The UN'S Taliban/AQ/IS Monitoring Team released its semi-annual report on the status of these groups on Friday, detailing the best information it has from UN Member States on statuses + activities of the groups.

A TLDR on the striking Africa sections:

undocs.org/S/2022/83 1) On one hand, per exec summary, AQ/IS in Africa appear to rank as #3 concern of Monitoring Team. This follows seeming concerns re Taliban takeover in AFG (#1) and presence of IS-K (#2).

Report later notes concern by Member States of Taliban inspiration to African AQ/IS groups.

(1/X): How does the US' Africa Command (AFRICOM) view the current threat landscape on the African continent?

AFRICOM commander GEN Waldhauser revealed AFRICOM posture today in front of Senate.

Below, a digest thread I've put together for those that don’t have time to read it:

https://twitter.com/alexisarieff/status/1093543051711180800

(2/X): Overall, AFRICOM posture framed by priorities of National Defense Strategy, w/resultant concern about:

A) Great Power competition (especially vis-a-vis China and Russia)

B) Violent Extremist Organizations (VEOs) (and their destabilizing impacts on African partner states)