…began exchanging messages with him about either travelling to Somalia to fight for al-Shabaab or carrying out a mass-casualty attack in the United States, court documents said. Prosecutors detailed scores of communications in which Mohamud allegedly discussed his desire for martyrdom, including one in which he talked a…

…over the lack of progress against Islamist insurgents. Somalia has been battling the Al-Shabaab insurgency for around two decades but the Islamist group still controls vast swathes of the country. The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is the leading force supporting the Somali army, pr…