Africa File, April 25, 2024: IS Somalia Expansion Benefits IS Global Network
April 25, 2024 - ISW Press![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/CT%20Slider_6.png?itok=iryuO4UE)
The Islamic State claimed that its Somali affiliate has expanded control over mountainous areas of northern Somalia at the expense of al Qaeda’s Somali affiliate al Shabaab, which would strengthen the regional IS office’s ability to support global Islamic State activity, including funding external attack plots in Asia and the West through the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP).