Horn, Sahel and Rift: Fault-lines of the African Jihad

Lecture by Stig Jarle Hansen of Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway

Thursday, November 7, 2019 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EST
Johnson Center, 326, Meeting Room B

Abstract:
Despite more than three decades of international efforts to immobilize these organizations, African jihadist organizations have proven to be adaptable and resilient, continuing to engage in insurgent campaigns against the state and employing terrorist violence against civilians. As they operate within and across different states and regions, the key to understanding this persistence – as well
as the challenges of responding to it – often lies in the interaction between global dynamics and frequently underappreciated local factors. At this event, Dr. Hansen will discuss his new book “Horn, Sahel, and Rift: Fault-lines of the African Jihad”, (Hurst & Co., 2019).

Stig Jarle Hansen is based at Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Akershus, where he led Norway's only MA in International Relations (2010-16). He has conducted extensive field studies in Africa, speaks Somali, Swahili and Arabic, and is the author of the acclaimed Al-Shabaab in Somalia, also published by Hurst (2013).