Strengthening South Africa’s response to the threat of international terrorism

Over the last two decades, South Africa has experienced isolated terrorist attacks and at times served as a hub for international terrorist activity, particularly as a conduit for illicit financial transactions and a place of transit and hiding. However, since 2015, the country has seen an increase in terrorist activity locally. Moreover, the escalating insurgency in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, led by Islamist organisation Ahlu-Sunnah Wa-Jama (ASWJ) with increasing links to Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP), further raises the threat of terrorism in South Africa by potentially inciting terrorist activity locally and increasing the regional flow of militant actors. To ensure these security challenges can be met, it is important that policymakers understand the changing nature of international terrorism, how it manifests in South Africa, the current counter-terrorism capacity of the state, and what regional strategies must be strengthened or developed to address the transnational nature of terrorist networks today

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