Terrorism-Related Attacks in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1970-2020: Analysis and Impact from a Counter-Terrorism Medicine Perspective

Vaccinations of International Travellers From Greece to Sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction: The number of travellers from Greece who travel to sub-Saharan Africa has increased during the last decade. Our aim in this research was to study vaccination patterns for travellers travelling to sub-Saharan Africa.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2011 until December 2014 in all (57) public health departments in Gr...

Factors Facilitating the Rise of Radical Islamism and Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction On February 12, 2007, a new article was circulated in the Jihadi forums, which sketched very clearly the new direction of the strategy of al-Qaeda or global Jihad, in Africa. The article in Arabic, titled "Al-Qaeda Organization and the African Continent: Past, Present and Future", provides us with an analysis of Africa's importance for global Jihad. This same article was published ...

Failed States and the Spread of Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa

Millennium Development Goals progress: a perspective from sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is a highly diverse geo-political region. Any brief discussion of the progress made over the last 15 years towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will therefore not do justice to the true complexity of context and events. Our focus will be MDG4-to reduce child mortality by 66% from 1990 levels. We will touch briefly on MDG1, to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, M...

Modeling Values for Counter-Terrorism Analysis

Decisions are made to achieve objectives. A value model unambiguously represents objectives in a quantitative manner. Hence, a value model both guides thinking and provides a basis for analyzing alternatives to best meet the desired objectives. This paper proposes the development of value models to support counter-terrorism efforts. It summarizes the theory and procedures to develop value model...