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Al-Kataib Media Foundation
Al-Kataib Media Foundation () is the official media wing of the insurgent group Al-Shabaab which is based in Somalia. It produces media featuring original sermons and speeches by senior Al-Shabaab commanders and leaders as well as footage of operations and attacks carried out by Al-Shabaab. Al-Kataib's first production under the name is believed to have been in 2010. History For years, starting in 2006, al-Shabaab linked forums and websites began proliferating across the internet. Early Somali language forums and news sites sympathetic to Al-Shabaab such as Muntada al-Qimmah began to publish Al-Shabaab media releases online. The first use of the name was in early 2008, when the official website of al-Shabaab called “Kataaib” was founded and existed until 2009. Prior to the founding of Al-Kataib, the official title for the media wing of Al-Shabaab was referred to as "The Media Department of Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen.” Al-Kataib was officially founded on July 27, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Shabaab (militant Group)
Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, simply known as al-Shabaab, or by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Somalia, is a transnational Salafi jihadism, Salafi Jihadist military and political organization based in Somalia and is also in a more limited capacity active elsewhere in East Africa. It is involved in the ongoing Somali_Civil_War_(2009–present), Somali Civil War as an Islamism, Islamist group, regularly invoking takfir to rationalize its Islamic terrorism, terrorist attacks on Somali civilians and civil service, civil servants. Allied to the Islamic_extremism#Contemporary_Islam, Militant Sunni Islamist organization al-Qaeda, it has also forged ties with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Formed in the mid-2000s as a youth militia within the wider military wing of the Islamic Courts Union, al-Shabaab came to prominence during the 2006–2009 Somalia War (2006–2009), Ethiopian invasion and occupation of Somalia, during which it presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jilib
Jilib is a city in the Middle Juba region of Somalia. It currently serves as the ''de facto'' capital of the Islamic Emirate of Somalia controlled by al-Shabaab. Jilib has an estimated population of around 100,000 inhabitants and covers an area of about 10 square kilometres. It is north of Kismaayo. History During the Middle Ages, Jilib and its surrounding area was part of the Ajuran Empire that governed much of southern Somalia and eastern Ethiopia, with its domain extending from Hobyo in the north, to Qelafo in the west, to Kismayo in the south.Lee V. Cassanelli, ''The shaping of Somali society: reconstructing the history of a pastoral people, 1600-1900'', (University of Pennsylvania Press: 1982), p.102. In the early modern period, Jilib was ruled by the Geledi Sultanate. The kingdom was eventually incorporated into Italian Somaliland protectorate in 1910 after the death of the last Sultan Osman Ahmed. After independence in 1960, the city was made the center of the off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east. Somalia has the longest coastline on Africa's mainland. Somalia has an estimated population of 18.1 million, of which 2.7 million live in the capital and largest city, Mogadishu. Around 85% of Somalia's residents are ethnic Somali people, Somalis. The official languages of the country are Somali language, Somali and Arabic, though Somali is the Languages of Somalia, primary language. Somalia has historic and religious ties to the Arab world. The people in Somalia are mainly Muslims, following the Sunni Islam, Sunni branch.. In antiquity, Somalia was an important commercial center. During the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade, including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamic Emirate Of Somalia
The Islamic Emirate of Somalia refers to the territories in Somalia under the control and governance of al-Shabaab, which had declared its territory as an Islamic emirate in 2008. It aimed at controlling and governing Somalia, although it remained unrecognized. The borders of the Islamic Emirate of Somalia underwent drastic changes throughout the Somali Civil War. History Al-Shabaab had its origins in the Islamic Courts Union, an umbrella group which governed much of Somalia until the Ethiopian invasion in December 2006.International Crisis Group. "Considering Political Engagement with Al-Shabaab in Somalia". ''Africa Report''. 309. Archived from the original on September 12, 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-09."The Domestication of Al-Shabaab". ''The Journal of the Middle East and Africa''. 10 (3): 279–305. . . S2CID 211466646. Bacon, Trisha. Muibu, Daisy. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2022. In 2007–08, al-Shabaab was established as an indepe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Al-Andalus
Radio al-Andalus (, , ) or sometimes called Radio Andalus is a radio station that was created by Al-Shabaab's media outlet, Al-Kataib Media Foundation in 2009. History Radio al-Andalus was created in 2009 as a way to disseminate Jihadist propaganda during a propaganda effort by Al-Kataib Media Foundation to expand its methods of spreading propaganda and a way to gain a financial outlet with donations, it was created alongside Quran Karim Radio FM, Somali Wayen Radio FM, HornAfrik Radio though Radio al-Andalus is the largest. Radio al-Andalus provides al-Shabaab with a large financial platform, and can be considered the largest, in Somalia as it operates all throughout Somalia and internationally through social media and online forums. Through the dissemination of propaganda, Radio al-Andalus, alongside Shadada News Agency, is used as a way to claim attacks. Radio al-Andalus is not only used for the spreading of Jihadist ideologies but also anti-Ethiopian sentiment. Radio al-An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Al-Furqan
