6,000 IS jihadists could return to Africa, AU warns
Up to 6,000 Africans who fought for the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in Iraq and Syria could return home, the African Union’s top security official warned Sunday, calling on…
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5,600 foreign fighters to return home as ISIS loses ground in Iraq and Syria
As the so-called Islamic State (IS) loses territorial control of its caliphate, There are now at least 5,600 citizens or residents from 33 countries who have returned home, a study says….
France seeks UN funding to fight terror, smuggling in Africa’s Sahel
FRANCE24: France is facing a tough diplomatic battle to convince the United States to lend UN support to a counter-terrorism force for Africa’s Sahel region, where insurgents have killed UN peacekeepers…
“More attacks are inevitable as Britain sees ‘dramatic upshift’ in Islamist terrorism,” head of UK intelligence says
Britain is facing its most severe ever terrorist threat and fresh attacks in the country are inevitable, according to the head of Britain’s normally secretive domestic intelligence service in a…