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Weakened in battle, Shabaab now opts for softer targets

Amisom troops on patrol in Merka, 90km north of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on July 17, 2016.

Photo credit: File | AFP

By  Aggrey Mutambo

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The group has launched fewer attacks outside Somalia in 2020 even though those in the country have been deadly.
  • Analysts at the Africa Policy Institute in Nairobi, however, say the pandemic coupled with intensified targets have reduced room for manoeuvre.

Somalia’s militant group al-Shabaab has increased raids in Mogadishu, taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The group has launched fewer attacks outside Somalia in 2020 even though those in the country have been deadly.

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