Mukhtar Robow talks to the Guardian about his controversial cabinet role as part of ‘ideological front’ to end insurgency “My whole family is fighting al-Shabaab,” says the former jihadist Mukhtar ...

Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader and spokesman Mukhtar Robow Ali surrendered to Somali authorities on Sunday, according to a state official. Robow, a co-founder of the Somali terrorist group, turned ...

A former Islamist leader of Somalia’s al-Shabab terror group who's now running for a regional presidency was arrested and beaten Thursday, prompting protests and ...

Much has changed for Mukhtar “Abu Mansur” Robow, a key founding member of the Somali jihadist organization al-Shabaab, over the past decade. In November 2008, al-Shabaab was sweeping across southern ...

For years he was the spokesman and deputy leader of al Qaeda inspired al-Shabab, Africa's deadliest terror group. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

At a crowded meeting hall in the southern Somali city of Baidoa last month, Mukhtar Robow faced a gathering of local politicians and reporters squeezed into the room as a crowd of supporters and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - African Union peacekeepers did not help in the arrest of a former al Shabaab leader that led ...

Somalia has appointed former al-Shabab spokesman Muktar Robow as its new religious affairs minister. The group has been waging an insurgency against Mogadishu for 15 years. Somalia has appointed a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deputy leader of the hardline Al-Shabaab Islamist group Sheikh Mokhtar Robow Abu Monsor (L) and spokesman of Al Shabab group ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The normal-looking campaign rally in Somalia’s capital this month was anything but. Dozens of people in T-shirts bearing the smiling candidate’s image and “Security and Justice” ...

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has quietly rescinded a reward of up to $5 million for information about a top member of the al-Qaida-allied extremist group al-Shabab in Somalia amid reports he ...