Al-Shabaab’s attacks in East Africa: A timeline

Five years after an attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall, Al-Shabaab appears committed to striking targets across East Africa. Security crackdowns have blunted its capacity to stage regular assaults, but complacency could roll back those gains, as could failure to engage with communities in which the group recruits.

Starting from Al-Qaeda’s first major attack in East Africa, this timeline tracks Al-Shabaab’s advances and setbacks in Somalia, as well its attacks in Uganda and Kenya.