Boko Haram: A Growing Threat in West Africa
Eighteen months ago the world awoke to the kind of news that gives every parent nightmares: almost 300 young girls had been kidnapped...
Violent Islamist extremism and terror in Africa
This paper presents an overview of large-scale violence by islamist extremists in key african countries. the paper builds on previous...
Future (im)perfect? Mapping conflict, violence and extremism in Africa
The central challenge for sub-Saharan Africa is to build accountable, capable governments that can deliver security and inclusive growth....
How the US is expanding its fight against extremism in Africa
From the perspective of a US national security specialist, we live in a dark and gloomy world. Numerous worldwide threats exist across...
East Africa’s Sufi Path to Countering Violent Extremism
Many paths have been tried to counter the appeal of violent religious extremism in East Africa. In the Muslim community, traditional...
Many African universities swept up in Islamic extremism
African higher education systems have become casualties of war, caught in the crossfire of Islamic fundamentalism that cuts across the...
In Fight Against Extremism, Remember Africa
For more than a decade, Americans have watched terrorism and sectarian violence threaten the stability of the Middle East and our own...
Al-Shabaab’s Kenyan Ambitions
Al-Shabaab’s 2 April attack in Kenya that killed 147 people at a university in Garissa, 120km from the border with Somalia, has again...
Islamist extremism rears its head across swath of Africa
The attack on Tunisia's famed Bardo Museum is just the latest evidence that parts of North and sub-Saharan Africa have become a magnet...
Islamic Extremism in Africa
Last week's attacks on innocent civilians in Kenya are a reminder of the growing threat posed by Islamic extremists in many parts of...
