UN: ISIS Poses Rising Threat in Africa 

Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed 

ISIS poses a rising threat amid political instability in West Africa and the Sahel, it remains intent on carrying out attacks abroad, UN counter-terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov said.

Voronkov reiterated UN findings that ISIS continues to pose a significant threat to international peace and security, especially in conflict zones, despite significant progress by UN member nations in countering the threat. The group has also increased operations in its former strongholds in Iraq and Syria as well as Southeast Asia, Voronkov said.

Voronkov told the UN Security Council that in West Africa and the Sahel, a broad region cutting across the continent, the situation has deteriorated “and is becoming more complex,” as local ethnic and regional disputes cross with the agenda and operations of the extremist group.