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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. 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. […]




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Terror Expert Louise Shelley: ‘Islamic State Is a Diversified Criminal Operation’



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African leaders seek fund to fight militant Islamist groups




Africa

Interactive: France’s new game plan to counter jihadism in Africa





Africa

US Takes Training Role in Africa as Threats Grow and Budgets Shrink


Africa

Western Sahara: An Unlikely Key to American Strategy in Africa


Africa

Reaper Drones In Sahel Now Part of ISR Assets of French Armed Forces


Africa

US Marines start new rotation of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa



Africa

Record number of UN peacekeepers fails to stop African wars






Africa

An increasing US focus on Africa — but is it a ‘pivot’?


Africa

U.S. Prepares to Train African Forces to Fight Terror



Africa

Insight: U.S. and allies target Hezbollah financing, ties in Africa