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Al Shabaab from local to regional and global terror threat [PDF]

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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The Cost of Defection: The Consequences of Quitting Al-Shabaab [PDF]

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, Tanner Semmelrock, Alexandra McDermott   +2 more
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Contemporary disasters may not kill more women than men: an empirical inquiry into sex-differentiated fatalities in the twenty-first century. [PDF]

Disasters
Abstract This study investigates the claim that women are disproportionately more likely to die in disasters by reviewing existing data sources and compiling new datasets on sex‐differentiated disaster fatalities in the twenty‐first century. The analysis is structured by disaster type, covering geophysical, meteorological, climatological, hydrological,
Rubin O.
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Determinants of the Number of Tetanus-Toxoid Injections Before Birth Among Pregnant Women in Somalia: A Multilevel Analysis. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
Using nationally representative data from Somalia, this study reveals substantial gaps in maternal tetanus vaccination coverage and identifies key determinants of vaccine uptake, including socioeconomic status, healthcare access, and antenatal care utilization.
Mohamed J, Amoud HM, Mohamed AI, Muse AH, Rahman A, Nadarajah S.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Non-Criminal Justice Interventions for Countering Cognitive and Behavioural Radicalisation Amongst Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Effectiveness and Implementation: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Campbell Syst Rev
ABSTRACT Growing numbers of young people are encountering the counter‐terrorism system. This international trend raises important questions about the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and counter childhood and adolescent radicalisation. This review examines the effectiveness and implementation of interventions designed to counter cognitive and ...
Lewis J, Marsden S, Hewitt J, Squires C, Stefaniak A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hunger in global war economies: understanding the decline and return of famines. [PDF]

Disasters
Abstract The resurgence of famines is a topic of concern. This paper explains the recent trajectory using the framework of contending ‘global war economies’. It characterises the unipolar neoliberal world order era (1986–2015) as the ‘Pax Americana’ war economy, focusing on the United States dollar's roles.
de Waal A.
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Prevalence of Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation and Its Risk Factors Among Reproductive Aged Women in Somalia: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Somalia Health and Demographic Survey. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and aims Although the advantages of breastfeeding are well‐documented, many mothers struggle to meet the World Health Organization's recommendation for early initiation of breastfeeding. Improved cognitive development and intelligence in children are linked to early breastfeeding.
Birhan NA, Getahun KT, Ali MI, Atnkut B, Gebre KK, Birhan TY, Belay DB.   +6 more
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PROTOCOL: Non-criminal justice interventions for countering cognitive and behavioural radicalisation amongst children and adolescents: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation. [PDF]

Campbell Syst Rev
Abstract This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows. (1) Examine whether secondary and tertiary interventions delivered outside of the criminal justice system are effective at countering the cognitive and behavioural radicalisation of children and adolescents by synthesising evidence relating to relevant ...
Lewis J, Marsden S, Stefaniak A, Hewitt J.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Support for al-Shabaab through the diaspora

Forced Migration Review, 2011
While the presence of non-state armed group al-Shabaab is primarily concentrated in Mogadishu and central Somalia, their influence has extended beyond the borders out into the lives of Somali refugees who sought to escape the violence....
Mitchell Sipus
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Security diplomacy as a response to Horn of Africa’s security complex: Ethio-US partnership against al-Shabaab

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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