They are made of soldiers from Christian countries like Uganda who come to Somalia, a muslim country, and kill people in the name of Islam.
90% of Somalia's problems can be fixed by simply having a strong goverment. Every problem I see about Somalia I think how we can fix it and the answer is always having a strong centralised state. So sad how somalis suffer so much for something that can be fixed so easily if these leaders sat together, made a constitution and created a unified government to run the country. But these clan leaders are petty and don't want that.They have tried to attack Ethiopia (DDS) but because of the way the locals + government forces worked together they couldnt penetrate the region and survive there.
Forget neighbouring countries Al shabaab can't even penetrate states In Somalia like Puntland + Somaliland. It shows that Shabaab are taking advantage of lack of Government in the south as well as division between the different clans.
I think it comes from lack of trust. Ever since 91 and kacaan government Somalis don't have the trust to build a centralised government together. We first need to focus on rebuilding that trust then after that our problems willbe solved.90% of Somalia's problems can be fixed by simply having a strong goverment. Every problem I see about Somalia I think how we can fix it and the answer is always having a strong centralised state. So sad how somalis suffer so much for something that can be fixed so easily if these leaders sat together, made a constitution and created a unified government to run the country. But these clan leaders are petty and don't want that.