{"id":75680,"date":"2023-06-20T23:30:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T23:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/20\/counter-terrorism-experts-say-africa-is-the-worlds-terrorism-hot-spot\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:10:33","slug":"counter-terrorism-experts-say-africa-is-the-worlds-terrorism-hot-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/06\/20\/counter-terrorism-experts-say-africa-is-the-worlds-terrorism-hot-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Counter-terrorism experts say Africa is the world\u2019s terrorism hot spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UNITED NATIONS \u2014 Counter-terrorism experts said Tuesday that Africa is now the world\u2019s terrorism hot spot, with half of the victims killed last year in sub-Saharan Africa, though al-Qaida and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/islamic-state-group-politics-organized-crime-iraq-united-nations-efd4ade2e496f0e646b7ad61f455ab7f\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic State affiliates<\/a>&nbsp;remain widespread, persistent and active elsewhere around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interpol, the international criminal police agency, also reported during a panel discussion at the U.N. that terrorism linked to extreme right-wing ideology increased an estimated 50-fold over the past decade, particularly in Europe, North America and parts of the Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/06\/20\/himars-military-relationships-at-center-of-african-lion-drills\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6690040.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">HIMARS, allied partnerships at center of African Lion drills<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">African Lion was hosted by four African countries and included more than 8,000 personnel.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The experts see other trends: Deteriorating global security is making the terrorism threat \u201cmore complex and decentralized.\u201d Extremists are increasingly using sophisticated technology, and drones and artificial intelligence have opened new ways to plan and carry out attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Nations this week is hosting its third high-level conference of heads of counter-terrorism agencies. Tuesday\u2019s panel on assessing current and emerging terrorist trends and threats brought together experts from the U.N., Interpol, Russia, the United States and Qatar, and Google\u2019s senior manager for strategic intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overall theme for the week is addressing terrorism through reinvigorated international cooperation. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during Monday\u2019s opening session the key is to unite not only in foiling attacks but also critically to focus on preventing terrorism by tackling poverty, discrimination, poor infrastructure, gross human rights violations and other underlying drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Tuesday\u2019s session, it was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/united-nations-un-africa-terrorism-47c50cb6ab8aa021f773457774b483c9\" target=\"_blank\">Africa that took the spotlight.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfrica has emerged as the key battleground for terrorism, with a major increase in the number of active groups operating on the continent,\u201d U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari said, noting that local political, economic and social \u201cfractures,\u201d porous borders and \u201cidentity-based mobilization\u201d had fueled the emergence of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several areas of the continent, from Burkina Faso and the Sahel and more broadly to Chad and Sudan, still face the consequences of the flow of weapons and foreign fighters from Libya, Khiari said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil-rich Libya plunged into chaos following the NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. 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