US Africa Command declared that it had conducted just one airstrike in Somalia during August – the same number as July. . ..…

At the center of in the leadership of al-Shabaab, Somalia-based al-Qaeda East Africa, is deputy emir. ... Shaykh Ahmed Iman Ali, middle level commander within al-Shabaab of Kenyan origin, has fallen out with the top leaders of Somalia-based al-Qaeda East Africa. ..…