Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has declared “all-out war” against al-Shabaab. Meanwhile, al-Shabaab continues to strike with impunity. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud seems unable to do the slightest thing about it. “At least 18 killed in terrorist bombing in Somalia,” Australian Associated Press, September 14, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): At least 18 people […]
Somalia: Jihadis storm hotel popular with government officials and parliamentarians, murder at least four people
“The al-Qaida-affiliated group that has been trying to overthrow Somalia’s central government for 15 years.” Why? The report doesn’t say. Al-Shabaab wants to establish a caliphate, and believes that violence and terror are the best means to accomplish this. “Somalia: scores dead, injured in latest Mogadishu hotel siege by Al-Shabab militants,” North Africa Post, November […]