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Al-Shabaab

2021
The Somalia-based Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujaheddin, commonly known as al-Shabaab, is a violent nonstate armed actor that has been designated a terrorist group. Its origins are a function of domestic and international factors that include the resurgence of political Islam in Somalia, the Afghan War of 1979 to 1989, state collapse and the prominent rise ...
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Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations: Investigating the Uniqueness of Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations via Suicide Bombing

The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 2021
In the study of terrorism, assassinations and suicide bombings have most commonly been considered as distinct phenomena.
Ellen Chapin   +2 more
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Women in Al-Shabaab

2019
This chapter discusses the results of interviews with six women in Al-Shabaab who are or were married to Al-Shabaab fighters. These women lead a privileged existence both in terms of the quality of life that is accorded to them by Al-Shabaab's Executive Council, especially in comparison to the civilian population living under Al-Shabaab's control, and ...
null Khadija, Stephen Harley
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The Domestication of Al-Shabaab

The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 2019
How much influence did foreign fighters exert over al-Shabaab’s insurgency in Somalia? An emerging policy consensus is that foreign fighters exert decisive influence on insurgencies, even affecting...
Tricia Bacon, Daisy Muibu
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Negotiations with Al-Shabaab

2019
This chapter examines the potential for talks with Al-Shabaab, identifies potential facilitators and spoilers, and highlights lessons to be learned from past dialogues with Al-Shabaab. Three main conclusions are reached. First, many Somali and international parties agree that there exists some degree of common ground between the Federal Government of ...
Toros, Harmonie, Harley, Stephen
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Al-Shabaab Attitudes Towards Negotiations

2019
Finding a lasting peaceful solution to the conflict in Somalia has eluded both national and international actors since the fall of the Siad Barre regime. This chapter assesses the possibilities for negotiations with Al-Shabaab. It draws on two separate field research missions conducted in 2016 to see whether there is interest on the part of Al-Shabaab ...
Anneli Botha, Mahdi Abdile
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Can Al-Shabaab Deliver?

2019
This chapter considers the origins of Al-Shabaab and the gap between its rhetoric and practice. Despite its globalist agenda, reinforced by its allegiance to Al-Qaida, Al-Shabaab is at its core an ethnic movement with its focus on Somalia. As such, it can only survive, let alone expand, by offering better security, better prospects, and better ...
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al-Shabaab

2022
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