Africa is the world’s terrorism hot spot with half of the victims killed last year in sub-Saharan Africa according to counter-terrorism experts.
These experts on Tuesday at the UN headquarters said although al-Qaida and Islamic State affiliates remain widespread in the continent, they are persistent and active elsewhere around the globe.
The panel on assessing current and emerging terrorist trends and threats brought together experts from the United Nations, Interpol, Russia, the United States and Qatar.