CAIRO – 29 June 2021: As the Islamic State (ISIS) group is defeated in Syria and Iraq, it is gaining a foothold in Africa, threatening regional stability, a study by Future for Advanced Research and Studies. In the analysis by Future think tank, author s, Dr. Hamdy Abdel Rahman said Both militant organizations seek to follow the ideology and system of ISIS. This is most apparent in the propaganda and media discourse of the so-called Wilayat Central Africa, which is based in DRC and Mozambique. The ISIS expansion in Africa complicates transnational efforts against terrorism as it recruits more foreign fighters from the region and beyond, relying on the allure of violent jihadist rhetoric amid unstable security conditions. Further, the death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau at the hands of a rival ISIS element led by Abu Musab al-Barnawy could establish ISIS dominance on the violent jihadist scene in west and central Africa, the analysis concluded.

Source: Egypt Today June 29, 2021 18:01 UTC