al-Shabaab

E150558

Islamist militant group insurgent group terrorist organization

al-Shabaab is a Somalia-based Islamist militant group known for insurgent attacks and terrorism in East Africa.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Al-Shabaab	9
al-Shabaab canonical	6
Union of Islamic Courts	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamist militant group ⓘ insurgent group ⓘ terrorist organization ⓘ
activeSince	mid-2000s ⓘ
allyOf	al-Qaeda ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Somalia ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ European Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enforces	strict interpretation of Sharia law ⓘ
financingMethod	charcoal trade ⓘ extortion ⓘ smuggling ⓘ taxation in controlled areas ⓘ
formedFrom	Islamic Courts Union ⓘ surface form: Islamic Courts Union youth wing
goal	establish Islamic state in Somalia ⓘ overthrow Somali Federal Government ⓘ
hasWing	Amniyat intelligence wing ⓘ
ideology	Islamism ⓘ Salafi jihadism ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ Somali ⓘ
operatesIn	East Africa ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Somalia ⓘ
partOf	global jihadist movement ⓘ
pledgedAllegianceTo	al-Qaeda ⓘ
primaryOpponents	African Union Mission in Somalia ⓘ Government of Kenya ⓘ surface form: Kenyan government Federal Government of Somalia ⓘ surface form: Somali Federal Government
recruitsFrom	Kenya ⓘ Somali diaspora communities ⓘ Somalia ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
responsibleForAttack	2010 Kampala bombings ⓘ 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack ⓘ 2015 Garissa University College attack ⓘ frequent bombings in Mogadishu ⓘ
targets	African Union peace support operations ⓘ surface form: African Union peacekeepers Somali government officials ⓘ civilians ⓘ foreign interests in East Africa ⓘ
usesTactic	armed assaults ⓘ assassinations ⓘ improvised explosive devices ⓘ kidnappings ⓘ suicide bombings ⓘ