Sub saharan Africa is the new epitome of extremism

Subject : International Relations

Section: Msc

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The new global epicentre of violent Islamic extremism is sub-Saharan Africa where people are increasingly joining because of economic factors and less for religious ones, says a new report by the United Nation’s international development agency.
A significant increase of 92% of new recruits to extremist groups are joining for better livelihoods compared to the motivations of those interviewed in a previous report released in 2017, according to the Journey to Extremism in Africa: Pathways to Recruitment and Disengagement Report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The region of the African continent located south of the Sahara Desert is known as sub-Saharan Africa

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