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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robow, who once had a $5 million US bounty on his head, defected from the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabaab in 2017 and was initially greeted with praise by the Somali government.

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 ...