The Africa Center’s Assistant Director Joshua Meservey argues in the Perspectives on Terrorism journal that Al-Shabaab’s September 2013 terror attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi is not, as some have argued, a sign of the group’s desperation, but is instead evidence of its intact capabilities. Download the PDF Meservey warns that al-Shabaab’s most radical … Continue reading Al-Shabaab’s Somali Safe Havens: A Springboard for Terror