Al-Shabaab bloodbath: Resurgence or fight for survival?
Security officers patrol near the destroyed Hayat Hotel after a deadly 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists in Mogadishu on August 21, 2022. Analysts say the new multipronged strategies by Somali President Mahmoud’s administration are pushing the militants to the wall. PHOTO | HASSAN ALI ELMI | AFP
The Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabaab is showing signs of a resurgence, taking advantage of the transition period between the former government of Muhammed Abdullahi Farmaajo and the new leader, Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud.
After almost five years without any major attack, the Al-Qaida-linked group on October 29 detonated two bombs near the ministry of education in Mogadishu at the Zobe junction, a busy market intersection, killing 100 people and critically injuring 300.
