Al-Shabaab — De Facto Map

Al-Shabaab — Al-Shabaab · Jihadist insurgent group controlling large areas of Somalia.

Interactive de facto map of al-Shabaab-controlled territory in Somalia. Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen is an al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist insurgent group that controls large swathes of rural south-central Somalia and operates widely across the country. This map shows the approximate areas under effective al-Shabaab control — the actual territorial footprint of one of Africa’s most entrenched Salafi-jihadist insurgencies.