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MALI: ISLAMIC STATE CONSIDERS ITS ALTERNATIVES Islamic State (IS) has acknowledged a pledge of allegiance from a fledgling group of Islamist fighters in Mali following several recent cross-border attacks by the group, and as IS itself comes under pressure in Iraq and Syria. On October... MORE
Ramadhan Kioko: A Look at the Pickpocket Turned Al-Shabaab Militant
About eight years ago, a time of peak al-Shabaab recruitment in Kenya, Ramadhan Kioko, then a notorious pick-pocket, vanished from the streets of Majengo, a slum in the city of Nairobi. This marked the beginning of Kioko’s transition from petty thief to hardened al-Shabaab militant.... MORE
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MYANMAR: GROWING FEARS OVER ROHINGYA FIGHTERS Gunmen killed nine police officers in a series of raids on border posts in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on October 9, an area where tensions run high between Myanmar’s Buddhists and its Muslim Rohingya population. The raids have prompted violent... MORE
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Russia Deepens Middle East Military Footprint With Joint Exercises in Egypt
Over the past two years, the most significant political development in the Middle East has been Russia’s increasing political and military presence. Aside from its deepening military and political footprint in Syria, Russia is improving its relations with Egypt, where, beginning on October 15, the... MORE
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The Niger Delta: Will Restarting Amnesty Payments Ease the Conflict?
The Nigerian government announced in August that it had resumed amnesty payments to former militants in the Niger Delta, many of them members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) (Naija Headlines, August 4). It had significantly reduced the amount of... MORE
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East Africa’s Emerging IS Leader: Who Is Shaykh Abdulqadir Mumin?
In the mountains of northern Somalia, Shaykh Abdulqadir Mumin, a former al-Shabaab ideologue, is an up-and-coming leader of the emerging Islamic State (IS) cell in East Africa. Reports indicate that Mumin, who is believed to be in his late 50s, was born in Puntland, a... MORE
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‘A Doctorate in Fighting’: A Profile of Shilluk Militia Leader General Johnson Ulony Thubo
South Sudan achieved independence in July 2011, but the era of peace most citizens had hoped the event would initiate remains elusive, thanks in large part to the ravages imposed by both a tribally oriented government and a slew of warlords with outsized personal ambitions.... MORE
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Boko Haram in Senegal: Expanding West Africa Province
During the past six years, Boko Haram has been principally operational in Nigeria and, to a lesser extent, in neighboring Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Now, beyond Nigeria and its border regions, Senegal has unexpectedly become a country where the group is attempting to expand its... MORE
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Kenya Unveils New Strategy for Tackling Terror
Kenya has launched a new strategy aimed at preventing violent extremism, unveiling it against a background of increased threats from Somalia’s al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab, home-grown militants and, more recently, suspected Islamic State (IS) sympathizers (The Star, September 16). President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the strategy on... MORE