Abdulle Bule said al-Shabaab
...
the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...member Abdikadir Abukar was convicted of being behind a hotel bombing that killed 10, one near the ministry of the sport that killed nine, and a boom-mobile near an Italian restaurant in the capital that killed seven.
Al-Shabaab wants to overthrow the weak, U.N.-backed Somali government and impose strict Islamic law.
It has steadily been losing territory since African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
peacekeepers arrived a decade ago, but still carries out frequent bombings in the capital.
At least 13 people were killed and 17 maimed in a car kaboom claimed by the al Qaeda-linked group close to the president’s residence in Mogadishu on Saturday.