Al-Qaida or Islamic State? Issue Simmers Within Al-Shabab

Somalia's Al-Shabab militants have moved to silence members suspected of pushing the group to switch its main alliance from al-Qaida to the Islamic State extremist group. Residents of Jamame and other sources tell VOA's Somali Service that the group has detained five of its foreign members in the town, about 60 kilometers south of Mogadishu. The identities of the five are not yet known, though residents say heavily-armed al-Shabab security men made the arrests Tuesday night in...

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