(MENAFN - Daily News Egypt) As in previous years, in 2017, the highest terrorism and political violence risk ratings continued to be clustered in the Middle East, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. The group was linked to almost 58% of all reported violent events by militant Islamist groups in Africa (1,749 out of 2,933) in 2017. Moreover, the overall reported fatalities linked to militant Islamist activity in Africa witnessed a 9% increase in 2017, ending the downward trend observed since 2015. Nevertheless, on the bright side, the 10,535 reported fatalities over the previous 12-month period still remain substantially lower than the peak of 18,728 reported fatalities in 2015. Similarly, 77% of all reported fatalities linked to IS in Africa were in Egypt during that timeframe (1,340 out of 1,734).

Source: The North Africa Journal May 03, 2018 06:45 UTC