ISIS Threat on Africa

Does the recent ISIS atrocity in Libya demonstrate its growing reach in North Africa?
ISIS is under pressure in parts of Iraq and battling a variety of adversaries in Syria, but
it's metastasizing at warp speed elsewhere, most dangerously in Egypt and Libya. And
the leader of the group ravaging northern Nigeria, Boko Haram, has expressed his
admiration of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The savage killing of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya -- all of them dressed in ISIS'
trademark orange prison garb -- is another indication of ISIS' ability to take advantage of
collapsed or collapsing states and of its growing presence in North Africa mainly
Egypt ,Tunisia and Algeria. In Egypt some militants have declared their allegiance to IS,
with one such group calling itself Sinai Province of the Islamic State. It claimed
responsibility for a sophisticated and multi-pronged set of attacks late last month on
Egyptian military positions that killed 32 troops.

The Islamic State group's successes in Syria have inspired a number of radical Islamist
groups to splinter away from the dominant North African branch of al Qaeda, known as
AQIM, and declare allegiance to al-Baghdadi. Most prominent has been the Algerian
Soldiers of the Caliphate led by a veteran al Qaeda commander.
In Tunisia, the radical Oqba ibn Nafaa brigade has long had good relations with AQIM,
but has also issued statements in support of IS. More importantly, however, there has
been a steady flow of Tunisian recruits to al-Baghdadi's group, most passing through
Libya for training. Increasingly, they have stayed there and fought with an alliance of
Islamist militias as well as the Islamic State, and reports have emerged of several
Tunisian "ISIS martyrs.

Africa has responded to the Terror threats albeit a little late. Egyptian warplanes struck
suspected IS targets in Darna, following the killing of the 21 Coptic Christians. Algeria
unleashed a massive operation against the group last fall, and most of its known
members have since been captured or killed. The Nigerian armed forces has apparently
stepped up their campaign against the Boko Haram group and have flushed out Boko
Haram terrorists in most of its strongholds.

Many Africans have been asking questions which include:Is ISIS growing its reach in
North Africa ? Is Africa under threat from ISIS breakaways ? Join tonight on
African Perspectives as we answer some of these questions and more.

Questions
1.Is ISIS growing its reach in North Africa
2.Is Africa under threat from ISIS breakaways ?
3.Outside Africa, ISIS finances its operations by ransoms but who is funding ISIS in
Africa since many African nations don't pay for ransoms ?
4.Is Africa taking these threats lightily and adopting a reactionary stance as witnessed in
Egypt after the killings?