Africa: the new ground zero for jihadi terror groups?

The day terror group the Islamic State (IS) self-proclaimed caliphate in Syria and Iraq is long gone. However, today, the jihadist powerhouse is surviving in the Levant but expanding in Africa, where its affiliates promote a deadly and thriving modus operandi.

Two new official IS provinces ("wilayas") were created in March in the Sahel and in May in Moza…