1. Contemporary Security Threats in Africa: The State of Play
Martin Ewi
Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
Pretoria, South Africa
Tel:

2. 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

4. Militancy, Terrorism, Radicalisation and Violent Extremism

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

7. Major Security Threats

9. African Union

11. Not all Gloomy: A continent in a digital age

13. THANK YOU