The mainstream media has been largely blind to the suffering of Africans due to jihad. As al Qaeda and the Islamic State expand in Africa, open-door immigration in the EU and Britain offers a perfect opportunity for jihadist infiltrators.
Joe Biden stated in August:
We believe in the nations of Africa, in the continent-wide spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation. And through the challenges ahead, although they are great, there is no doubt that our nations, our people, the African Union — we’re up to this task.
The Biden administration’s strategy toward Sub-Saharan Africa is outlined HERE, but with few (if any) words ever coming out of the Biden White House about jihad terror, the report will hardly to be taken seriously. Nor will it address the plight of millions of Africans, despite the Biden team’s supposed adherence to the principle that black lives matter.
“Extremists linked to al Qaeda spreading to Africa coastal states, Benin hardest hit,” by Sam Mednick And Virgile Ahissou, Associated Press, December 28, 2022:
COTONOU, BENIN – It’s been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor Kassah’s town in northern Benin but the priest still lives in fear.
His once peaceful life is now marked by threatening phone calls and Islamic extremist diatribes tacked on church doors demanding that people leave. He is haunted by the bodies he has seen of those killed in the attacks.
“We no longer have a normal life,” the 41-year-old said through text messages to The Associated Press. “It’s hard to talk and act confidently because you don’t know who’s in front of you anymore.”
Violence by extremists linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State group has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than seven years. Now it is spreading into the coastal states with Benin the hardest hit, say experts.
Jihadi attacks in Benin have spiked more than tenfold between July and December compared to the same period last year — from 2 to 25 — according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project. This is more than any other coastal state in West Africa. If the extremist violence continues to spread it could have far-reaching consequences, say analysts.
“When you talk about the Sahel, geopolitical interests are limited,” said Kars de Bruijne, senior research fellow with Clingendael, a Dutch-based research organization.
“But it’s different for coastal states, which are economically much stronger and more important to the African Union and Western countries such as England and the United States,” he said. These Western powers might see their interests at stake, which is a key reason why they should be really concerned about the spillover of extremist violence into Benin, he said. The more fronts the jihadis open, the more difficult it will be to effectively respond, he said.
The violence in Benin, a country of 12 million people, is largely a result of what’s happening in neighbouring Burkina Faso, where jihadi attacks have killed hundreds and displaced nearly 2 million people. Attacks were initially confined to the border between eastern Burkina Faso and Benin in the W and Pendjari National Parks in the Alibori and Atacora regions, but are now expanding. Incidents have increased since June in populated areas around the parks with jihadis connected to the al Qaeda-linked group known as JNIM, pushing Benin’s military from the border creating a security vacuum and taking control of part of the country, said a recent report by Clingendael.
The jihadi rebels appear to be creating a large area of influence from Niger to Togo in order to keep supply lines open, recruit people and procure material, say analysts. Another aim could be to withstand pressure from the Accra Initiative, a military platform involving Burkina Faso and coastal countries to prevent the further spread of extremism from the Sahel….
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I looked up Wiki for the definition of ‘Sub-Saharan Africa’. While Benin does fall within it, a lot of the countries there almost completely fall within the Saharan desert – Mauritania, Mali, Niger,… A better definition of Sub-Saharan Africa should be everything south of the Equator. In other words, Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan and Ethiopia should be the northernmost countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
Anyway, regardless, looks like this century could see complete islamization of all of Africa, and African leaders are doing nothing about it. There will be a lot more genocides like Darfur there as a result
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