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title: "The Horn of Africa is in Crisis. Somalia's Jihadists are Benefiting"
description: Talk of Al-Shabab joining forces with the Houthis and Ethiopian rebels rests on thin evidence. The real danger is that the governments fighting it are too busy with other wars to keep up the pressure.
url: https://fronts.co/article/the-horn-of-africa-is-in-crisis-somalias-jihadists-are-benefiting.md
canonical: https://fronts.co/article/the-horn-of-africa-is-in-crisis-somalias-jihadists-are-benefiting/
datePublished: 2026-11-12T15:30:00.000Z
dateModified: 2026-11-12T15:30:21.000Z
author:
  - name: Moustafa Ahmad
    url: https://fronts.co/authors/moustafa-ahmad/
publisher: Fronts
image: "https://media.fronts.co/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,height=630,fit=cover,gravity=auto,quality=80,format=auto/images/articles/the-horn-of-africa-is-in-crisis-somalias-jihadists-are-benefiting-323aa5da.jpg"
type: NewsArticle
language: en
tokens: 91
---

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Talk of Al-Shabab joining forces with the Houthis and Ethiopian rebels rests on thin evidence. The real danger is that the governments fighting it are too busy with other wars to keep up the pressure.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/article/the-horn-of-africa-is-in-crisis-somalias-jihadists-are-benefiting/.
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