"Security officials from around the world are meeting in Luanda, Angola, to address deep concerns about growing terrorism in Africa.
On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,' Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, is warning that what’s brewing inside Africa is trouble for the U.S."
"The same warning was expressed by Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the international non-profit organization Counter Extremism Project, which monitors and evaluates the propaganda of Islamist terrorist groups in Africa.
Schindler argues that as these groups grow more strengthened, they will end up not focusing exclusively on gaining control over areas in the region, 'but they are all still part of this global strategy, which means attacks on the West are a priority.'"
East Africa—a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On January 23, 2019, two car bombs exploded outside of a mosque in Benghazi, Libya, killing 41 people and injuring 80 others. No group claimed responsibility for the blast, but remnants suggested an ISIS affiliate was responsible.
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