Articles
Terrorism without Borders: Somalia’s Al-Shabaab and the global jihad network
Authors:
- Daniel E AgbiboaEmail Daniel E Agbiboa
Abstract
This article sets out to explore the evolution, operational strategy and transnational dimensions of Harakat Al-Shabab al-Mujahedeen (aka Al-Shabab), the Somali-based Islamist terrorist group. The article argues that Al-Shabab’s latest Westgate attack in Kenya should be understood in the light of the group’s deepening ties with Al-Qaeda and its global jihad, especially since 2009 when Al-Shabab formally pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda and welcomed the organisation’s core members into its leadership.
- Year: 2014
- Volume: 5 Issue: 1
- DOI: 10.15664/jtr.826
- Submitted on 10 Feb 2014
- Published on 10 Feb 2014
- Peer Reviewed