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KENYA’S OIL PIPELINE AND TERRORISM [PDF]

Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2014
The threat of Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the critical infrastructure (oil pipeline) in Kenya has brought to the attention the strategic issue of the energy sector security, highlighting the potential vulnerabilities of this sector ...
E.O.S.ODHIAMBO, L.T MAITO, K. ONKWARE
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Anatomy of Counter-Jihad [PDF]

, 2019
This chapter considers how Al-Shabaab messaging can be best countered, drawing on field research in Mogadishu and Baidoa, focusing on the area of Bay/Bakool.
Hansen, Stig Jarle,, Stig Jarle Hansen, Gelot, Linnéa,, Linnéa Gelot   +3 more
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Analyzing the evolution of the threat al-Shabaab poses to Kenya post-Westgate attack period

Cogent Social Sciences
In the last decade, al-Shabaab has carried out at least thirty terrorist attacks in Kenya, killing hundreds of people and causing damage to public and private infrastructure.
Gábor Sinkó, János Besenyő
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The fraudulent family

American Ethnologist, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 19-30, February 2025.
Abstract In 2012 the US government began requiring DNA testing in its Refugee Family Reunification Program, which was primarily used by refugees from African countries. The policy was established to allay concerns that refugees were committing “family‐composition fraud,” or including people outside their families in their resettlement and reunification
Sophia Balakian
wiley   +1 more source

Al-Shabaab in Sweden: Perceptions of an Islamist extremist organization [PDF]

, 2011
Al-Shabaab is a Somalia-based Islamist organization. They militarily oppose the transitional Government of Somalia and constitute a threat to peace and stability in the area. An important part of the support from Shabaab comes from diasporic communities,
Fahlander, Patric
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The problem of Islamic terrorism in Kenya in terms of regional Security in East Africa

Politeja, 2016
The purpose of this article is to present the issue of security in the region of East Africa, particularly in Kenya, in view of the development of the phenomenon of Islamic terrorism.
Joanna Bar
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"A Helping Hand?" Recruitment of Kenyan Youth to al-Shabaab [PDF]

, 2017
Despite recent increase in terrorism research, both the academic community and general news media have, to a large degree, failed to include the situation in Kenya, a country suffering from continued terrorist attacks by the Somali terrorist organization
Jerejian, Thea Emilie
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The Saudi Savior—Justifying Operation Decisive Storm

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 1, Winter 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that despite the success of Saudi Arabia's use of discourse to legitimize Operation Decisive Storm, their initial bombing and blockade of Yemen, to the United States, ultimately these discourses were problematic. Via analyzing speeches from Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel Al‐Jubeir, and articles from Saudi news ...
Tom Walsh
wiley   +1 more source

Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda : exploring the Tactical Utility of Terrorist Affiliations in Africa [PDF]

, 2019
Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2019.The study aimed to determine whether Al-Shabaab’s affiliation to Al-Qaeda contributes to its capacity to instigate mass casualty attacks.

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Identifikaatio uuden retoriikan näkökulmasta Al-Shabaab järjestön propagandassa [PDF]

, 2022
Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on tutkia Somaliassa toimivan jihadistisen Al-Shabaab terroristijärjestön julkaisemaa propagandaa. Järjestö on onnistunut hallitsemaan osaa Somaliasta ja samalla se on kyennyt haastamaan Somalian virallisen hallinnon, sekä
Juvén, Lauri
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