CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed: "There is ample evidence that the both al-Qaeda as well as the Islamic State affiliates that operate in West Africa are trying to take advantage of this situation. There has been just a couple of hours ago another major attack in the border area between Niger and Mali, admittedly by the coup government, by terrorist organizations. So the instability in Niger is a really important brick out of the regional counterterrorism operations." 

"Ian Acheson, a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, notes that terrorist gangs such as Al Qaeda or ISIS are deliberately seeking out people online who are vulnerable and suggestible to hateful ideologies."

"Terrorist groups such as IS and al-Qaeda have an easy time in these camps. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the international non-profit organization Counter Extremism Project, warns against this. This organization monitors and evaluates the propaganda of Islamist terrorist groups in Africa."

[Translated from German] "Terrorist groups like IS and al-Qaida have an easy time in these camps. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the international non-profit organization Counter Extremism Project, warns of this. This monitors and evaluates the propaganda of Islamist terrorist groups in Africa. According to Schindler, growing stronger would mean 'that these groups are not only concentrating on gaining control over areas in the region, but are all still part of this global strategy, which means that attacks on the West are a priority.'"