AllAfrica: East Africa: New CEP Report Reveals that Illicit Trade in East Africa is Funding Extremists, Terrorists, and Warlords

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CEP release quoted: "East Africa - a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism and Illicit Trade in East Africa from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)."

Date
March 31, 2021
Article Source
https://allafrica.com/stories/202103310403.html
Topics Taxonomy
Terrorism Financing

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