ACLED Webinar | Tackling the Islamic State threat in Africa: State responses and the road ahead

Amid the Islamic State’s pivot to Africa, African governments have increasingly turned to strategic military partnerships to push back. These partnerships have taken diverse forms — from bilateral military cooperation, hiring private mercenaries, and equipping local self-defense groups.

Watch the recoded webinar held on Wednesday, 12 November 2025  with ACLED analysts on Somalia, the Sahel, the Lake Chad Basin, the Great Lakes region, and northern Mozambique, for another in-depth analysis of IS’s pivot to Africa and the evolving nature of African regional security.