Contemporary Security Threats in Africa: The State of Play

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Contemporary Security Threats in Africa: The State of Play Martin Ewi Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Pretoria, South Africa Tel: +27 760 791 075 E-Mail: mewi@issafrica.org

Africa Overview Population: 1,246,504,865 predicted to reach 2.4 billion in 2050 No of countries: 55 GDP: 3.2 trillion US$ (2017)—(Russia = $1,28 trillion, France $2.4 trillion) Area = 30 370 000 км² (second largest and second most popular continent in the world) Natural Resources: Wide ranging—oil, gold, diamond, etc. Religion: Christianity, Islam, African Ethnic groups: Thousands Languages: thousands

Militancy, Terrorism, Radicalisation and Violent Extremism

Nigeria: MEND, NDA East Africa: LRA, ADF & Mungiki South Africa: Boeremag

Major Security Threats

African Union

Not all Gloomy: A continent in a digital age

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