Kenya in the same period. The Somali based armed group Al-Shabaab which been fighting to topple the...