Igad confronting violent extremism in East and Horn of Africa
Al-Shabaab fighters train on a street in the outskirts of Mogadishu on November 4, 2008. East Africa’s security landscape is currently confronted by a significant increase in the activities of violent extremist groups. FILE PHOTO | REUTERS
East Africa’s security landscape is currently confronted by a significant increase in the activities of violent extremist groups, chief among them being the Al Shabaab, Al Qaeda and the so called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Violent extremism has increasingly become a transnational security threat that is undermining international peace and security as clearly expounded in the 2016 UN Secretary General Plan of Action for Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE).
