Al-Shabaab
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| Founded | 2004 |
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| Size | 4,000–6,000 (2014 estimate) 7,000–9,000 (2017 estimate) |
| Headquarters location | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Part of | Al-Qaeda |
| Leaders | Ahmad Umar |
| Ahmed Abdi Godane | |
| Areas of operations | Somalia |
| Kenya | |
| Tanzania | |
| Mozambique | |
| Yemen | |
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| ID | 2080227 |
About Al-Shabaab
Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, more commonly known as al-Shabaab, is a jihadist fundamentalist group based in East Africa. In 2012, it pledged allegiance to the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda. In February 2012, some of the group's leaders quarreled with Al-Qaeda over the union, and quickly lost ground.
