Fight against jihadists shifting to Africa 

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JIHADIST AREAS OF OPERATION AND INFLUENCE IN 2018
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SENEGAL  Dakar
ALGERIA  Niamey
TUNISIA 
MAURITANIA
MALI
NIGERIA
NIGER Agadez
LIBYA
IRAQ
YEMEN
MOZAMBIQUE
BOTSWANA
EGYPT
UGANDA
CAMEROON
GHANA  Accra
Ougadougou  BURKINA FASO
DJIBOUTI Camp Lemonnier
Chebelley
Gaborone
CHAD N’Djamena 
Entebbe
Libreville
GABON 
KENYA 
SYRIA
SOMALIA 
Manda Bay
Mombasa

Ascension  Island (UK) 
ATLANTIC OCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN

1,000km 625 miles

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U.S. military in Africa
Forward bases 
Cooperative security 
Contingency locations

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So-called Islamic State (IS)  Al Qaeda-linked groups
1 Core area                   Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
2 IS in Yemen                 Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
3 IS in Sinai                 Ansar al-Islam, Jund al-Islam
4 IS in Libya                 Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) 
5 IS in the Greater Sahara    AQIM, Nusrat al-Islam (JNIM)
6 Jund al-Khilafah in Algeria Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, Shabab al-Tawhid
7 IS in Somalia               Al Shabaab and affiliates
8 IS West Africa Province
9 IS in Mozambique

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Sources: Africa Centre for Strategic Studies, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM),
The Intercept, Stratfor © GRAPHIC NEWS