Radio al-Furqan () is a Somali radio station and media outlet owned and controlled by al-Shabaab. History Radio al-Furqan was created by al-Shabaab in 2009 in order to disseminate Jihadist propaganda, religious teachings and audio messages, alongside Radio al-Andalus. Radio al-Furqan hosts a Somali language website that promotes interests of al-Shabaab which include videos and photo releases by al-Kataib Media Foundation, its style similar to Amaq News Agency as it tries to present itself as an independent media source. Normally, Radio al-Furqan posts news reports including photo reports before any other organization including Shahada News Agency. In 2013, al-Shabaab hosted Radio al-Furqan through an FM radio station under the alias Al-Ihsan local FM radio in Mogadishu before being shut down by Somali forces on March 2, 2013, they then moved operations to Adado District in the capital of it, Adado. On December 31, 2020, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted airst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahada News Agency
Shahada News Agency (, ) is an news agency of the militant organization Al-Shabaab and is used as the main disseminator for news in Arabic as well as English translations relating to attacks done by al-Shabaab and other operations including executions. History Shahada News Agency traces its origins to the initial Al-Shabaab's daily news reports and translations through the Al-Qaeda affiliated Global Islamic Media Front platform, which used to publish daily reports starting from 2008. The first recorded report from Shahada News Agency was in 2013 and it rose to prominence in 2015 by releasing information on attacks and ambushes as well as news in Al-Shabaab controlled territory. The agency would upload and share what it calls "exclusive" news of Al-Shabaab through its website and social media platforms. It’s format is similar to that of the Amaq News Agency run by Islamic State. Besides Al-Shabaab's media foundation for video production, Al-Kataib, Shahada News Agency is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Union Mission To Somalia
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a Multinational force formed by the African Union. The operation deployed to Somalia soon after the Islamic Courts Union was deposed by troops from Ethiopia during a large scale invasion in late 2006. The missions primary objective was to maintain the regime change between the ICU and the newly installed Transitional Federal Government, implement a national security plan and train the TFG security forces. As part of its duties, AMISOM later supported the Federal Government of Somalia in its war against Al-Shabaab. AMISOM was the most deadly peacekeeping operation in the post-war era. AMISOM was created by the African Union's Peace and Security Council on 19 January 2007 with an initial six-month mandate. On 21 February 2007 the United Nations Security Council approved the mission's mandate. Subsequent six-monthly renewals of AMISOM's mandate by the African Union Peace and Security Council have also been authorized by the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Deynile
The Battle of Deynile took place between Burundian troops in AMISOM against al-Shabaab in the Dayniile neighborhood of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, where Burundian troops launched a failed offensive on the neighborhood. Battle Shortly after the shelling stopped, the Burundian army began to move in towards the district of Dayniile. Al-Shabab became aware of the army's movements when they were informed by reconnaissance teams, which gave them enough time to prepare for a possible ground assault. When Burundian troops moved in along their tanks and armored personnel carriers, they fell into an ambush by al-Shabab militants where fighting lasted for six full hours, until the military offensive was repulsed. Residents claimed the bodies of 70 soldiers were taken from the battle and brought into al-Shabab-controlled El-Maan area into the town of Alamada, 18 kilometers (11 miles) outside the capital, where the bodies were on public display to journalists and civilians. One witness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westgate Shopping Mall Attack
On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upmarket mall in Nairobi, Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the number killed in the attack, since part of the mall collapsed due to a fire that started during the siege. The attack resulted in 71 total deaths, including 62 civilians, five Kenyan soldiers, and all four gunmen. Approximately 200 people were wounded in the massacre. The militant Islamist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the incident, which it characterised as retribution for the Kenyan military's deployment in the group's home country of Somalia following Operation Linda Nchi from 2011 to 2012. Kenyan authorities arrested dozens of people in the aftermath of the attack, but had not announced any suspects directly related to the siege. On 4 November 2013, a Kenyan court charged four Somali nationals with harbouring the gunmen in their homes, with each pleading not guilty. On 20 September 2015, ''Foreign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Establishments In Somalia
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