Al-Shabaab renews focus on north-eastern Kenya
Al-Shabaab, the Somalia-based organisation terrorising Kenya and Somalia is getting bolder while the forces opposing it are pulling in different directions
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The growing threat of ISIS and Al-Qaeda in Africa
From the Sahel to Mozambique, terror attacks by groups affiliated to ISIS and Al-Qaeda have been on the increase in recent years. Al Venter takes a detailed look what is happening in the terror hotspots and how African countries and their allies are responding to the problem
Coronavirus: harsh lessons from an awful reality
As the latest New African goes to print, and the world goes into an unprecedented lockdown, Anver Versi considers some of the possible consequences of the coronavirus pandemic
Operation Barkhane
Terrorism is on the increase in the Sahel. Security expert Al Venter describes the French-led operation aimed at bringing security to Mail, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad
How terror came to the Sahel
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, US security mandarins made a deal with the Algerian intelligence services, as they pursued Islamists across the region, …
Senegal: The danger of ‘yes sir’ politics
President Macky Sall’s decision to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees into Senegal does not portend well for security, so why did he do it?