Rabat’s Victim-Centric Pivot: Redefining Africa’s Anti-Terrorism Paradigm
The repositioning of Rabat by Morocco as the center of victim-focused counter-terrorism will be an important recalibration of security discourse in Africa in 2025. Hosting the first International Conference on African Victims of Terrorism at the beginning of December, Morocco raised the issue of survivor welfare to become a strategic pillar. Holding the meeting in […]
US-Nigeria Counter-Terror Pivot: From Tension to Tactical Alliance?
The U.S.-Nigeria counter-terror pivot in 2025 indicates a redesigned security relationship that will have been influenced over months of diplomacy, intelligence conversation and changing regional threat priorities. The agreement between the countries began when the National Security Adviser of Nigeria, Nuhu Ribadu, visited Abuja on December 6, 2025, to signify the start of the two […]
Morocco’s Victim-Centered Pivot Reshapes African Counter-Terrorism
The Victim-Centered Pivot of Morocco received institutionalization when Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita gave precedence to the needs of the victims in the first International Meeting of African Victims of Terrorism, held in Rabat. The event supported by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism was an indication of an elegant approach to African security policy, which […]
Strengthening International Cooperation to Starve Terrorist Networks: Insights from IMCTC’s Nairobi Training Program
East Africa continues to confront persistent terrorism financing threats, where illicit money flows sustain groups operating across Somalia, Kenya, and neighboring regions. Networks rely on mobile money transfers, informal hawala systems, and digital platforms to channel resources into militant operations. Analysts in 2025 noted that Al-Shabab’s financial routes remained active despite enhanced surveillance, with millions […]
Al Shabab’s territorial aspirations: Impact on civilian life in Somalia and neighboring regions
The 2025 territorial ambitions intensified drastically with a fresh military and political direction to establish control again in central and southern Somalia, which is driven by Al Shabab. In February, Operation Ramadan was an indication of a measured attempt to undo the previous victories of the government. The group had a growing pace as depicted […]
Narco‑terrorists or traffickers? Dissecting Washington’s Eastern Pacific strikes and the evidence gap
Washington’s intensified campaign against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific in 2025 reframes a long-running counternarcotics effort as a counterterrorism operation. Senior US officials regularly label those targeted as “narco-terrorists,” invoking the legal and political weight of counterterrorism to justify lethal force at sea. The campaign’s pace at least 21 strikes on […]
Impact of social media influencers spreading violent extremist narratives in the Americas
Influencers of social media promoting violent extremist stories in the Americas have grown in 2025 due to the quick changes in digital behaviours and platform algorithms. Radical messaging is progressively becoming a multiplier of influence in that influencers combine lifestyle content with ideological clues. Their widespread presence combined with the unquestioned authority within niche online […]
Indigenous insurgent violence reclassified under terrorism in Latin America
A number of Latin American regimes changed their legal and security systems to categorize indigenous rebel violence as terrorism. This trend is an indicator of the shifting regional security issues, increasing pressure to conform to the international antiterrorism standards, and emerging patterns of operations of armed groups that operate in rural and resource-rich regions. The […]
From Biafra to Boko Haram: Understanding Nigeria’s Complex Terrorism Landscape
The modern security environment in Nigeria describes decades of unfulfilled political tensions and identity conflicts. The Biafra war legacy still defines resentment in the southeast where separatism still exists via movements like the Indigenous People of Biafra. In February 2025, the life sentence of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, on terrorism charges was a highly […]
Trump’s ‘Guns-a-Blazing’ Rhetoric: Testing Nigeria’s Counterterrorism Partnership
President Donald Trump’s October 31, 2025, post on Truth Social marked a significant escalation in the tone of United States engagement with Nigeria. His warning that the US could “go into that now disgraced country, guns-a-blazing” if Abuja failed to stop killings of Christians represented the most direct threat of intervention since bilateral cooperation expanded […]