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Africa: US Sanctions Several South Africans For Islamic State Activities in DR Congo, Mozambique
State Department, 2 March 2022
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and ISIS-Mozambique (ISIS-M)… Read more »
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Africa: Designation of Isis Organizers and Financial Facilitators Based in South Africa
State Department, 1 March 2022
The United States is working with our African partners, including South Africa, to dismantle ISIS financial support networks on the continent. Today, the United States designated… Read more »
U.S. Sanctions Alleged Islamic State Fundraisers in South Africa
The U.S. Treasury Department has announced financial sanctions against four men in South Africa it accused of being recruiters and fundraisers for the Islamic State group (ISIS). Three of the men allegedly raised money for the extremist group in Iraq and Syria, the Treasury Department said, accusing the fourth of helping move money and buy weapons for insurgents in Mozambique.
It added that ISIS was attempting to expand its influence in Africa through large-scale operations in areas where government control is limited, relying on local fundraising schemes such as theft, extortion, kidnapping or ransom alongside support from the ISIS hierarchy.
South African soldiers, together with others in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), are involved in the battle to clear up the bloody insurgency in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
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Senior leaders with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, have warned of the urgent need to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, ... Read more »
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Amnesty International published a report on the situation in Niger that highlighted the devastating consequences of war, on children. In Niger's Tillabé Read more »
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In nuanced examinations of the fighting in Cabo Delgado province, a range of analysts renew warnings against over-simpliflying the conflict as one of "jihadist terrorists" against ... Read more »
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