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Analysis: French early strike shakes up Mali intervention plan
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France
Analysis: Mali – one African war France could not avoid
Shabaab kills, captures French soldiers during failed rescue mission in Somalia
French commandos from the General Directorate for External Security attempted to rescue Denis Allex, one of their operatives captured in 2009. The French said they believe Allex was killed in the raid; Shabaab denied the claim.
Osama bin Laden’s documents cited by Canadian intelligence
A recently declassified threat assessment authored by Canadian intelligence in April 2012 concludes that the al Qaeda network still leads the global jihad movement and remains the “primary threat.”
Omar Hammami’s personal dispute with Shabaab
The American jihadist’s rants against Shabaab indicate a personal feud with the al Qaeda affiliate, and not a wider split between Somali jihadists and foreign fighters.
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Sahel security global threat, 8-14,000 Jihadists now in Mali, region, to double in year: Study
Nigeria
Nigeria Emerges as Center for Pirate Attacks
Djibouti
‘Swedes did not commit crime against America’
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Alabama terror case could hinge on relationships
Kenya
‘Somali revenge attacks’ hit suburbs of Kenyan capital
Shabaab rebukes American commander Omar Hammami
Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia has broken its nearly year-long silence on the American jihadist who has claimed that deep divisions exist between foreign fighters and local jihadists.
Shabaab
‘Al-Shabab’ militants forced out of Jowhar
Boko Haram suicide bombs kill 11 at Nigerian military church
The al Qaeda-linked Nigerian terror group has carried out at least 19 suicide attacks this year. Boko Haram’s targets have included churches, mosques, newspapers, government officials, and security forces.
Shabaab
‘No civil war in Somalia’: Swedish Migration Board
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Al-Qaeda resurgent?
Shabaab
Somali journalist on braving Mogadishu
Shabaab suicide bombers attack restaurant in Mogadishu
A security guard reportedly killed the two suicide bombers before they could enter a restaurant in the capital.
Shabaab threatens Britain over extradition of Abu Hamza al Masri
“The nightmare that surreptitiously looms on British shores is bound to eclipse the horrors of 7/7 and 21/7 combined,” Shabaab said on its Twitter account.
Omar Hammami says ‘friction’ exists between Shabaab, foreign fighters
In a dated tape, the American Shabaab commander appeals to influential clerics and jihadists to intervene to resolve tensions between foreign jihadists and local leaders in Somalia.
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American jihadist struggles inside Somali militia
Shabaab
Minnesota trial could expose terror group recruiting
Shabaab abandons last major stronghold in southern Somalia
While Shabaab has been weakened by the Kenyan and African Union military operations over the past year, the group has experience in conducting a protracted insurgency.
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Analysis: al-Shabaab will already be planning its next move
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Somalia, allies batter al Shabaab, but gains may be fragile
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In Somalia, UN charcoal purchases could be funding Al Shabab terror group
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Tension high in northern Kenya over fleeing Al- Shabaab
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Mogadishu, Somalia, leader knows he might not survive being mayor
Suicide bombers kill 15 in Mogadishu
Fifteen people, including several journalists, are reported to have been killed in an attack at a restaurant across from the national theatre, where a similar attack took place months ago.
Muslim Youth Center threatens attacks in East Africa
The al Qaeda and Shabaab affiliate said its ultimate goal is to raise “the flag of Tawheed high over Kenya and East Africa.”
Shabaab suicide bombers attack new Somali president, Kenyan foreign minister
Seven people were killed after three suicide bombers attempted to enter a press conference at a hotel in a high-security area of Mogadishu.