November 17, 2023
Kenya: Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Landberg's Travel to Kenya and Somalia
Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Christopher Landberg travelled to Kenya and Somalia November 13 - 17 to discuss shared counterterrorism objectives, review State… Read more »
November 08, 2023
Africa: Joint Statement on the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS Africa Focus Group Meeting
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of Morocco, and the Kingdom of Saudi… Read more »
August 07, 2023
East Africa: U.S. Secretary Blinken Commemorates 25th Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Bombings in Tanzania and Kenya
Assistant Secretary Phee: Good morning, and welcome to the Department of State. Ladies, gentlemen, distinguished guests, there are so many of you here I can't single any one of you… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Somalia: Designating Senior Isis-Somalia Financier
The United States is designating Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the head of finance for ISIS-Somalia, an ISIS affiliate in Africa that generates revenue ISIS distributes across the… Read more »
May 25, 2023
Somalia: Terrorist Designation of Al-Shabaab Leaders
The United States continues to support Somalia and our other East African partners in their efforts to disrupt al-Shabaab's operations. Countering one of al-Qa'ida's most… Read more »
March 02, 2023
Africa: Joint Statement By the Co-Chairs of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Governments of Italy, Morocco, and Niger on the occasion of the Global… Read more »
February 28, 2023
Somalia: Joint Statement On Somalia
The following is a Joint Statement by Qatar, Somalia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Read more »
December 15, 2022
Africa: Tenth Meeting of the Law Enforcement Coordination Group Focuses On Countering Hizballah in Africa
The U.S. Department of State led the Law Enforcement Coordination Group (LECG), which convened in Europe December 14-15, for its first-ever regional meeting focusing on Hizballah's… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Somalia: Reward Offered for Information On Key Leaders of Al-Shabaab
The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is increasing its reward offers to up to $10 million… Read more »
November 07, 2022
South Africa: Sanctioning IS Members in South Africa
ISIS continues to present a threat across the African continent. A July 2022 United Nations Security Council report highlighted how ISIS has used South Africa-based members to… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Africa: Joint Statement of the Co-Chairs of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISISI Africa Focus Group
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Government of Morocco, the Government of Niger, and the Government of… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Nigeria: US Dept of State Evacuating 'Non-Emergency' Staff After Terror Warning
Reconsider travel to Nigeria due to crime , terrorism , civil unrest , kidnapping , and maritime crime . Some areas have increased risk.… Read more »
August 10, 2022
Africa: Remarks at a UNSC Briefing on Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts
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August 07, 2022
Tanzania: 24th Anniversary of the 1998 Embassy Bombings
Today we solemnly remember the lives -- Americans, Kenyans, Tanzanians, and others -- that were violently taken from us 24 years ago. The terrorist attacks against our Embassies in… Read more »
May 05, 2022
Somalia: U.S. Response to the Al-Shabaab Attack in Somalia
The United States stands with Burundi in the face of al-Shabab's May 3 attack on Burundian soldiers serving at the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) base in… Read more »