The Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu where a 30-hour Al-Shabaab siege left 21 people dead in August 2022. Hassan Elmi/AFP via Getty Images By Daisy Muibu In response to external – and at times internal – pressure, Al-Shabaab’s insurgency in Somalia has evolved over time. So have its motivations and goals. Before 2008, Al-Shabaab was a small player within […]