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For new Somalia government, al-Shabab a threat to authority

FILE - Hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18 km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia on Feb. 17, 2011. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab is projecting authority and asserting a wider role in public life in Somalia in 2022, underlining the extent of the challenge Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group presents to the newly elected government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File) FILE - Armed al-Shabab fighters ride on pickup trucks as they prepare to travel into the city, just outside the capital Mogadishu, Somalia on Dec. 8, 2008. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab is projecting authority and asserting a wider role in public life in Somalia in 2022, underlining the extent of the challenge Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group presents to the newly elected government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)