Terrorism, Violent Extremism & Radicalisation

Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) President Felix Tshisekedi may not have realized when he assumed office – almost a year ago now – that DRC will emerge as one of …

The last decade has seen a surge in terrorist-related violence in Kenya, mostly by the al Shabab, an al Qaida affiliate in the Horn of Africa. Radicalization and recruitment statistics …

The fall of the government in Somalia in 1991 left political and military vacuums in Southern and Central parts of the country. Somaliland, to the North, quickly cut itself from …

The video appearance of the presumably dead Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has sent signals that counter-terrorism agencies should contemplate carefully. The April 2019 video, a sequel to the June 2014 Great …

Al Shabab intended to make a statement by attacking DusitD2, an upmarket property in Nairobi (Kenya), on January 15, 2019 – the day Kenya was marking the third anniversary of …

Prior to the bombing of the American embassy in Nairobi, in 1998, there were less than half a dozen cases of terror attacks in Kenya. Since then, there have been …

Somalia was one of the first countries in the Horn of Africa to gain independence, in 1960. It became Somalia Republic after merging with Somaliland, with Aden Abdullah Osman Daar …

Terrorists seem to make a score when checkpoints fail. On 14 October 2017, a truck reportedly loaded with several hundred kilogrammes of military-grade and homemade explosives passed through a government-controlled checkpoint …

In September 2015, the government of Kenya launched Operation Linda Boni (now Boni Enclave Campaign), a military campaign in response to al-Shabaab’s occupation of Boni forest. The forest is located …

The October14, 2017 Mogadishu bombing is the most significant terrorist incident that has occurred in the Horn of Africa yet. The death of at least 300 people, the injury of …

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