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AFRICAN UNION: AU warns of threat by returning IS fighters

Up to 6,000 Africans who fought for the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Iraq and Syria could return home, and threaten the continent’s security,…

Up to 6,000 Africans who fought for the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Iraq and Syria could return home, and threaten the continent’s security, the African Union’s top security official has warned, news agency AFP reports. African nations needed to coordinate intelligence activities to counter the threat, said the AU’s commissioner for peace and security, Smail Chergui. Speaking at a meeting in Algiers, he added, “There are reports of 6,000 African fighters among the 30,000 foreign elements who joined this terrorist group in the Middle East.

 

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