Al-Qaida chief’s killing comes as group gains ground in African conflict zones

Fighters from the extremist al-Shabaab movement in Somalia, with which the late al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri forged an alliance. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP

Fighters from the extremist al-Shabaab movement in Somalia, with which the late al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri forged an alliance. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/05/al-qaida-chiefs-killing-comes-as-group-gains-ground-in-african-conflict-zones