A decade ago, the Lake Chad Basin was the focal point of the violent extremist threat, comprising 13,670 annual fatalities—67 percent of the reported fatalities across the continent. [...] This does not include the roughly 2,430 civilian deaths attributed to the Sahelian militaries and Russian forces (ostensibly in the name of countering violent extremism)—which is more than the number of civilians killed by the theater’s militant Islamist groups. [...] • The persistence of the militant Islamist threat in the Lake Chad Basin points to the resilience and adaptability of Boko Haram and its offshoot, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA). [...] • The persistence of the threat of these organized gangs increases the risk of cooperation with militant Islamist groups in the North East or with the violent extremists pushing down into southern Niger from the Sahel theater. [...] • The 5 reported events over the past 12 months—4 in Algeria and 1 in Libya—were military operations targeting remnant members of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Islamic State in Libya (ISL).
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Table of Contents
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 1
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 2
- HIGHLIGHTS 2
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 3
- SAHEL 3
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 4
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 5
- VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS BY SAHELIAN SECURITY FORCES AND ALLIED MILITIAS 5
- FATALITIES LINKED TO VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS BY SAHELIAN SECURITY FORCES AND ALLIED MILITIAS 5
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 6
- The Sahelian military juntas and their militia allies have killed more civilians 2430 in the past year than militant Islamist groups 2050. 6
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 7
- SOMALIA 7
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 8
- LAKE CHAD BASIN 8
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 9
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 10
- Violence against civilians comprised 41 percent of events in the regiona higher percentage than any other theater. 10
- MOZAMBIQUE 10
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 11
- NORTH AFRICA 11
- Africas Constantly Evolving Militant Islamist Threat 12
