Is ISIL gaining a foothold in southern Africa?
Leaders in southern Africa are considering possible troop deployment to northern Mozambique amid a rise in attacks.
Mozambique has a seen a rise in attacks across its northern region in recent months.
Dozens of people were killed when ISIL (ISIS)-linked fighters raided a hotel in the northern town of Palma last month.
Recommended Stories
list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Mozambique sending medical team to identify Palma attack victims
- list 2 of 3UN warns Tanzania not to reject people fleeing Mozambique
- list 3 of 3Mozambique’s conflict and the question of foreign intervention
And now, it’s emerged that 12 of the victims – possibly foreigners – were beheaded during that siege.
The attack prompted southern African leaders to hold emergency talks and come up with a response to the growing crisis.
But is a regional intervention the answer?
And could it fend off the threat from ISIL?
Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra
Guests:
Joseph Hanlon – visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and author of A Decade of Mozambique: Politics, Economy and Society 2004-2013
Noufal Abboud – executive director of The Nordic Center for Conflict Transformation
Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi – research fellow at George Washington University Program on Extremism