As Somalis prepare for only their third general election in 60 years, al-Shabaab has been escalating its attacks throughout the country. More than a dozen deadly attacks were reported over the last week alone, underscoring al-Shabaab’s unrelenting...
Amb. Edmund Fitton-Brown
Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
On September 25, 2024, CEP hosted a webinar to discuss the problem of aid diversion in Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia.
Speakers considers CEP’s previous report, “Houthi Diversion of Humanitarian Assistance in Yemen,” and how its analysis of aid delivery in Yemen compares with forthcoming reports of aid diversion in Afghanistan and Somalia. The discussion examines which actors in these countries are disrupting and diverting aid delivery, how they do so, and why the problem remains poorly documented.
Speakers consider what donor countries ought to do in order to address this ubiquitous and insidious problem, and what steps might be taken if the issues at hand cannot be resolved.
Ari Heistein
Non-Resident Fellow, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)
On September 25, 2024, CEP hosted a webinar to discuss the problem of aid diversion in Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia.
Speakers considers CEP’s previous report, “Houthi Diversion of Humanitarian Assistance in Yemen,” and how its analysis of aid delivery in Yemen compares with forthcoming reports of aid diversion in Afghanistan and Somalia. The discussion examines which actors in these countries are disrupting and diverting aid delivery, how they do so, and why the problem remains poorly documented.
Speakers consider what donor countries ought to do in order to address this ubiquitous and insidious problem, and what steps might be taken if the issues at hand cannot be resolved.
"Security officials from around the world are meeting in Luanda, Angola, to address deep concerns about growing terrorism in Africa.
On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, is warning that what’s brewing inside Africa is trouble for the U.S."
Since May 2023, Kenya has witnessed a surge of violent activity from al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based terrorist group. The uptick in attacks began after Nairobi and Mogadishu announced a planned reopening of their borders, a frontier that has been...
Al-Shabaab—al-Qaeda’s largest, wealthiest, and most kinetically active cell—has posed a critical threat to Somalia’s security since the group’s establishment in late 2006. The group’s insurgency in Somalia and high-profile attacks against neighboring...
Somalia was struck by twin car bombings near Somalia’s education ministry in Mogadishu on Saturday. More than 100 casualties were reported, with 300 others wounded. Al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s formal affiliate in East Africa, claimed responsibility for...
Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director and former Coordinator of the U.N. Security Council’s ISIL (Da’esh), al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler released the following statement today applauding the U.S...
Somali security forces ended a 30-hour assault by al-Shabaab militants on the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu last weekend that left 21 people dead and 117 wounded. This was the first major attack by the extremist group since Somali President Hassan Sheikh...
CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Shindler interviewed: "Al-Shabaab is, if not the largest, one of the largest al-Qaeda affiliates around the globe, only rivaled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria. And in difference to in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria, al-Shabaab actually runs large parts of Somalia, around 30% I think experts conclude."
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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