[2] Through the dissemination of propaganda, Radio al-Andalus, alongside Shadada News Agency, is used as a way to claim attacks.

[6] Radio al-Andalus, besides the Jihadist sentiments and the use of it for recruitment by Al-Shabaab, runs like an ordinary radio station that plays music (though music is forbidden in Islam so it plays nasheeds), talks about local and international news, and has ways for viewers and news figures to call in.

[7] Radio al-Andalus is stationed at its headquarters in the small village of Bariire 50 miles west of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, that is controlled by Al-Shabaab,[8] which was raided by members of the United States Navy SEALs which led to the death of one of the SEAL team members in 2017.

[9] The station went offline in March of 2012 after the militant group Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a took over the entire village,[10] there, members of Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a dismantled all the transmitters that Radio al-Andalus used to broadcast the radio station,[11] but went back online and running shortly after.

[13] Radio al-Andalus is considered an alias and a financer of Al-Shabaab by the Australian National Security and is designated as a terrorist organization.