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Conflict in Somalia: Conceptualizing al-Shabaab [PDF]
, 2012 This project is based on a motivation for exploring al-Shabaab. The research question is: how can al-Shabaab be understood in the perspectives of warlordism and state building in a post conflict area.
Kristensen, Klaus Stig +3 more
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LEARNING INSTITUTIONS’ VULNERABILITY TO TERRORISM. AN OVERVIEW OF ISSUE COVERAGE IN NOWADAYS’ MEDIA AND SPECIALISED LITERATURE & A CASE STUDY OF GARISSA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, KENYA [PDF]
Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2015 Terrorist groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, (ISIL), Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda have the knowledge and the capability to strike anywhere in Kenya and with Kenya Defense Forces’ (KDF) incursion into Somalia in mid-October 2011, the ...
Elijah Onyango Standslause ODHIAMBO +2 more
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African Human Mobility Review, 2023 Most scholarship on terrorism in Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) has focused on the nature and causes of the insurgency, who the insurgents are, where the insurgents come from, their underlying needs, and how the current military operations may be successful ...
Joseph Makanda
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The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict‐affected Settings
Development and Change, Volume 57, Issue 3, Page 421-440, May 2026.ABSTRACT Roadblocks, or checkpoints, are obligatory passage points that are erected by entities claiming authority over a given crossing. They are often the most common everyday interface between civilians and armed actors in conflict‐affected contexts, but are overlooked in studies on either trade or authority amidst conflict.
Peer Schouten +4 more
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Al-Shabaab’s Somali Safe Havens: A Springboard for Terror
Perspectives on Terrorism, 2013 Al-Shabaab’s recent terror attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi is not, as some have argued, a sign of the group’s desperation, but rather reveals its strength. Its most radical leader recently consolidated his control of the group, and the
Josh Meservey
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Al Shabaab en el cuerno de África [PDF]
, 2015 Harakat al Shabaab al Mujahideen, also knowed as al Shabaab, is a jihadist militia born in Somalia in the middle of the former decade. During the following years al Shabaab became the main armed opposition forcé against the Transtional Federal ...
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Al Shabaab governance: illiberal modernization? [PDF]
International audienceRecent studies suggest that Al Shabaab’s rule is tolerated among Somalis and has garnered some legitimacy through predictable governance, the provision of justice and a nationalist Islamist discourse.
Kluijver, Robert
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Feeling the Pinch: Kenya, Al-Shabaab, and East Africa’s Refugee Crisis
Refuge, 2011 Kenya currently hosts over four hundred thousand refugees.In the last two decades it has turned towards a policy of containment in an attempt to confine refugees to its two rural camps, Kakuma and Dadaab.
Avery Burns
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The Political Economy of Emergency: Postcolonialism, Crisis Governance and Decolonial Alternatives
Journal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue S1, Page S73-S92, April 2026.Abstract The political rhetoric surrounding the Horn of Africa is perpetually framed through narratives of crisis, tragedy and emergency. These labels, rather than simply being used to describe instability, function as tools of governance to normalise dysfunction and entrench cycles of dependency.
HOPE JOHNSON
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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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