They are by de facto rule, the legitimate authority/govt/ruler of certain parts of Somalia (largely due to the fact that every part of Somalia is split up or fi

They are by de facto rule, the legitimate authority/govt/ruler of certain parts of Somalia (largely due to the fact that every part of Somalia is split up or fighting each other) I mentioned "more" legitimate as they want to be seen as the de jure govt and not just de facto through doing things normal govts would or might do. You can check out Somalia's territory map here which includes Al-Shabaab: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)#/media/File:Somalia_map_states_regions_districts.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(militant_group)#/m...