The Togo looks like West Africa’s new frontier of violent extremism
The threat of violent extremism across West Africa has been on the rise in recent times. Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa Province have been active in the Lake Chad Basin region. Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin , the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara and Ansarul Islam in the Sahel . The implications for the peace and security of the sub-region have never been more pronounced.