Global coalition to defeat ISIS to focus on African states
The Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS has established a focus group to help African states build up their counterterrorism capabilities, particularly for regions where governance...
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INTERVIEW: Why ISIS, other extremist groups are growing in Africa – US Official
On 10 September 2014, the US announced the formation of a broad international coalition to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). However,...
Congo army seeks insight into Islamist militants from women held captive
At a military intelligence centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 22-year-old Mariam recounted how she lived alongside Islamist insurgents for two years after she...
Jihadists in Congo linked are extending their reach in the region
They came in the dead of night with guns, axes, machetes and petrol bombs, shooting, hacking and setting fire to students as they slept in...
South Africa in the spotlight over terror funding
Yet experts say the continent's most industrialised nation is now a nerve centre for jihadist financing in Africa. "South Africa is open hunting ground," Pretoria-based...
DR Congo says Sudan army killed 10 citizens in Khartoum
Ten Democratic Republic of Congo citizens have died in Sudanese army strikes on a Khartoum university campus, the Congolese government said on Monday. Sudan has...
At least 20 bodies found in Congo mass grave, ISIS-linked rebels suspected
The remains of at least 20 people were found buried in a mass grave in an area used to cultivate cacao in Ndoma village in...