MAIN TRENDS OF TERRORISM IN AFRICA TOWARDS 2025
Journal Title: Brazilian Journal of African Studies - Year 2020, Vol 5, Issue 9
Abstract
The Sahel-Saharan region, corresponding to West and Central Africa, has remained at the center of terrorist activism in Sub-Saharan Africa. The most affected countries remain Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. However, there have been changes in the actions of several groups. On one hand, Boko Haram has decreased its level of violence, which is manifested in a reduction in the number of civilian victims, while new cells have been reactivated on the Mali border with Burkina Faso. In this particular area there has been a substantial increase of groups such as the Islamic State in the Grand Sahara and the Islamic State of West Africa, among other groups of lesser degree of organization. Because of this, security problems and foreign military presence have been maintained in all these countries. A similar situation is presented in the Horn of Africa, where Al-Shabaab (ALS) is the main group, affecting not only Somalia but also Kenya with its transborder actions. The role of the Federal Government and the AMISON troops have been insufficient to reduce or finally eliminate ALS. For those reasons, terrorism continues to be the major security challenge of the sub saharan region and it will not be mitigate in the long term.
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Yoslán Silverio González
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