source: Radio Kulmiye
actor1: Al Shabaab
actor2: N/A
location: Marka
notes: Change to armed group: 26 May. On 26 May, Somalia's Radio Kulmiye reported that a faction of al-Shabab has elected a new leader, Sheikh Hussein Ali Fidow, which has split the group into two factions. There have been rumours that the current leader, Ahmed Omar aka Abu Ubeidah, has been ill for seven months.