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Leadership of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Remains Defiant Against International Law
August 10, 2022
The leadership of Afghanistan’s Islamic Emirate has reiterated that the regime remains committed to sharia law and, therefore, will continue to reject any compromises in governance, human rights, economic development, and security that require Islamist conformity with in international law in the geopolitically crucial South Asian country.
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Security Environment in African Sahel Continues to Worsen Because of Islamist Extremism
August 09, 2022
According to africacenter.org, the trendlines are negative for the security environment in the African Sahel region, due to Intensifying and expanding Islamist extremism that includes a broad swathe of countries extending from the northern Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Aden on the Indian Ocean.
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Islamists Regaining Power in Sudan
August 09, 2022
Islamists in Sudan are regaining power in state positions and politics with Islamists returning to key positions in the military, intelligence, and diplomatic services, forming a new umbrella political coalition known as the “Broad Islamist Current”, and turning the strategically located East African country away from its brief, recent course of integration into international organizations.
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Islamist Destabilization of Somalia Continues With Al-Shabab Islamist as Minister of Religious Affairs
August 09, 2022
Somalia’s Prime Minister announced the appointment of a former al-Shabab founder and spokesperson as the country’s new Minister of Religious Affairs, in a controversial move reflecting the new governments efforts to resolve the destabilization of the geostrategically located Horn of Africa country that has resulted from the ongoing, 15-year jihadist war waged by al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabab.
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Mali Braces for Jihadist Attacks Part of Unstable West Africa
August 09, 2022
The capital city of the West African country of Mali is on high alert as military and intelligence officials brace for jihadist attacks threatened by Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants who are part of the spreading Islamist extremism that has destabilized the Continent’s Sahel region, with Mail-based extremists warring to impose sharia law on a state already weakened by a military junta that has turned away from Euro-American cooperation and towards Russian mercenary support.
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