Islamic State’s Somalia Affiliate Broadens Influence, Group Says

.Islamic State in Somalia, the worldwide terrorist group’s affiliate in the Horn of Africa, has increased in influence through its own capacity to activate funds for dispensation to the system on the continent, according to the International Situation Group.Although the jihadist group’s impact at home is actually overshadowed by bigger rivalrous al Shabaab, which is linked to al Qaeda, it seems to play an outsized part in the global operations of the Islamic State, the Brussels-based organization stated in a report.