Khaleej Times - Insurgency in Somalia

(Christopher Anzalone, a PhD student in the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill)

"Heart-wrenching images of emaciated and dying children in Somalia have brought the country back to the world’s attention. The difficulty in delivering food to the needy because of the opposition of the Islamist Somali insurgents has also put a spotlight on Harakat Al Shabab Al Mujahideen. Famine or not, Al Shabab’s “jihad” continues…"