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Terror Groups and China Thrive, US Influence Declines Amidst African Instability

Terror Groups and China Thrive, US Influence Declines Amidst African Instability
Musa Maina, father of one of the 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram in 2018, sits with his family in Chibok, Nigeria, on April 12, 2019. In 2014, more than 200 other schoolgirls were abducted. Audu Ali Marte/AFP/Getty Images
Max Primorac
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As the Middle East is again consumed by wars of terrorist aggression, Africa, too, is experiencing a rise in violence. Despite the region receiving billions in U.S. foreign aid annually, groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and the ISIS terrorist group have gained ground throughout the continent.
Max Primorac is director of The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy. He previously served as acting chief operating officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development. From 2009 to 2011, he was a senior adviser to the Afghan government.
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