ISIL Gaining Greater Foothold In Africa As It Plans To Subvert East Africa

ISIL is assembling atomized jihadist units into cohesive fighting units which would enable the Islamic State to project power deeper into Africa. One of the least stated reasons why Abubakar Shekau pledged allegiance to ISIL was to pre-empt the disintegration of Boko Haram under pressure from the regional counter-terrorism operations as well as quell dissension and...