al-Shabaab

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:activeIn gptkb:Somalia
East Africa
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:al-Qaeda
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Harakat_al-Shabaab_al-Mujahideen
gptkbp:designation gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:United_States
militant
gptkbp:flag black flag with white Arabic text
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:Somalia
2006
gptkbp:fundedBy taxation
charitable donations
extortion
illegal trade
gptkbp:goal establish Islamic state in Somalia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label al-Shabaab
gptkbp:ideology Salafi jihadism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
Somali
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Ahmed_Diriye
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:Al-Kataib_Foundation_for_Media_Production
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Westgate_shopping_mall_attack
gptkb:Garissa_University_College_attack
gptkb:Mogadishu_bombings
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Mogadishu_(2009)
gptkb:DusitD2_complex_attack_(2019)
gptkb:Kampala_bombings_(2010)
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Ahmed_Abdi_Godane
gptkb:Aden_Hashi_Farah
gptkb:Ali_Mohamed_Rage
gptkb:Fuad_Mohamed_Khalaf
gptkb:Mukhtar_Robow
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Somali_government
gptkb:African_Union_Mission_in_Somalia
gptkb:Kenyan_government
gptkb:Ethiopian_government
AMISOM
Western interests
gptkbp:recruitedFrom gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Somalia
East Africa
gptkbp:splinteredFrom gptkb:Islamic_Courts_Union
gptkbp:tactics kidnappings
guerrilla warfare
assassinations
suicide bombings
IEDs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:2013_Westgate_shopping_mall_attack
gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom_–_Horn_of_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5