( CNN ) -- A man originally from Eritrea was sentenced Wednesday to more than nine years in U.S. federal prison after pleading guilty last year to conspiring with Al-Shabaab , an al Qaeda-linked terror organization , prosecutors said . Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed , a 38-year-old resident of Sweden , received his 111-month sentence in a New York City federal court , said Preet Bharara , U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York . Ahmed traveled to Somalia to receive military training from the terror group , federal officials said . Al-Shabaab has made several public statements threatening to harm the United States . `` Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed traveled thousands of miles to align himself with al-Shabaab , to aid their campaign of terror and to learn their 'ways of war , ' '' Bharara said in a statement . `` Today , his journey ends in prison and marks the latest victory in our constant effort to protect Americans from terrorism at home and abroad . '' In addition to the prison term , Ahmed will be deported upon completion of his sentence , prosecutors said . Ahmed pleaded guilty last June to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab and one count of conspiracy to receive military-type training from it , prosecutors said . In a March 29 , 2012 , letter to a federal judge , prosecutors said a former top leader of Al-Shabaab may have testified against Ahmed if his case were to go to trial . That former leader is Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame , who also had ties to al Qaeda and who secretly pleaded guilty in 2011 to federal charges , the Justice Department said Monday . He has provided the U.S. government with valuable intelligence information , the Justice Department said . The U.S. military captured Warsame at sea in April 2011 while he was traveling from Yemen to Somalia . He pleaded guilty in New York the following December to nine terrorism charges . Al-Shabaab has tried to destabilize the government of Somalia in a `` holy war '' and has recruited foreign fighters from other countries , including the United States , to engage in violent jihad , prosecutors said . Ahmed was arrested in Nigeria in 2009 after authorities say he traveled to Somalia to undergo bomb-making and bomb-detonation training from members of Al-Shabaab , authorities said . While he was in Somalia , Ahmed paid 3,000 euros ( about $ 3,830 ) to Al-Shabaab and gave an AK-47 rifle and magazines to a military commander in the group , according to court documents .
Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed is sentenced to 18 months in prison . He will be deported upon completion of his sentence . The year - old citizen of Sweden is originally from Somalia . He pleaded guilty last year to association with terror organization Al - Qaeda .