In This Issue:
- Leading the News
- United States – Africa Relations
- North Africa
- East Africa
- West Africa
- Sub - Saharan Africa
- General Africa News
- Excerpt from Leading the News:
Tunisia -
On March 18th, U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued a statement on the terrorist attack in Tunisia. Congressman Royce said the attack was abhorrent, but not surprising, and articulated his belief that Tunisia was targeted by terrorists as a new democracy in a region of turmoil. In addition, Congressman Royce argued the U.S. needs to do more to help Tunisia secure its borders and build capable government institutions, especially in the security sector.
On March 19th, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, and warned of more bloodshed to come. The announcement came just hours after the Tunisian Government deployed the military to protect the country’s largest cities. In a statement posted on the Internet, ISIL criticized the country’s secularism and hailed Abu Zakaria al-Tunisi and Aby Anas al-Tunisi, aliases for gunmen Hatem Khachnaou and Yassine Labidi, as martyrs.
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