The Life and Death of Al-Shabaab Leader Ahmed Godane

The CTC Sentinel published in September 2014 an article titled "The Life and Death of Al-Shabab Leader Ahmed Godane" by Christopher Anzalone, a PhD candidate at McGill University in Canada.  The author concludes that despite his seeming brilliance in outplaying his opponents, in the end Godane's tenure as undisputed amir of al-Shabaab was short.