Adelani Adepegba, AbujaThe United States Africa Command has said that the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorist groups were gradually taking over the West African region after being displaced in Syria and Iraq. He said, “We are seeing them continue to move further south in Burkina Faso towards those littoral nations in the Gulf of Guinea, and also further west towards Senegal and West Africa. He stated that the extremist group was exploiting the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel to gain deeper roots in the region and in West Africa with Islamic State, West Africa and Grand Sahara. He noted, “They are looking to Africa to try to find a means to re-establish themselves. He had yet to reply an SMS sent to him on the plot by the terrorist groups as of the time of filing this report.

Source: Punch August 05, 2020 23:15 UTC