Tactics Institute for Security and Counter-Terrorism
Africa

Africa News & Analysis

Read All Africa News & Analysis

Kenya’s Gen Z Uprising: From Grassroots Protest to Terrorism Charges

Kenya’s Gen Z Uprising: From Grassroots Protest to Terrorism Charges

The generation Z led by Kenya entered a critical junction in 2025 after the entire movement took a year of protest. The protests started as spontaneous mobilizations of the young…
Kenya’s Gen Z Uprising: From Grassroots Protest to Terrorism Charges

Kenya’s Gen Z Uprising: From Grassroots Protest to Terrorism Charges

The generation Z led by Kenya entered a critical junction in 2025 after the entire movement took a year of protest. The protests started as spontaneous mobilizations of the young…
Climate Change and Terrorism in Africa: The Overlooked Connection
Climate Change and Terrorism in Africa: The Overlooked Connection
Why Weak States in Africa Breed Strong Terrorist Movements?
Why Weak States in Africa Breed Strong Terrorist Movements?
The Sahel’s Crisis: How Post-Conflict Instability Fuels Extremism?
The Sahel’s Crisis: How Post-Conflict Instability Fuels Extremism?
Finland’s conviction of Simon Ekpa: A landmark in global anti-terror cooperation
Finland’s conviction of Simon Ekpa: A landmark in global anti-terror cooperation
Beyond counter-terror raids: Building community resilience in post-ISIS Syria
Beyond counter-terror raids: Building community resilience in post-ISIS Syria
Climate Change and Terrorism in Africa: The Overlooked Connection

Climate Change and Terrorism in Africa: The Overlooked Connection

Lake Chad which once occupied a total area of over 25,000 square kilometers in the 1960s has since lost over…
Why Weak States in Africa Breed Strong Terrorist Movements?

Why Weak States in Africa Breed Strong Terrorist Movements?

The instances of governance failures throughout the Sahel and Horn of Africa are the primary factors in the distribution and…
The Sahel’s Crisis: How Post-Conflict Instability Fuels Extremism?

The Sahel’s Crisis: How Post-Conflict Instability Fuels Extremism?

In 2025, the Sahel spanning Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger remains deeply unstable. Violent extremism, weak governance, and post-conflict fragility…
Finland’s conviction of Simon Ekpa: A landmark in global anti-terror cooperation

Finland’s conviction of Simon Ekpa: A landmark in global anti-terror cooperation

A significant breakthrough in the international community response to transnational terrorism was the conviction of Nigerian-Biafran separatist leader Simon Ekpa…
Beyond counter-terror raids: Building community resilience in post-ISIS Syria

Beyond counter-terror raids: Building community resilience in post-ISIS Syria

Syria is in a weak, yet changing situation in 2025, after the Assad regime collapsed in late 2024. Despite the…

Expert Opinions

Are CTED round-table events in West Africa driving genuine change?

Zimbabwe’s gold smuggling crisis: Lost billions and the fight for fiscal sovereignty

Nigeria’s Leadership in ECOWAS: Challenges for a Unified Counterterrorism Strategy

SCO’s Anti-Terror Gains: Are Joint Operations Changing Regional Security?

Empowering local voices: How border communities can lead the fight against terrorism?

Fragmented authorities, common enemy: Kenya and Somalia’s counterterrorism imperative

From witness to target: How Sri Lanka’s counter-terror police intimidate Tamil journalists

From witness to target: How Sri Lanka’s counter-terror police intimidate Tamil journalists

Tamil photojournalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan was called to Sri Lanka‘s counter-terror police. The formal rationale was to do with his reporting…
How Nigerian security agencies and communities can collaborate to combat terrorism?

How Nigerian security agencies and communities can collaborate to combat terrorism?

Nigeria is ranked among the countries with the highest level of terrorism and violent extremism as they occur, being rated…
Islamic military counter terrorism coalition training strengthens financial fight against terrorism

Islamic military counter terrorism coalition training strengthens financial fight against terrorism

China and Russia are gaining pace in using the BRICS platform to strategize to withstand the western pressures and sanctions,…
Sowing stability: Evaluating Nigeria’s multi-sectoral strategy for countering terrorism

Sowing stability: Evaluating Nigeria’s multi-sectoral strategy for countering terrorism

By the time 2025 rolls by, the situation in Nigeria in terms of counterterrorism is changing considerably. There is a…
Somalia at a crossroads can international missions stem the terror tide

Somalia at a crossroads can international missions stem the terror tide

In the year 2025, the fight against terrorism in Somalia has reached a critical state, truly it is the defining…
International collaboration in counter-terrorism are trainings like STOCTI the way forward

International collaboration in counter-terrorism are trainings like STOCTI the way forward

International cooperation in the field of counter-terrorism has proved to be a necessity in an age where the transnational threat…
Libya at a crossroads: Counter-terrorism gains versus the ongoing migrant tragedy

Libya at a crossroads: Counter-terrorism gains versus the ongoing migrant tragedy

The process that Libya faces in its battle with terrorism in 2025 displays maturity as well as limitations in this…
Learning from global partnerships: What Nigeria can gain from international counterterrorism dialogues

Learning from global partnerships: What Nigeria can gain from international counterterrorism dialogues

As of the year 2025, Nigeria still maintains a very dynamic security situation manifested by the unending Boko Haram threats,…
Unrest in Tunis: Saied’s power, prison walls, and Tunisia’s dismantled democracy

Unrest in Tunis: Saied’s power, prison walls, and Tunisia’s dismantled democracy

Hundreds of Tunisians came out to the streets of the capital, Tunis, on July 25, 2025, to celebrate the fourth…
Subscribe to our emails

subscribe for the latest security and counter-terrorism insights

Follow us on social
Linkedin Facebook-f X-twitter Youtube

© 2025 Tactics Institute for Security and Counter-Terrorism