[AnNahar] From the arid expanses of the Sahel into the Sinai Peninsula and now Mozambique, Africa is proving fertile ground for jihadist groups looking to bolster their notoriety by exploiting conflicts that have often festered for years.
| Africa accounts for 16.5 percent of all attacks claimed by IS since January 2020, half the 35 percent involving Iraq and Syria. |
The fighters who have seized Palma, the Mozambique town near key natural gas projects, are the latest manifestation of a threat that could spread to other weak African nations where corruption is often rife.
The insurgency is linked to the Islamic State |