What is it about?
A synoptic essay on the origins and objectives, ideology and organisational structure, strategies and tactics of the Somalia-based Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujaheddin, commonly known as Al-Shabaab.
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Why is it important?
The essay illustrates the constantly striking resilience of Al-Shabaab. It explains the way in which Al-Shabaab continues to adapt to national and regional political and security dynamics as it pursues its aims and objectives of creating and Islamic Caliphate in the Horn of Africa.
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This page is a summary of: Al-Shabaab, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.785.
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