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OPINION: Asset protection strategy needs rethink in wake of Africa's Islamist insurgency

No longer confined to their hideouts in the Sahara, Islamist terror networks have spread into Africa's deep forested interior and are reorganising, ready to take on weakened states hoping to welcome oil sector investment

Vulnerable: an oil tanker sits off the Tanzanian oil and gas logistics town of Mtwara, where Islamists staged an attack recently
Vulnerable: an oil tanker sits off the Tanzanian oil and gas logistics town of Mtwara, where Islamists staged an attack recentlyPhoto: REUTERS/SCANPIX
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Published 29 October 2020, 08:52Updated 29 October 2020, 12:15