"East Africa—a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism...

"East Africa—a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism...

"East Africa—a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism...

"East Africa—a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism...

CEP report referenced, "Illicit trade is burning billion-dollar holes in the East African bloc, fueled by weak border controls and systemic political corruption by private interests, new report reveals."

"Illicit trade in East Africa is facilitating and funding extremists, terrorists and warlords, a new Counter Extremism Project (CEP) report has revealed."

"East Africa—a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism...

"East Africa—a key security partner in the war on terror and a principal engine of economic development on the African continent—is being critically undermined by illicit trade, according to the new report An Unholy Alliance: Links Between Extremism...

"According to a new report commissioned by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and authored by Sir Ivor Roberts, a senior CEP senior advisor, terrorists groups continue to cash in on the illegal ivory trade to pay their soldiers."

Illicit trade in East Africa is facilitating and funding extremists, terrorists and warlords, a new Counter Extremism Project (CEP) report has revealed.