America’s Failed ‘War on Terror’ Has Left Africa on the Brink of Chaos Opinion


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One of the most horrific results of America's failed and utterly nebulous "War of Terror" is an Africa left teetering on the brink of chaos. The continent has become a grim theatre of ever-escalating terrorism, violence, anti-poverty protests, and disillusionment. A recent report from a Pentagon research institution shows deaths from terror attacks in Africa surged an astonishing 100,000 percent since the beginning of the U.S.' global anti-terrorism campaign. That surge includes a 20 percent increase in Islamist violence in the past year. These bleak metrics are a brutal reminder that Africa has become a "global epicenter" of jihadism, as...