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Al Shabaab captures strategic Somalia town as it presses offensive • Apr. 17, 2025, 5:43 AM ET (Reuters)
Al Shabaab attacks strategic Somalia town as it presses offensive • Apr. 17, 2025, 5:43 AM ET (Reuters)
KDF, GSU repulse ‘Shabaab’ ambush on Boni Forest camp • Apr. 7, 2025, 4:28 AM ET (Nation.Africa)
Muxuu muhiim u yahay deegaanka Masaajid Cali-Gaduud oo ay al Shabab iyo ciidanka dowladdu ku dagaalameen marar kala duwan? • Mar. 26, 2025, 7:57 AM ET (BBC)
Suspected Al-Shabaab militia attack Kenyan police camp in Garissa, kill six officers • Mar. 24, 2025, 12:02 PM ET (The Standard)

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Also Known As Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn • al-Shabab
Date 2006 - present
Areas Of Involvement terrorism

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