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New CTED Trends Alert series highlights challenges, provides recommendations for counter-terrorism and border management efforts in Africa
Despite the efforts of Member States in Africa to strengthen border security, a number of countries continue to face challenges. Indeed, with terrorism and violent extremism spreading across parts of the continent, the UN Security Council has emphasized the need for stronger border security and management. Between 2018 and 2023, CTED conducted assessment visits to 15 African Member States. Based on the visit reports, CTED has now published two new interlinked Trends Alerts, each summarizing key challenges and recommendations related to border management in Africa.
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CTC special meeting 2022
The special meeting of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee on “Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes” will be held in India on 28-29 October 2022. The theme focuses on three areas where emerging technologies are experiencing rapid development and increasing threat of abuse for terrorist purposes: terrorism financing; unmanned aerial systems (UAS); and the Internet and social media. Click here for more information.
Civil society perspectives: ISIL in Africa - Key trends and developments
A growing number of ISIL-affiliated groups in Africa have shown an ability to launch deadly and coordinated attacks, capture strategic territories, recruit followers using anti-Government propaganda, and conscript child soldiers. With the exception of attacks carried out by the Islamic State — Sinai Province and the Islamic State in Somalia (ISS), the frequency of ISIL attacks and the resulting casualties across the continent indicate that African States are facing an unprecedented terrorist threat.
Foreign terrorist fighters
On 24 September 2014, at a meeting held at the level of Heads of State or Government the Security Council unanimously adopted its resolution 2178 (2014) to address the acute and growing threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs).
Information and communications technologies
While the general population uses new and emerging technologies (particularly information and communications technologies (ICT) such as the Internet, social media platforms, and other communications applications) primarily for social communications, digital commer
Countering violent extremism and terrorist narratives
The Security Council recognizes that acts of terrorism and violent extremism cannot be prevented or countered through repressive measures alone and has consistently emphasized the need for a comprehensive, whole-of-society, human rights compliant and gender-sensitive approach.
Legal issues
The adoption of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) introduced a significant new dimension to international counter-terrorism law by requiring all Member States to criminalize various acts associated with terrorism, as well as with the partici
Law enforcement
Member States’ law enforcement agencies must constantly adapt to a global terrorist threat that has evolved significantly over the past decades, both in scale and complexity.
Countering the financing of terrorism
Terrorists require money to operate. Without funding, they cannot purchase weapons, equipment, supplies, or services. The source of terrorist funds may be licit or illicit, and funding often takes the form of multiple small donations, rather than one large sum of money.
Integrating gender into counter-terrorism
The Security Council, the Counter-Terrorism Committee, and the Committee’s Executive Directorate (CTED) have actively promoted the integration of the agendas on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism (CVE).
Human rights
Terrorism poses a serious threat, not only to international peace and security, but also to the enjoyment of human rights and social and economic development.
Border security and arms trafficking
Effective border security and timely information-sharing at the national, regional, and international levels are key in preventing the movement of terrorists and terrorist groups and to the effective implementation of counter-terrorism measures pursuant to Security Council resolution
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