My PHD Thesis on Somali security has identified the main INTERNAL actors . This is not even including the EXTERNAL actors which I will break down another time, It also doesn't include the political actors.
- UAE Cabal hell bent on overthrowing the government (i.e Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke)
- The Habar Gidir Mogadishu Cabal who will try to hide behind and exploit there tribe for personal gain (i.e Abdirahman Abdishakur)
- The Somali land Extremist - Isaaq elites and the Dulbahante/burco religious extremist support for Shabab (UN security report)
- The marginalized tribes ( Rahanweyn - Madow - other .5 tribes) supporting shabab with funds from selling charcoal to Kenya and support from Ethiopia bases
- they sell Fishing licenses from the UAE -
- They Sell charcoal from Jubba through kenya to the arab world and to UAE (Names pops up a lot on my Thesis research -
- They Sell Arm to whoever want them used to be smuggled through Yemen and Puntland.