... before the conflict with the Dervishes. Today, al-Shabab is still more influential in Somalia than IS and controls some hard-to-reach areas, although its activity has significantly decreased over the past 5-7 years.
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It is highly likely that the Islamic State in Africa will remain very active. This can be explained by the weakness of local governments and a lack of real administrative control over entire regions, which are held by various criminal and insurgent groups, and could become new bases for the Islamic ...
... Spring was probably the civil war in Libya, which even after the Western-backed toppling of Muammar Gaddafi is still unable to find political equilibrium within the country, and which is mired in local conflict and inter-clan quarrels.
It is obvious that Islamic State in its present shape is not viable in the long term.
The Libyan war practically deregulated the entire system of relations in North Africa, exposing previously latent conflicts and removing any barriers to the spread of small arms across the borders. One manifestation of the changed balance of forces was the Tuareg Rebellion in 2012–2013 in the northeast of Mali, which resulted ...
... Interior Ministry, the Islamic State has already taken control of ports and maritime assets in key Libyan territories, prompting real concerns that such actions could lead to a boom in piracy and maritime crime. Imitating pirates around the Horn of Africa, the Islamic State could launch its own piracy operations in the Mediterranean.
Piracy around the Horn of Africa, which affected container ships, fishing vessels and cruise ships traversing the strategically important location, has been brought under control ...
