Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is the world’s terrorism hot spot with half of 2022′s victimsUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Counter-terrorism experts said Tuesday that Africa is now the world’s terrorism hot spot, with half of the victims killed last year in sub-Saharan Africa, though al-Qaida and Islamic State affiliates remain widespread, persistent and active elsewhere around the globe. The United Nations this week is hosting its third high-level conference of heads of counter-terrorism agencies. The overall theme for the week is addressing terrorism through reinvigorated international cooperation. Oil-rich Libya plunged into chaos following the NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. “Civil wars that start off locally are more likely to become internationalized, and conflict parties are increasingly fragmented,” he said.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 20, 2023 21:50 UTC