New CEP Reports Assess Ties Between Terror Groups In Africa And Their Ties To Organized Crime

This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a second set of new reports, Linkages Of Terrorist Groups In West Africa With Terrorist Networks In Other African Regions and Interlinkage Of Terrorism And Transnational Organized Crime In West...

Eye on Extremism: June 14, 2023

“Al Qaeda's Yemen branch has released a new video of a UN worker abducted 16 months ago in the war-torn country, the Site Intelligence Group has said. The man, who identified himself as Akam Sofyol Anam from the UN Department of Safety and Security...

"Some analysts have suggested that jihadist financing flourished because South African authorities grew complacent at the lack of visible Islamist activity. 'I don't think South Africa realised it. It was the Americans who said, 'something not okay...

"Meanwhile, Pakistan remains a major sponsor of global terrorism. The Counter-Extremism Project reports: 'The Pakistani state itself has also used Islamic extremism as a strategic tool to further its interests in the region.'..."

New CEP Reports Examine Development of Al-Qaeda, ISIS Affiliates In West Africa And Sahel

This week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) published a pair of new reports, Development Of Al-Qaeda In The Western Sahel Region and Status Of ISWAP And ISGS In West Africa And Sahel. These reports are the first of a range of policy papers...

Eye on Extremism: June 13, 2023

“The U.S. Army sent a convoy of about 40 vehicles from Iraq to Syria in another sign of support for the terrorist group PKK terrorist group’s Syrian offshoot YPG. The convoy arrived in Hassakeh, a city controlled by the terrorists, on Sunday, the...

Extremist Content Online: Extreme Right Instagram Users Spread Propaganda And Plans For 3D Printed-Firearms

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located five accounts on Meta-owned Instagram...

CEP – KAS - Sahel Monitoring May 2023

This sixth monthly analytical report based on open source observations of Jihadi activities throughout the Sahel will focus on the most significant events that occurred in May 2023. After the relative calm during the previous months and the lack of a...

CEP-KAS Webinar: The Taliban’s Takeover in Afghanistan – Effects on Global Terrorism | Part III of Webinar Series

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) invite you to a webinar on Thursday, July 6, 2023, focusing on the reemerging security risks emanating from Afghanistan.

Eye on Extremism: June 12, 2023

“Witnesses and state media in Somalia say extremists have attacked a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, and security forces are responding at the site as some people remain trapped inside. The Somali National News Agency reports that ‘many...