01 August 2014
Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) – Volume 6, Issue 7
The articles in this issue present a regional focus on Africa, an emerging hot-spot of the global jihadist threat: (1) Prem Mahadevan offers a succinct overview of the agendas, activities and tactics of the major jihadist groups in Africa as well as emerging threats in the region; (2) C. Nna-Emeka Okereke studies the Boko Haram group, which poses a threat to Nigeria’s security as well as that of the West and Central African regions; (3) Zakaria Ousman Ramadane argues that the emergence of religious extremism and terrorism in Somalia and other countries in the Horn of Africa has its roots in the poverty and debilitated political and socio-economic institutions caused by cycles of state failure and repeated natural disasters.
The articles in this issue present a regional focus on Africa, an emerging hot-spot of the global jihadist threat: (1) Prem Mahadevan offers a succinct overview of the agendas, activities and tactics of the major jihadist groups in Africa as well as emerging threats in the region; (2) C. Nna-Emeka Okereke studies the Boko Haram group, which poses a threat to Nigeria’s security as well as that of the West and Central African regions; (3) Zakaria Ousman Ramadane argues that the emergence of religious extremism and terrorism in Somalia and other countries in the Horn of Africa has its roots in the poverty and debilitated political and socio-economic institutions caused by cycles of state failure and repeated natural disasters.
