The Foundation for Peace Professionals has raised the alarm that more than 80 per cent of global operations linked to the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria are now concentrated in West Africa and the Sahel, warning that the region has emerged as the new epicentre of global terrorism.
Arewa PUNCH reports that the warning comes amid renewed security concerns in parts of Kwara State following recent attacks on communities, including the latest incident in Yashikira, Baruten Local Government Area.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, PeacePro Executive Director, Abdulrazaq Hamzat, said the organisation’s assessment was based on a comparative analysis of global incident data obtained from open-source intelligence, regional security reports and trend assessments of ISIS-linked activities across different conflict theatres.
Hamzat said, “Our assessment is based on a comparative analysis of global incident data obtained from open-source intelligence, regional security reports, and trend assessments of ISIS-linked activities across different conflict theatres.”
According to him, the analysis covered operations in the Middle East, Central Africa, and the Sahel region, and it revealed a significant shift in the geographical concentration of extremist activities.
