Cyberattacks on social media accounts affiliated to important personalities, organisations and learning platforms have dented the safety of social media usage. A new report focusing on the East Africa Counterterrorism Operation and the North and West Africa Counterterrorism Operation to the US Congress, illuminates bottlenecks the regions face in war on terrorism. Covid-19 necessitates redirection of resources by affected countries in East Africa and in the North and West Africa where ISIS is aggressively increasing base. In West Africa, Boko Haram operatives are yet to be totally dislodged. Local campaigns through mainstream and social media can go a long way in reaching out to the youth, who are targeted to be recruited into terrorism.

Source: The Star July 21, 2020 01:52 UTC