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Al-Shabaab (militant group)
Somalia-based Islamist movement affiliated with al-Qaeda
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Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, commonly known as al-Shabaab, is a Sunni Islamist military and political organization based in Somalia and active elsewhere in East Africa. It is actively involved in the ongoing Somali Civil War and incorporates elements of Somali nationalism into its Islamist cause. Allegiant to the militant pan-Islamist organization al-Qaeda since 2012, it has also been suspected of forging ties with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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At least 32 dead in attack on beach hotel in Somalian capital of Mogadishu
Al-Qaeda’s East Africa affiliate, al-Shabaab, said through its radio that its fighters carried out the attack.
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