Why al-Shabaab attacks Kenya: questioning the narrative paradigm

This article questions the current narrative paradigm and argues that al-Shabaab attacks Kenya for strategic and highly rational reasons, beyond sharing a border and having bases in southern Somalia closer to major population centres than Ethiopia or Uganda. Al-Shabaab targets Kenya more than other...

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Authors: Cannon, Brandon J. (Author) ; Ruto Pkalya, Dominic (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 4, Pages: 836-852
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Keywords:
al-Shabaab
armed non-state actors
Counterterrorism
East Africa
Horn of Africa
Kenya
Somalia
Strategy
Tactics
Terrorism