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REUTERS Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 for helping to build democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The nation is held up as an example of a peaceful transition in a region otherwise…

The extremist group skillfully uses the Internet and social network tools to attract people living on the margins of society. ADF STAFF It’s happening almost all over the world: Teenagers are lying to their parents, secretly saving up…

Tunisia was the birthplace of the Arab Spring and has long been held up as a model of stability and pluralism in volatile North Africa. But in 2015, a series of attacks sent shockwaves around the world. On March 18, 2015, three gunmen shot…

A Conversation with Ambassador Francisco Madeira, head of the African Union Mission in Somalia ADF STAFF Photos by AMISOM Ambassador Francisco Madeira took over in December 2015 as the African Union’s special representative for Somalia…

Understanding Islamist Radicalization and Recruitment in Africa His name was Seifeddine Rezqui, a 23-year-old engineering student from the rather ordinary town of Gaafour, 50 miles from Tunisia’s capital, Tunis. He had a passion for…

The Continent Is at the Center of a Three-Pronged Quest for Worldwide Jihad ISIS is advancing its plans for a worldwide caliphate on three simultaneous fronts. Imagine, says Harleen Gambhir, a counterterrorism analyst at the Institute for…

A group of Malian children playfully peer through holes in a wall that surrounds the United Nations mission camp in Goundam, in the Timbuktu region. As the children play, Malian and French security forces participate in the joint…

Countermessaging that Springs from the Grass Roots Can Be an Effective Tool Against Radicalization War and civil strife have surrounded Ghana for years. Neighbor Côte d’Ivoire has fought two bloody civil wars since 2002. Liberia has fought…

The Region Commits to a Center of Excellence to Help Counter the Terrorist Threat East Africa often is touted for its economic growth and infrastructure development. Ethiopia had the fastest-growing economy in the world in 2015, according…

Everyone agrees on the principles of community policing; implementing it is the hard part. Photos by Amisom Even before Tanzanians had heard of community policing, they were already practicing it. In the 1980s, Tanzania’s Sukuma and…