Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia . 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 2008 . How is Al-Shabaab funded ? TL;DR A man who said he had been kidnapped by Somali militants and held for two years has told CNN that his captors were members of al Qaeda.
Al-Shabaab is an al-Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia . 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 2008 . TL;DR A man who said he had been kidnapped by Somali militants and held for two years has told CNN that his captors were members of al Qaeda.