The report warns that Africa is now "the region most affected by terrorism" -- with al Qaeda and ISIS-aligned groups inflicting higher casualties there than anywhere else. In many areas, these groups are gaining support, threatening more territory, getting better weapons and raising more money.

The UN monitors single out Somalia -- which is beset by turmoil and getting less international military support than previously. They warn that Al-Shabaab may fill the vacuum as "strategic support" to Somali government forces declines. The threat the group poses further afield is underlined by a recent US indictment against an alleged Kenyan operative who "directed by senior Al-Shabaab leaders, obtained pilot training in the Philippines in preparation for seeking to hijack a commercial aircraft and crash it into a building in the United States."

The aftermath of an attack on the Afrik hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, in January. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility, which CNN has been unable to independently verify. The UN report warned that Al-Shabaab may fill the vacuum as "strategic support" to Somali government forces declines.
Al-Shabaab is one of several terror affiliates to increase its use of drones for reconnaissance and has the ability to threaten low-flying aircraft in a region that depends on humanitarian flights to sustain vulnerable populations, the UN report says.

Much of West Africa and the Sahel has in recent years been embroiled in jihadi violence. Last month Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari acknowledged the country was still grappling with a serious insurgency despite setbacks suffered by Boko Haram, whose leader Abubakar Shekau reportedly died during an attack by the regional ISIS affiliate (ISWAP) in May.

The UN monitors say that while Boko Haram is "significantly weakened," ISWAP may get stronger in the Lake Chad region and try to extend its operations towards the major Nigerian city of Maiduguri.

UN sounds warning over threat posed by emboldened Taliban, still closely tied to al Qaeda
The human toll of these insurgencies is stunning. In June, the United Nations Development Program estimated that Nigeria's conflict with Islamist insurgencies through the end of 2020 had resulted in nearly 350,000 deaths, with 314,000 of those from indirect causes such as displacement and poverty.

The UN monitors report that this year ISIS-affiliated terrorists have already killed hundreds of civilians in a series of attacks in Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger. And al Qaeda-affiliated groups in the Sahel are making a concerted push towards the Atlantic coastline -- with Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Ghana and Togo among countries at significant risk.

On the other side of Africa, part of northern Mozambique is beyond government control. In March, the local ISIS affiliate briefly occupied the town of Palma -- a critical hub in the country's drive to develop its natural gas potential. The group collected between $1 million and $2 million from the looting of local banks, the UN report says, and is well positioned for future raids in the area.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/22/world/un-report-global-terror-threat-intl-cmd/index.html

That's why someone insisted on running for president for 16 years.

I didn't mention names o

SLAP44:
That's why someone insisted on running for president for 16 years.

I didn't mention names o

Nobody can rule Nigeria for more than 8 years. Anyone that dares try it, will almost push Nigeria into a civil war.

What even a military president couldn't do, you now think a civilian president will achieve?

Only extreme dull people will believe GMB wants to rule beyond 2023.

The same revelation many people have come here to explain, yet they were insulted and tagged religious. No matter how the form and come. May God almighty protect his people.

UN should be aware that bokoharam nominated buhari as their negotiator in 2014.

What are they doing to stop it?

DubaiLandLord1:
Nobody can rule Nigeria for more than 8 years. Anyone that dares try it, will almost push Nigeria into a civil war.

What even a military president couldn't do, you now think a civilian president will achieve?

Only extreme dull people will believe GMB wants to rule beyond 2023.

Register for an English language comprehension course, after two years of serious study, come back and reread my comment.

You my understand what i mean then, if you are bright enough.

Man's government has failed.

Africa abi Buhari"s Nigeria

Not Africa but northern Nigeria government

DubaiLandLord1:
Nobody can rule Nigeria for more than 8 years. Anyone that dares try it, will almost push Nigeria into a civil war.

What even a military president couldn't do, you now think a civilian president will achieve?

Only extreme dull people will believe GMB wants to rule beyond 2023.

Do you understand what running for means?? The guy meant someone was contesting to become president for 16years

The same thing Buhari, buratai, pantami, malami are doing in Nigeria now.

...but it seems Africans themselves are unaware. MNK right once again.

..

DubaiLandLord1:
Nobody can rule Nigeria for more than 8 years. Anyone that dares try it, will almost push Nigeria into a civil war.

What even a military president couldn't do, you now think a civilian president will achieve?

Only extreme dull people will believe GMB wants to rule beyond 2023.

ABOKKI NOR DEY REASON NOW, IF SAY YOU TRY REASON YOU FOR DON CODE WETIN THE GUY DEY YARN

UNLESS NA TAQIYYA YOU DEY APPLY

Being in your right senses you shouldn't be building a railway to Niger, Being in ur right senses the Northern Borders are nothing to write about.. due to fear, making it a gateway for Isaw/ISIS/fmetc