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Pirate attacks on ships in the Gulf of Aden are on the rise
Since late April, armed attackers in small skiffs, using tactics consistent with pirates, have been attacking ships off Yemen’s southern coast and other waters around the Horn of Africa at a rate not seen since 2011, when piracy in the region was at its peak.
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Shabaab claims prison assault in Mogadishu
Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, claimed yesterday’s assault on Somalia’s Godka Jilacow prison in Mogadishu. The facility is operated by Somalia’s national intelligence service, representing a major intelligence failure.
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Qatar’s growing footprint in Africa
Qatar pledged over $250 billion in investments across Africa this summer as it continues to mediate between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group.
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US Treasury Department designates Islamic State facilitators across Africa
Yesterday, the US Treasury Department sanctioned three Islamic State facilitators based in Zambia, Uganda, and South Africa. The three have operated as part of a coordinated network that moves money between Islamic State franchises in Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Mozambique.
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Generation Jihad Ep. 67 — Meanwhile in Africa
Host Bill Roggio is joined by two Long War Journal regulars, Caleb Weiss and Andrew Tobin, to give listeners an update on what’s happening on the ground in Africa from the Sahel — including that more than 400 Malians have been slaughtered in under one month — to “elections” and Shabaab attacks in Somalia.
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Generation Jihad Ep. 62 — An Update on the African Jihad
Host Bill Roggio is joined by Caleb Weiss — a senior analyst at the Bridgeway Foundation and long-time contributor to FDD’s Long War Journal — for an update on the latest surrounding various jihadist groups across the African continent.
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Generation Jihad Ep. 61 — The State of the Jihad
Bill Roggio is joined by Edmund Fitton-Brown, Coordinator of the United Nations Security Council Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, to discuss the findings from his team’s latest report on the statuses of ISIS and al-Qaeda.
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Ep. 54 — What Shabaab Wants
Hosts Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss a new message from Shabaab’s emir. They also discuss their reluctance to report on a video, titled “America Burns,” produced by Al Qaeda’s main propaganda arm. Powered by RedCircle Take a look around the globe today and you’ll see jihadists fighting everywhere from West Africa to Southeast Asia. They aren’t the dominant force in all of those areas, or even most of them. But jihadism has mushroomed into a worldwide movement, with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, ISIS and other groups waging guerrilla warfare and launching terrorist attacks on a regular basis. Each week Generation…
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Generation Jihad Ep. 7 – Jihad in the Time of Coronavirus
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross joins hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn to discuss how jihadists are adapting to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Zawahiri incites followers in the Maghreb
Al Qaeda released a new message from Ayman al Zawahiri today. His talk is titled, “France Has Returned Oh Descendants of the Lions.” Zawahiri calls on Muslims in the Maghreb to oppose foreign forces.
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Afghanistan
Terror Expert Louise Shelley: ‘Islamic State Is a Diversified Criminal Operation’
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Africa
African leaders demand action in Libya
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Africa
African leaders seek fund to fight militant Islamist groups
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Africa
No plan to send troops to Nigeria – Obama
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Africa
France renews Sahel commitment
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Africa
Interactive: France’s new game plan to counter jihadism in Africa
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Africa
Hezbollah cutting costs as Iranian aid dries up
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Africa
US military boosting its presence in Spain
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Africa
US military presence in Africa growing in small ways
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Africa
US Takes Training Role in Africa as Threats Grow and Budgets Shrink
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Africa
Western Sahara: An Unlikely Key to American Strategy in Africa
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Africa
Reaper Drones In Sahel Now Part of ISR Assets of French Armed Forces
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Africa
US Marines start new rotation of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa
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Africa
Africa a ‘hothouse’ for extremist groups: US
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Africa
Record number of UN peacekeepers fails to stop African wars
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Africa
How US and France are battling al Qaeda in Africa
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Al Qaeda and the threat in North Africa
Testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on al Qaeda’s network in Africa and the threat it poses to the US
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Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa
Terrorist Financing in West Africa
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Africa
U.S. military investing heavily in Africa
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Africa
An increasing US focus on Africa — but is it a ‘pivot’?
