Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (born 1977)

Ahmed Abdi Godane

First leader of Al-Shabaab (2008–2014)

Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was a Somali militant leader who served as the second emir of al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group based in Somalia. Godane, who received training and fought in Afghanistan, was designated by the United States as a…