a diming report indicates that deaths from terrorism in africa have skyrock. more than 10000% during the so-called us war on terror. the study by the african center for strategic studies revealed during 2002 and 2003 when the us was just beginning its decades long war, total of just nine terrorist attacks were counted throughout all of africa, leading to only 23 casualties, but after two decades of us intervention in africa with a purported aim of helping the continent in counter terrorism. deaths from takfiri, violence in africa increased to 23,322 last

year, reaching a record level of lethal violence. an article published by the responsible state craft website notes that these findings contradict claims by the us military command in africa, afrikom, that it is thwarting terrorist threats on the continent and promoting security and stability. so what exactly are us troops doing in africa if they're not fighting terrorists as they claim? hello, i'm mubarak kenya and this is africa today. this week we are focusing on an unprecedented absorge of terrorism in africa, this is on how the us has contributed to increased terrorist attacks in africa. you can be part of today's conversation by sending us your comments through our social media handle appearing on the screen. us increased terrorism in africa. imperialist powers led by the united. united

states have long viewed the african continent as a place for stealing valuable assets. the continent has huge chunk of the world's remaining mineral wealth and is home to major global oil and gas reserves. that is why the european powers and united states seek to control these resources by deploying their military forces across the continent under the pretext of combatting terrorism. it is now becoming clear to all that the presence of us led western forces in africa is the source of insecurity across the continent. but burkina fasso's minister of state addressed the 78th session of the general assembly of the united nations last year and said western troops operating in west africa are out to plander the region's resources. we have some 10 th00 soldiers, armed soldiers that are foreign soldiers. most of them are french soldiers, but they are also american soldiers. germans, italian, etc., they have

weapons, they have flying equipment, they have surveillance equipment, which is the most sophisticated in the world, and yet they don't see the hundreds of terrorists that are moving around in order to serve death and desolation, often with unimaginable weapons at their side. in mali, in niger, in burkina faso, there is no factory to manufacture weapons nor munitions. so, who is recruiting these terrorists? "who is training them, who is providing them with weapons, who feeds them and with what means? do you believe in this philanthropy? on behalf of whom the westerners have sent their armies to the sahel to die for our beautiful blue eyes? well, if you believe that, then what justifies the diplomatic irritation and other gesticulation of france when we told them to skidatle with their armies. the real reason is really about the resources that are underground. on the sahil indeed, well for

more on how the us has contributed to the increase of terrorism in africa, we have contacted abdul latif ahmad, a researcher and of a digital news editor. thanks lot for your time sir today. thank you for having me. we also have professor abdul wahab sheikh abdul samad, the chief executive officer of the afro-asia institute for strategic studies based in nairobi, kenya. thanks lot for your time, prof. sir today, thank you for having me. now deaths from terrorism in africa, as we have seen have skyrocted more than 10000% during the so-called us war on terror, according to the new study by the africa center for strategic studies. now this findings contradict claims by the us military command in africa known as africum that it is thorting terrorist attacks across the continent. let's start off with mr. ahmed, what's your take uh on this report? we can...

see already that counter insurgency strategies by especially the west has not improved the life of people again most of the times uh there are talks about sharing intelligence, supplying uh african countries with arms to fight insurgency, but again if this uh there is a spike in insurgency clearly shows that the strategies that have been employed are not working and therefore there is need to reject the system, there is need to have alternative uh arrangements for you know to mitigate insurgency on the continent so... again it is clear that uh, in spite of uh, the claims to funding, the claims to supply of arms, claims to sharing of intelligence, there is a gross failure of security architecture, you know, on the continent. the us has 21 publicly known

military facilities in 15 countries in africa, under military footprint in most african countries. now let's bring in professor abdul wahab sheikh. now in your opinion, what exactly are us forces doing in africa? because we know that the continent under the pretext of fighting terrorism, but we have seen uh rapid increase in terrorist attacks across the continent over the last two decades. us involvement in africa leads are more terrorism and showing that the current approach is not effective at all, in america or usa has some more... 21 bases in africa, whenever they have base, the the insecurity, the terrorism, the conflict all, you know, it became ungovernable, for if i give you an example, for instance, in somalia, there is alshabab terrorist organization in somalia, who keeping them,

you know, mostly the western imperialist, because they don't want to allow them you know to rule or govern the entire country, at the same time they want also the... the day you know to at least govern the entire country because they don't want it, they want to keep you know terrorism in africa so that at least you know they can contain within so many territories, that's why for the last 33 years somalia has no effective government, somalia has no central government, mainly the western world, the imperialist west, they don't want to see you know stable, strong and unit. somalia. areas affected by terrorism in africa are strategically located and rich in natural resources. from gold and uranium rich regions of the sahil to somalia, a country in a strategic location to gas rich mozambique, a country that experts say has the potential

