@HSMPress which stands for Harakat Al-Shabab Al Mujahideen is not following anyone on Twitter, yet. In a week, however, it has accumulated 2,500 followers and that number is certain to grow.
That al-Shabab is on Twitter isn't a surprise; just about everyone tweets these days. It is their use of language and tone that has become a subject of discussion. Not only are the tweets in English, they are quite formal, as opposed to the conversational tweets many are familiar with on the social media platform.
Through Twitter, what has so far been an actual battle between Kenya and al-Shabab, seems to be turning into a war of words.
A few days ago, al-Shabab posted this, referring to the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF): "Unable to foot the bill, the young & temperamental #KDF joins the fatigued &timid #AMISOM in a turbulent marriage of convenience."
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