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Recalibrating Coastal West Africa’s Response To Violent Extremism

Global UpfrontJan 23, 2025January 23, 20250

By Dr Daniel Eizenga, Africa Center for Strategic Studies Extremist violence in the Sahel is spilling over into coastal West African countries. Governments in coastal

Benin Republic Must Target The Illicit Activities That Enable Violent Extremism

Global UpfrontSep 5, 2023September 5, 20230

Terror attacks in northern Benin have been on the rise since 2019. These incidents, attributed to the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims

Terrorism In West Africa Exacerbated By Western Operations, Says Russia’s UN Envoy

Global UpfrontMar 29, 2023March 29, 20230

African countries have the right to choose their security partners on their own, particularly after Western States failed to bring stability to the region, Russian

Violent Extremism Beckon In North-western Nigeria If Local Dynamics Are Ignored

Global UpfrontDec 5, 2022December 5, 20220

By Nicolas Florquin, Alaa Tartir & Anthony Obayi Onyishi In January 2022, in a bid to stem a tide of violent attacks and kidnappings in

Togo: West Africa’s New Frontier Of Violent Jihadist Extremism

Global UpfrontMay 23, 2022May 23, 20220

Recent attacks on Togo show that West African states must act quickly and decisively to stop the spread of violent extremism The threat of violent

Corruption, Poor Governance Fueling Coups, Violent Extremism in Africa, U.S. AFRICOM Commander, General Townsend

Global UpfrontFeb 4, 2022February 4, 20220

Says military forces alone cannot defeat violent extremism “I’m personally not satisfied with our progress against violent extremists in Africa, and particularly East Africa and