(SomaliNet) Somalia's Young Islamic Movement commonly known as 'Al-Shabab' said in a statement that they had appointed Sheikh Mukhtar Abdirahman Abu-Zubeyr as the new leader, an Arab newspaper reported on Saturday. The London based Sharq Al-Aswsat newspaper said it received the statement from Al-Shabab saying the Islamic Movement had changed its former leader Sheik Mukhtar Robow Abu-Mansor with Abu-Zubeyr.
| The new leader of Al-Shabab is said to have had training in Afghanistan during the Taliban regime and then came back to Somalia where he had founded the radical movement to face against the enemy of Islamic religion. |
The new leader of Al-Shabab is said to have had training in Afghanistan during the Taliban regime and then came back to Somalia where he had founded the radical movement to face against the enemy of Islamic religion.
Al-Shabab which was the military brigades of the ousted Islamic Courts Union is now actively involved in the ongoing hit and run attacks in Mogadishu which left hundreds dead, thousands more wounded and caused that 600,000 (half of the city's people) flee their houses.