Opportunism and localism drive Africa Islamist groups
Militant armed Islamist groups in Africa use international jihadist branding, but are driven more by local motivations
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- Types
- Local splinter groups
- Developed or longer-established groups
- Local trafficking and vigilante groups
- International jihad?
- Presence and support
- North Africa
- Western Sahel and Sahara
- Central Sahel and Equatorial Africa
- Eastern Sahel and Horn of Africa
- Elsewhere
- Motivations for radicalism
- Branding
- Salafi fundamentalism
- Support
- Responses
- Repress or eliminate
- Policy and rhetoric
- Methods
- Dialogue and inclusion
- Somalia
- Nigeria
- Mauritania
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