The Islamic State in Africa: The Emergence, Evolution, and Future of the Next Jihadist Battlefront

by Jason Warner

In 2019, Islamic State lost its last remaining sliver of territory in Syria, and its Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed. These setbacks seemed to herald the Caliphate's death knell, and many now forecast its imminent demise. Yet its affiliates endure, particularly in Africa: nearly all of Islamic State's cells on the continent have reaffirmed their allegiance, attacks have continued in its name, many groups have been reinvigorated, and a new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197639321
• ISBN13: 9780197639320
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"