al-shabab

It was only a week ago that al-Shabab was driven out of the city, allowing aid workers to survey the scope of the unfolding catastrophe.

No one is trying to give any aid or comfort to al-Shabab or any other rebel group.

The deputy administrator of the US Agency for International Development, Donald Steinberg, said the aid must not benefit al-Shabab.

But until a strong central government can regain control of south-central Somalia, aid groups will still have to go through al-Shabab.

Years of control by the anti-Western al-Shabab extremist group have left Somalia with no aid delivery infrastructure.

At least seven people were killed in Mogadishu late Wednesday as government forces traded shell and gunfire with al-Shabab insurgents.

Robow says al-Shabab fighters will now concentrate their attacks on peacekeepers unless AMISOM agrees to leave Somalia immediately.

Somali government forces and AMISOM have pushed al-Shabab out of Mogadishu and have made gains in other parts of the country.

As you are aware, an al-Shabab mortar could easily land in one of those camps.

The United States says al-Shabab has links to al-Qaida, and foreigners are believed to be fighting alongside the Somali insurgents.

A good number of al-Shabab fighters have contacts within the government and are able to surrender easily in exchange for safe passage.

A senior commander of the Somali Islamist group, al-Shabab, has been shot dead at close range as he left a mosque in the city of Kismayo.

Ethiopia, which holds the chairmanship of IGAD and is hosting this summit, is seen as a major driver behind the push to crush al-Shabab.

The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab says it has taken control of the southern town of Afmadow without any resistance from rival militants.

In Washington, the Treasury Department asked the Office of Foreign Assets Control to investigate how Al-Shabab is financed.

But, there are also reports that the U. S. is using covert military tactics, including drone missile attacks, against al-Shabab targets.

After al-Shabab was driven out of Mogadishu this month, the flood of hungry families from the countryside intensified.

Al-Shabab said it was a "tactical withdrawal" and promised devastating suicide attacks.

Kenya has vowed to continue fighting until it has curtailed the activities of the Somali militant group al-Shabab.

International Crisis Group Somalia expert Rashid Abdi says al-Shabab's decision to allow aid does not represent an ideological shift.

In an earlier statement, Ali did decry what he called the "continuous threats of Al-Shabab terrorists" to refugees and aid workers.

On the other side of the continent, there is also evidence of a relationship between Boko Haram and Somalia's militant faction al-Shabab.

They left Mogadishu at night by the lorry load, but the fighters from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab may be back.

Al Shabab has allowed some aid groups to remain, namely Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

But it also exacerbated long-standing splits between top al-Shabab leaders and between local and foreign fighters in the ranks.

Suspicions have fallen on the Somali militant group, al-Shabab, which is active in areas of Somalia close to the Kenyan border.

Top U. S. military officials have expressed concerns that al-Shabab intends to connect with other al-Qaida-linked militant groups in Africa.

Kenyan forces recently crossed into southern Somalia to hunt down the militant group al-Shabab.

in an interview with voa, amino spokesman, ugandan army major barite ba-hoku expressed anger at al-shabab's relentless use of violence.

He told the South African Broadcasting Corporation that al-Shabab and other terror groups must be stopped.

But al-Shabab still controls the famine ravaged south, where 2. 2-million people are believed to be in desperate straits.

They lost the fight, they lost the battle, and resorting to violence and killing innocent people is the weakness of al-Shabab.

He says internal weakening, and a loss of faith in al-Shabab by the Somali people is tearing the group apart.

The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has said it's banning a popular method of transferring money via mobile phones in the areas it controls.

Al-Shabab has a history of suicide attacks against government facilities and African Union peacekeepers.

The attack occurred in an area controlled by al-Shabab militants. Farhana Dawood reports.

But Mayor Noor says the removal of al-Shabab does not eliminate the risk to IDPs.

Such a large shipment could not have happened without the approval of al-Shabab.

They may have joined al-Shabab, an anti-government militia in Somalia, tied to al-Qaida.

SHANTHA BLOEMEN: "So yes, there was dialogue with local authorities, and obviously they include members of al-Shabab. "

Al-Shabab took control of south-central Somalia a few years ago.

Many of the protestors wore traditional white Somali clothes and shouted "down with al-Shabab" .

Ms. Bloemen says such a large shipment could not have happened without the approval of al-Shabab.

Al-Shabab and ICU fighters often fought side-by-side in the past two years.

It is not known if the ICU militia in Mogadishu includes members of al-Shabab.

It's not yet clear whether al-Shabab's withdrawal from Mogadishu will make it any easier for aid agencies to reach victims of the drought.

Al-Shabab recently ended a ban on airlifts, but a UNICEF spokeswoman, Shantha Bloemen, says there are no guarantees.

He also underscored that the African Union force will have a stronger hand in dealing with al-Shabab militants because of the resolution.

Al-Shabab recently lifted a ban on airlifts.

The officials suspect the bombing was carried out by al-Shabab insurgents.

We could save many more lives if we were given free access to areas under the control of Al-Shabab.

For the past three years the region has been controlled by al-Shabab.

They want al-Shabab as far away from their borders as possible.

Instead of warlords, we have al Shabab linked to al Qaida.

What do you do when refugees who need help live under the control of Pakistan's Taliban or Somalia's al-Shabab?

[It's] al-Shabab.

The US considers al-Shabab a terrorist group and last year stopped aid to the large area of Somalia it controls.

A U. S. helicopter strike last year in the town of Barawe killed an al-Shabab commander, Salah Ali Salah Nabhan.

Whenever we come across anybody who may be associating with al-Shabab or any other militia groups like al-Qaida or other terrorist groups,

Is it the government or is it al-Shabab?

The fight against al-Shabab militants presents a historic opportunity to restore peace in Somalia,

Al-Shabab took responsibility for suicide-bombings in Mogadishu in September that killed 17 peacekeepers;

Al-Shabab Group Threatens More Terror Attacks in Somalia