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Africa providing ‘safe haven’ to Islamist terror groups, special forces commander says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photograph taken Tuesday Feb. 25, 2020, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander of the U.S. military's special forces in Africa, speaks to the Associated Press in Thies, Senegal. The only place in the world where fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are cooperating is in West Africa's sprawling Sahel region. The commander of the U.S. military's special forces in Africa says that &quot;if it‘s left unchecked it could very easily develop into a great threat to the West and the United States.” (AP Photo/Cheikh A.T Sy)

AP Interview: Al-Qaida, IS affiliates team up in West Africa

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press