[2] During the Ethiopian occupation of Somalia, Al-Shabaab’s top spokesman had been Mukhtar Robow.

Following a dispute between Robow and the Emir of Al-Shabaab Ahmed Godane during 2009, Rage was made the groups spokes person.

He was allegedly chosen by Godane to prevent defections and assure the loyalty Shabaab's Murusade clan fighters.

[4] During the 2011 East Africa drought, he would claim in an interview with Channel 4 News that there was no famine in the Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions.

[9] In 2021 the United States marked Rage as a 'Specifically Designated Global Terrorist' and in 2023 put a five million dollar reward for any information leading to his arrest.