India, Jan. 12 -- Somalia, a country in the eastern most part of the African continent in the Horn of Africa, is facing the rage of the Islamic jehad spearheaded by Al-Shabab. It lies along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean which makes it more vulnerable to external attacks even from the sea front.

The group has about 5,000-9,000 trained cadre, apart from sympathisers and radical supporters all across Somalia. Its main target is to topple the internationally recognised Government of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, in power since 2012, and establish a Sharia-based state. The Al-Shabab has been successful in transforming itself primarily from a terrorist unit to an insurgent group and finally raising itself to the status of a proto-state ac...