A wave of security raids in Tunisia over the past week has refocused attention on the country’s domestic militancy threat as the armed forces attempt to improve the security of the country’s border with Libya.
Islamic State's losses in Sirte are an undeniable knock to the group and have exposed the weaknesses of the Caliphate's claims in Libya. Nevertheless, they will likely prompt a return to insurgent-style guerilla tactics. Francesca Fazey explores the impact on the North Africa region
The August 2016 announcement that Islamic State had replaced the leader of its West African affiliate, Boko Haram, has paved the way for a split in the Nigerian militant group. Now it appears Nigeria and its allies will be fighting militants on two fronts in the region, writes Gabrielle Reid
Investigations into the recent bombings and arson attacks in southernThailand point to the involvement of insurgents and have authoritiesscrambling to apprehend suspects, writes Mandira Bagwandeen
France faces internal and external dynamics that make the country particularly vulnerable to Islamist terrorism compared to other Western states, writes Lara Sierra-Rubia.
2016 has seen Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta engulfed in a fresh wave of violence, led by the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a newly-formed opaque militant group, writes Jack Raeder
Ennahda, one of Tunisia's largest political parties, used its annual congress on 20 May 2016 to announce that it was abandoning political Islam by formally separating its religious and political activities, writes Hamish Kinnear