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 There are many social impacts for the Al-shabaab (Somalia) group, In the many parts of Southern Somalia that Al-Shabaab controls, it enforces a strict form of the Islam law, Sharia. Many kids get behind in school due to being forced to fight in group. Al-Shabaab recruits Muslims from united states to fight, its said to have recruited over 40 people. Suicide bombings aren't said to be usually used in this group but several are said to be related to group, these bombings kill innocent people in a community. Al-Shabaab has reduced over-sized cheap food imports. This has allowed Somalia's own grain production, which normally has high potential, to flourish. This had the effect of shifting income from urban to rural areas, from mid-income groups to low-income groups, and from overseas farmers to local farmers. The number of people in Somalia who are dependent on international food aid has tripled since 2007, to an estimated 3.6 million. But there is no permanent foreign expatriate presence in southern Somalia, because the Shabaab has declared war on the UN and on Western non-governmental organizations. International relief supplies are flown or shipped into the country and distributed, wherever possible, through local relief workers. Insurgents routinely attack and murder them, forty-two have been killed in the past two years alone. In January 2007, Al-Shabaab made a video explaining to African Union peacekeepers that if they came to Somalia, they will be killed. Shabaab said silver and gold Dental fillings are non-Islamic and sent people to yank them out of there mouth. In 2008, Al-Shabaab won the Battle of Kismayo, which took several days. The rebel group then took control of Kismayo, a port city, and peacefully disarmed local arm groups. In May 2009, Al-Shabaab, along with allied Hizbul Islam, launched an offensive on the city of Mogadishu, leaving hundreds dead or injured and thousands displaced.  Also there is many social impacts caused by the JEM (Sudan), the group planned an attacked on their government and targeted an airport where they killed over 25 people. They were angry at the government for the unfair share of land and resources that were not given to them as a result of the government not wanting the Africans in their country, and wanting the Muslims to be at an advantage. If the government had not started the discrepancy by the weighted share of resources than the JEM would not have fought and wouldn't have made attacks on people. Once the attack happened the government started to kill many of the people. The people try to fight but in most cases cant and flee across the border where they cant be attacked. These people often stay in little community's in refugee camps. Try to fight oil workers so the Chinese have to pay to get it back. On May 11, 2008, JEM attacked the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. The government declared victory, saying that the attack had been repelled and leading members of the group had been killed, although the JEM said that the attack was successful.