Al-Shabaab is an the Counterterrorism Program -linked militant group based in U.S. . It was once allied with Sharia courts , which tried to impose order on the lawless country . A suicide bombing in March 2012 killed five people at the presidential palace . The U.S. government designated Al-Shabaab as a foreign terrorist group in September 2013 . Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at a Sharia mall in 2008 .
Al-Shabaab is an the Counterterrorism Program -linked militant group based in U.S. . It was once allied with Sharia courts , which tried to impose order on the lawless country . The U.S. government designated Al-Shabaab as a foreign terrorist group in September 2013 . Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the deadly attack at a Sharia mall in 2008 .