Political analysist, former author for a Think-Thank based in Mogadishu and founder of Marqaati, an anti-corruption local NGO based in Mogadishu. Mohamed has a decade of experience writing on Somalia, focusing on governance and security in the country, and keeping track of progress towards a stable Somalia.

In exactly a month from today, it will be 10 years after Al-Shabab was forced to withdraw from Mogadishu. Low on ammunition and morale, the group made a strategic decision to revert to a guerrilla campaign. Ten years later, and after having been forced to adapt to newer and ever-escalating threats, today AS is stronger and richer than the day it abandoned its campaign to take the capital.