Al-Qaeda in East Africa

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:organization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:2004_Kenya_hotel_attacks
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:Al-Qaeda
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Al-Shabaab
gptkbp:base gptkb:Somalia
gptkbp:founded 1990s
gptkbp:goal establish Islamic rule
gptkbp:has_goal implement Sharia law
overthrow governments
expel foreign forces
establish caliphate
create Islamic state
gptkbp:has_website gptkb:Boko_Haram
gptkb:church
gptkb:Abu_Sayyaf
gptkb:Ansar_al-Sharia
gptkb:CEO
international terrorism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Al-Qaeda in East Africa
gptkbp:influenced_by global jihadist movements
gptkbp:is_active_in East Africa
gptkbp:is_aimed_at gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkbp:is_involved_in human trafficking
drug trafficking
gptkbp:known_for kidnappings
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Abu_Zaid_al-Masri
Mukhtar Abu Zaid
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Ahmed_Abdi_Godane
gptkbp:notable_operations 1998 US embassy bombings
gptkbp:operational_area cell structure
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Westgate_shopping_mall_attack
gptkb:Garissa_University_attack
gptkb:Lamu_attacks
Mogadishu bombings
Nairobi attacks
gptkbp:political_ideology gptkb:church
gptkbp:receives_funding_from donations
extortion
gptkbp:relationship local clans
gptkbp:rival gptkb:Somali_government
gptkbp:supports local populations
foreign fighters
gptkbp:uses gptkb:political_organization
social media
suicide bombers
improvised explosive devices