Although ISIS has little support in SA, government needs to prepare for the return of ex-combatants.
SA has complex links to violent extremism. New research examines the threat and government’s response.
Why do young people in Africa join extremist groups? This paper examines the dynamics.
Heavy-handed tactics, including a controversial new anti-terrorism law, appear to be fuelling, not solving extremism.
Egypt's courts lack independence and have become a tool to silence dissent and create widespread intimidation, disregarding the rule of law.
Libya keeps tumbling further into anarchy, but military intervention might only worsen the problem.