CIAO DATE: 09/2010
August 2010
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Africa’s fragile states create political and security environments that enhance the leverage of Islamist extremists in their ongoing struggle with moderates for influence. Countering extremism in Africa, therefore, cannot be separated from building stronger, more legitimate states.
Resource link: Africa's Fragile States: Empowering Extremists, Exporting Terrorism [PDF] - 473K