to become the qatar of africa. we also have the drc, the world's largest producer of cobalt and third largest producer of copper. both minerals are critical for clean. energy technologies: recently there have been anti-us demonstrations in the democratic republic of congo where protesters accused the us and france of bucking rebels and terrorists in the miner rich eastern part of the country. we're claiming our rights, france and the united states are fostering the war in the eastern drc by supporting the rebellion. a country like rwanda cannot fight against the democrat. republic of the congo, we are marching, we are not breaking or destroying people's property, but the head of the police is sending his offices to chase us away. there is no doubt that western powers are out to plunder these resources and therefore cannot be part of the solution. the

united states military command in africa, africom is now seen by many as an imperialist war machine that creates threats before managing the perception of safety. the ultimate object. of africa is advancing the united states's economic and geostrategic interest in africa. now my next question is to professor hab sheikh, do you think western imperialist powers are behind the absage of terrorism in africa and can they really assist in restoring security across the continent? you the western emberialist a part and partial of african problems as we speak right now, they want to exploit african resources, they want to undermine the safety and security of african continent so that at least they can exploit and loot the african resources. very good example in west africa whereby you know b several countries in west

africa that is mali, burkina fasso, guinney and niger are struggling to contain the terrorism in their respective countries, mainly who are supporting. them those terrorist groups in in west africa are western imperialist, why why why they doing that in order to loot and exploit african resources? very good example in niger whereby the french companies are mining so that you know a one kilogram of uranium in niger they are buying from localist less than dollar and they're going to sell you know into the into the world market more than $240 right now as we speak right now 186 companies are mining india you know the... democratic republic of congo and they creating 110 militias which

answerable to the you know western western companies so that they continue the looting, they will continue exploitation, they will continue undermining the safety and security african african african societies or african countries so that they can easily you know loot the resources of africa, but no question about that, i have no doubt in my mind. african, you know, the western imperialist a part a pastor of the african problems today. the un secretary general says, efforts to counter terrorism must be anched in human rights and strategies that focus on the marginalized unvulnerable people. communities and the state need to be joined with the common purpose of rejecting terrorist ideologies and challenging those we spouse them. and this means government's adopting a comprehensive and inclusive approach involving all parts of society. it means

starting at the grassroots, where families and local communities are at the frontline of efforts to protect vulnerable people from succumbing to pernicious ideologies. it means increasing our support to civil society organizations who make a unique and invaluable contribution to tackling terrorism and preventing violent extremism. and i'm pleased that many of them will join. us tomorrow, and it means engaging women and young people so that they can play meaningful roles in the developing, monitoring and implementing counter terrorism policies and programs. now mr. ahmed, can you tell us more on how marginalized persons susceptible to being recruited into terrorist groups can be rescued from these evil terrorist organizations? so basically, apart from poverty, and ignorance, there is need to intentionally bridge the gap between the hal and most of the terrorists are able to

exploits the people, you exploit the gaps in the system, the social gaps in the system, so yes, there is need to retour the system, there is need to have functional education, the type of education that makes people have agency to understand that certain decisions are taken on their own without having to rely on you, the exploitation of their religion or their culture or their current economic situation, that is what the terrorists you know exploit most of the time, so for me education is veritable tool to restructure the mindset to reset the mindset of people you know in the affected regions, when you have the right kind of education, the right type of exposure and intellection, you will not be railroaded into the... of terrorists and insurgents uh as case may be. thanks, mr.

ahmed for that. let's now take a short break before we continue our discussion on how the so-called us war on terror has actually led to a 10000% increase of terrorism in africa over the last two decades. us increased terrorism in africa. in this week's show we'll be shining light on the influence of an ultraasinist sect known as khabad and the israeli intelligence agency shinbet has said that the vast majority of these people involved in these attacks are uh linked to um this extremist faction based in the yitsar uh settlement in particular is actually kabard linked uh yeshiva jewish seminary in that settlement in the case of palestinians that the key question is uh will they grow up to challenge us in the future? of course something which you can't tell about it, baby, but nevertheless, they can tell and

they can tell that any palestinian baby is a threat to them in the future, and they can be engaged regardless of whether you're trying to kill their parents or not, you can just kill the babies by themselves and this is the depth of the horror of of the the philosophy and the ideas of this sect. welcome back and you're watching africa today. this week we are focusing on an unprecedented upsarge of terrorism in africa ameid the presence of us troops across the continent. basoma bazi, minister of state of burkina fasso an address to the un general assembly last year stressed that his country, mali and niger are dealing with a war imposed

on them by imperialism under the pretext of terrorism. malinisia and burkina fasso are dealing with war that was imposed upon them by imperialism under the pretext of terrorists, and they these are soing terror and destruction, despite the un charter with principles of equality, justice on one hand, not the other hand, international law, which has been often cited here at the un, there is a massive chasm between in the treatment of these different issues. professor, what's your take? on this statement by the minister from burkinafaso, a country currently at the forefront of battling imperialism, but that statement, i completely, i agree with him, you know the western imperialist undermining the security of african nations, they are the one in fact assisting and supporting terrorism in in in burkina faso, when the

