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Three women were killed in Kenya after they attacked a police station. Experts say the presence
of women on the front line of terrorism means that the extremists' tactics are changing.
The attack in Mombasa last weekend was the first after a quiet period. Meanwhile, the regional
fight against terrorism continues with heads of state from the Horn of Africa region scheduled to
meet on Tuesday in Somalia's capital Mogadishu for the 53rd summit of the Intergovernmental
Authority on Development (IGAD). There they will address different issues, among them
security within the region. The growing role of women as active fighters presents them with a
new challenge.
Origins of al-Shabab
After the Somali government collapsed in 1991, the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) provided legal
systems and evolved to offer more services, including education and security. In the beginning,
the ICU maintained law and order and that made them popular among Somalis. In 2006, the
Ethiopians arrived in Somalia to support the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in stopping
the extremists. The ICU broke up into smaller and more violent extremist groups from which the
al-Shabab was born. Speaking to DW, Stig Jarle Hansen - an expert on al-Shabab and Islamism
on the Horn of Africa - points out that one of the main goals of the al-Shabab is to gain control of
Somalia.
Kenyan police cordon off a police station in Mombasa after a terror attack.