This is not really an article, its a question-answer based article which describes Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab. This Islamist group is appearing nowadays on the world news while people are uncertain of who they really are or who they support. I believe its important to know all aspects on the news to get a clear picture of what is really going on around us.
Al-Shabab "the youth" (arabic) is a military group that emerged in Somalia back in 2006 to fight the Ethiopian troupes that entered Africa's Horn to back the previous government. Ahmed Abdi Godane is the head of the group. It joined Al-Qaeda last february "to fight the Christian minority which still leads in the nation". The al-Shabab controls the center and most of the south, including Kismayo, second most important city after Mogadishu, the capital. Kismayo, a port city allows in ships with supplies, especially from Eritrea, al-Shababs only regional ally. This group is also related to the famous pirates which make up for economic gains and create terror to nearby foreigners.
In addition, al-Shabab is loosing effectives since they have denied the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and several Western agencies from distributing aid in areas under its control, causing tens of thousands of people to emigrate to nearby areas. Al-Shabab has appeared in the news nowadays for its bombings in Kampala's, Uganda's capital city and because of Kenya's action to fight this group.
In my opinion, it is important that we have a knowledge on the different groups that exist overseas in order to be able to comprehend what happens around us. I also believe there is something to be done with these terrorist groups, we can't have military groups govern a nation with these forms of governments. We can't allow these kind of groups to be leaders, we shall try to end with these.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15336689
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