when the military size the power, then they can easily contain all those all those militias who get a support. from the western imperialist so that they can easily loot the african the african resources, so the question is, the question is why when the military came to power, burkina faso, niger, gen and mali are most safe today than two years, three years ago, because two or three years ago all those guys were terror organizations, be what haram are getting a support for the western bral east so... they can create a tension, conflict, you know, among the african societies, africans, they must come together and defend themselves against western imperialist, western, the african society come together and fight against the terror groups who are getting support from the western world, that's the only thing the african society they can survive, otherwise the nucrialism is real and

they continue to loot africa, because today french for instance, "if french stop looting africa, automatically french will become a third world country as as we speak right now, they will, they will become a third world country, so in order to french become a strong nation, in order to be a superpower, they have to lead africa, all western cities or all western countries, they build the blood of african society, now apart from poverty, ignorance has been sited as a" major reason that terrorist groups find recruiting grounds in africa. now professor abdul wahab sheikh, do you think the root cause of violent extremism and terrorism in africa can be addressed through proper education and training? no question about that, both education and training can you know can improve the livelihood of the african society, can improve the security and safe to

african continent, mainly other factors apart from the terrorism and violent. ism, other factors which contribute the instability of africa, including among others, that's a that's a political corruption, economic inequality, social fractures and local grivences on the also contribute to the terrorism in africa, so all those factors together, they in fact contribute the safety and security of the african society, apart from contribute also sorry, "all those fts above a part and parcel of the insecurity in africa and the sooner they address the issue the political corruption, the issue of the economic equality, the issue of the social fractures and also and addressing the local grivenesses can easily improve this the security of the african continent. for

decades, africa has been teaming with foreign military personnel with more than dozen countries known to have deployments and bases. on the continent, the us and its allies such as france, the uk, germany, italy and belgium have military presence on the continent. despite this presence, insecurity is rampant across the continent. a protester in mali speaking before french troops were ejected from the country said that ever since they trusted france a us ally to was assisted in combating terrorism, the situation in the country wasn't. i'll be so happy like a party if france quit mali today, really ever since we trusted them with our security, everything has become worse, clearly these... us lead imperialist forces are the source of instability in africa. mr. ahmed, what's your opinion on this? okay, so this is what i think of it. i always say that african

problems require african solutions. why are the foreign forces on the african s africans will make you know gestures to them seeking for help and assistance? well, you see internally, what african should do is to close rounds, you know, is to... look for alternative approach to defeating these monsters, because you cannot have investment, you cannot have hospitality, you cannot have your business is an enterprise running smoothly if you have a mar of insecurity, cutting across the region, so beyond blaming and finger pointing at the us, we must internalize our solution, we must be able to say that within ourselves we have identified the problem and then we have. solutions to fix the problem, yes it is easy to say the american forces should go uh, the american assistance do not need it, western you interference go, however we must find home

grown solutions you know within ourselves, close rounds and ensure that we defeat you know uh rising insecurity on the continent. there is no doubt that us forces are up to no good in africa and are in fact there to take care of washington's illegitimate economic and geopolitical interests now, many people in africa are demanding that us troops and other imperialist forces withdraw, as we have seen, and let african countries take care of their own security with the assistance of non imperialist powers. professor abdul, you have the last word, what's your take on this? the us presence in africa is not you, a good side, it's not welcome at all in in in the continent. the sooner they depart from the continent the better, for the last quarter century, the us intervention in africa is not, it's not good, very good example in

libya, when they interven in libya 2011, libya was stable state, libya has a function institutions, libya has a you know better life than today, but as we speak right now, where is living? libya is gone again, the intervention of the sahil state is specifically the french intervention and together with american intervention in in mali in burkina faso in niger together with you know and and g, it's not good, that's why the african society they start organizing themselves, they start you know against the western interventions in africa, they start they not the real missing the the the the the the military presence in in usa in africa is not adding up, it's not you know you know

assisting the security and safety of the african african nations, but it's a parth a paril of african african problems, so the sooner they left africa the better, the sooner they depart africa the better, the sooner in fact you know stop that kind of approach. which is underming the safety and security of the continent is better, they must come up new approach so that they can easily no gain the hearts and minds of african society, otherwise the multipolar system is now is real, and i don't think so now right now, us intervation in africa is highly welcome, well there you have it, there is no doubt that us military presence in africa is major factor in the upsage of terrorism across. the continent and the sooner the us forces leave africa, the better. i like to thank our guest today, professor, the chief executive officer of afroasia institute for strategic studies

based in nairobi, and abdul latif ahmad, a digital news editor. well, and that brings us to the end of this week's edition of wafrica. today, it's always great having you watch the show, you can watch this episode on all our previous shows at our website pressv.ir drop also through our social media handle and let us know what you think from me mubarak kenya, it's goodbye for now.

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