11. Al Shabaab Remains Virulent as ISIS Shifts to Egypt
- Author:
- Africa Center for Strategic Studies
- Publication Date:
- 10-2017
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Africa Center for Strategic Studies
- Abstract:
- A quarterly update of a map tracking militant Islamic group activity in Africa as compiled by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies. Al Shabaab has been involved in over half of all violent events related to militant Islamist groups in Africa in the first three quarters of 2017 (987 of 1,827 total).
- Topic:
- Violent Extremism, ISIS, Militant Islam, and Al Shabaab
- Political Geography:
- Africa, North Africa, West Africa, and East Africa