Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Sunday praised Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs Mukhtar Robow for what he described as effective and results-driven leadership during a visit to ...

Mukhtar Robow had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head after he co-founded al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab and served as the group's spokesman. Sign up here. Al Shabaab insurgents have killed tens of ...

Mukhtar Robow was given the post of religious affairs minister, the government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Tuesday. Not all Somalis supported his ministerial appointment, with some ...

Somalia’s prime minister has appointed the former deputy leader of the al-Shabab militant group, Mukhtar Robow, to the cabinet as minister for endowment and religious affairs. Robow, also known ...

Mukhtar Robow Ali was the group’s co-founder and, for several years, was its spokesman and No. 2. His tenure coincides with the planning of al-Shabaab’s 2013 attack on the Westgate Mall in ...

Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has named the country’s new cabinet, choosing former al-Shabab spokesperson Muktar Robow as a minister, a move that could either help strengthen the ...

While some are critical of Hamza Abdi Barre’s administration for naming Mukhtar Robow as the minister in charge of religious affairs, others laud the move as a step towards reconciliation and ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader Mukhtar Robow says he too has human compassion and has lost close family members to Al-Shabaab since he denounced the group's extremism ideologies ...