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2025-01-28 Africa Horn
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Al-Shabaab and ISIS suspects among 37 Arrested in Multi-Nation East Africa Operation
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[Garowe] An extensive counter-terrorism operation across East Africa has resulted in the arrest of 37 suspects and the seizure of various weapons, with some detainees linked to ISIS and Al-Shabaab
... the personification of Somali state failure...
, authorities said Friday.
The operation, conducted between November and December 2024, involved INTERPOL and AFRIPOL and spanned eight countries. In Kenya, 17 individuals were arrested, including two suspected ISIS members and others involved in terrorism financing and propaganda.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo , which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
, four alleged members of the Allied Democratic Forces
 ...established in the early 1990s through an agreement between portions of Uganda’s Salaf Tabliq Islamic sect and the National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (NALU), who said they had been sidelined by Museveni’s policies. At the time, the rebels staged deadly attacks in Ugandan villages and the capital, including a 1998 attack in which 80 students were massacred. A Ugandan military operation later forced the ADF into eastern Congo. The ADF has since established ties with the Islamic State group. The ADF has received funding from the Government of Sudan, which has also provided supplies and training. The ADF may also have received funding from the illegal mining and logging industries of the DRC....
(ADF) and two others were detained. Authorities also destroyed a missile and an anti-tank device left behind by suspected terrorists.
Somalia saw the arrest of three suspects, including a bomb maker from Al-Shabaab's Amniyaat unit, known for planting IEDs against law enforcement and military targets, and another operative who attacked police checkpoints with hand grenades.
Tanzania arrested one suspected member of ISIS Mozambique and a Ugandan attempting to join a terrorist group in Mozambique.
The operation was preceded by comprehensive intelligence gathering and strategic planning by each participating nation, with INTERPOL and AFRIPOL coordinating the exchange of criminal intelligence. During the raids, officers from both organizations provided real-time support on the ground.
Cyril Gout, INTERPOL’s Acting Executive Director of Police Services, emphasized the necessity of international collaboration in countering terrorism in East Africa's volatile environment.
Ambassador Jalel Chelba, Acting Executive Director of AFRIPOL, highlighted the operation as a demonstration of how unified strategies can disrupt criminal networks and enhance regional security. 
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