Defections Program Manager - Uganda at Bridgeway Foundation. Editor @LongWarJournal. Focused on jihadism and political violence in Africa. Alum @FletcherSchool.
Previous claims or attempts at da'wah or Islamic conversions were indeed mostly forced, as they came as the result of mass abductions and with the threat of death. It has preached in villages before, but nothing sustained like an organized campaign.
2. Abu Khadija, who was also previously assessed to be a potential candidate for Caliph, is stated to be acting as the emir of the General Directorate of Provinces. Either way, Mumin and Abu Khadija are *the* most important people in the whole of the Islamic State now. 
2. Obligatory mention that everyone's least surprising candidate to succeed Zawahiri is indeed Sayf al-Adl and AQ's silence is meant to protect the Taliban 
2. Unsurprisingly, Al-Sudani frames the timing as ripe for jihad in Sudan following the 2020 constitutional agreement making the country a secular state. He argues that the mujahideen in Sudan must unite to form a "fighting vanguard" and it is up to them to fight for Shari'a 
To put in context, the Sept. 2018 claim against Ethiopian troops allegedly took place outside of Bosaso which was more than likely false. And the Oct. 2016 claim was against an unspecified AMISOM member (though likely Ugandan given the location) which was also never corroborated
