Al Shabab

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:militant_group
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Al-Qaeda
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:African_Union_forces
gptkb:Somali_government
gptkbp:financials extortion
foreign donations
gptkbp:founded 2006
gptkbp:goal establish_an_Islamic_state
gptkbp:hasExperienceIn small arms
improvised explosive devices
rocket-propelled grenades
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Al Shabab
gptkbp:ideology Salafism
social media
magazines
public statements
video releases
gptkbp:leadership Ahmed_Umar
gptkbp:location gptkb:Somalia
gptkbp:notable_event 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack
2010 Uganda bombings
2015 Garissa University attack
2017 Mogadishu bombings
2018 Kismayo attack
2021 Mogadishu bombing
2011 famine response
2012 takeover of Mogadishu
2014 Mpeketoni attacks
2014 takeover of strategic towns
2015 loss of territory
2016 El-Adde attack
2019 Kismayo attack
2019 Nairobi attack
2020 Mogadishu bombing
2020 territorial losses
2021 military operations against them
2022 Beledweyne attack
2022 military offensives against them
2023 Mogadishu bombing
gptkbp:notable_player assassination
suicide bombing
ambush
gptkbp:recruitment coercion
gptkbp:relationship regional governments
Western governments
local clans
international_jihadist_groups
Somali_diaspora
gptkbp:tactics guerrilla warfare
gptkbp:territory gptkb:southern_Somalia
gptkbp:type Islamist_insurgency