Amani Al-Tawil

Dr. Amani Al-Tawil is the director of the African program at the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. She has analyzed the rise of ISIS in Africa, noting its implications not only for Somalia but for the continent as a whole. Al-Tawil discusses the competition between ISIS and Al-Qaeda and warns of the increasing threat these organizations pose across Africa, particularly in light of their strategic alliances with local extremist factions.