Africa File, June 20, 2024: Africa Crucial to IS Global Network; Burkinabe Junta Faces Coup RiskAuthor: Liam KarrData Cutoff: June 20, 2024, at 10 a.m. The reported presence of multiple high-level leaders in Somalia and across Africa reflects Africa’s increasingly focal role in the IS global network. The deadliest attack on the Burkinabe military since the Salafi-jihadi insurgency in the country began has triggered internal tensions threatening Burkinabe junta leader Ibrahim Traore. The Kremlin and other Sahelian juntas rushed to support Traore, demonstrating the regime-security functions of the Russian-backed Alliance of Sahel States. [42]The Kremlin and other Sahelian juntas rushed to support Traore, demonstrating the regime-security functions of the Russian-backed Alliance of Sahel States.

Source: Washington Post June 21, 2024 03:21 UTC