COUNTER TERROR INTELLIGENCE REPORT INDICATES ALSHABAAAB'S RESORT TO LOCAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

 The fight against terrorism should not be left to the gorvenment/SECURITY alone,the role of civilians is pramount and pivotal to this war against terrorism and religious radicalism.Social media has had a great impact on the spread and survival of terrorism in eastr Africa and as a matter of fact,the alshabaab have at critical incidences relied on media to spread their radicalism.we must have all stakes in the region teaming up with secuirty to fight this radicalism and the defence of the young against this dangerous indoctrination.The religious leaders ought to take it as a task to spread the teachings that will try to protect these vulnerable children from falling into the traps of the terrorists' teachings.

East African gorvenments must take on this and devise methods that will stop this spread of terror through media and this cannot easily be done without the support of our civilians.

Notorious media platforms and social media accounts like AL-KATAIB and other social media accounts are run by Alshaabb and their main intention is to spread the gospel of radicalism and terror in the region.The terrorists have resorted to the design of local platforms after facing tough times on well known media platforms.According to open Source Intelligence(OSINT),there are numerous media platforms and social media accounts(I cannot put here some of the social media accounts for we are still conducting study on them) with the main aim of tramsitting Alshabaabs gospel of terror and radicalism. 

For the case of Somalia,though the Somali government may have closed 20,000 pro-Al-Shabaab channels on platforms like Facebook and Telegram. However, Al-Shabaab is now using a domestically developed apps to allow its audience to access their media channels and get real-time news updates.One of such local applications is called FAAFREEB and it runs accounts on Facebook,youtube,twitter,tiktok and other media platforms.

For example,the Pro Alshabaab alfurqan media has released Episode 1 on the development of Alshabaab shadow regional government of Bakol. This episode focuses on Burdhuhunle, a remote fortress village just 30 km from Wajid Town, which has been under siege for the past 12 years by Alshabaab. Geo:4°03'15"N 43°14'39"E.The indoctrination of young children should not be taken lightly,the terrorists target of vulnerable children and youth is a key instrument to the survival of terrorisn and religious radicalism.

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The documentary series focussed on education, business, and social developments in regions , starting with the Bakool region. While Bakool is under pro-Ethiopian militia control,the media claims that local ansar tribes maintain alliances with Alshabaab.

These alshabaab media still claim that  Galjecel clan of the Hawiye tribe has renewed their "oath of allegiance" to Alshabaab. They pledge to protect the greater agenda of the Ummah and resist any offensive from the Somali goverment against their territories. The media asserts that Tribal support is a crucial backbone of Alshabaab's organisation structure.

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