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Terrorism, War and Conflict, an analysis into the Horn of Africa - Al Shabaab in Somalia; US and UN efforts to reduce violence [PDF]
Academicus International Scientific Journal, 2013 Somalia has been one of the UN member countries who lingers from the presence of terrorist groups in its territory, that exert tremendous influence in the daily life of its society and economy. Al Shabaab is well known in the horn of Africa, particularly
Peter Tase
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Al Shabaab from local to regional and global terror threat
Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies, 2023 The Al-Shabaab group, is an off-shoot of the former Islamic Courts Union (ICU) of Somalia and the branch of Al-Qaeda in the Horn of Africa. Al-Shabaab seeks to overthrow the government in Somalia and to establish an Islamic emirate ruled by a strict ...
Shaul Shay
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Cogent Social Sciences, 2021 Following the attack on the United States of America, counterterrorism against al-Shabaab attracted the attention of great powers and countries in the Horn of Africa.
Negasa Gelana Debisa
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The Cost of Defection: The Consequences of Quitting Al-Shabaab
International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2019 This study investigates defections from the Al-Shabaab insurgency in Somalia. Thirty-two disengaged Al-Shabaab combatants were interviewed about their motivations, grievances, needs, and challenges in relation to the recruitment, defection, and post ...
Christian Taylor +2 more
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Narratives and Counternarratives: Somali-Canadians on Recruitment as Foreign Fighters to Al-Shabaab [PDF]
, 2015 © 2015 The Author. Recently, the Somali diaspora has found itself at the centre of heightened security concerns surrounding the proliferation of international terrorist networks and their recruitment strategies.
Paul Joosse +2 more
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What fuels terrorism in Somalia? Perspectives from the jihadist group Al-Shabaab
Cogent Social SciencesTerrorism has remained a big international threat to worldwide security with Somalia being amongst the most hit nations owing to the consistent actions of Al-Shabaab.
Frederick Appiah Afriyie
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Liquid Territoriality and Al-Shabaab
Czech Journal of International Relations, 2020 The text presents a contribution to the study of territoriality of violent non-state actors in areas of limited internal state power projection. It presents the strategy of liquid territoriality as a survival strategy of the territorial violent non ...
Bohumil Doboš
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The 2011 Famine in Somalia: lessons learnt from a failed response? [PDF]
Confl Health, 2013 The 2011 famine in Somalia was predicted and could have been mitigated or prevented if the humanitarian response had been timely and more effective.
Seal A, Bailey R.
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THE REPRISAL ATTACKS BY AL-SHABAAB AGAINST KENYA [PDF]
Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2013 The incursion of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) into Somalia was met by a series of threats from the Al-Shabaab that it would increase the attacks against Kenya if the troops were not withdrawn.
E.O.S.ODHIAMBO +5 more
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Diffusion of Al-Shabaab through ungoverned spaces: can the inkblot logic provide an explanation? [PDF]
Cogent Social SciencesThis article proposes a methodology for analyzing the social network behaviour of the extremist group (Al-Shabaab) within the context of ungoverned spaces in the Horn of Africa.
Francis Onditi
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