Since 2017, more people have been killed in terrorist attacks in sub-Saharan Africa than in either South Asia or the Middle East and North Africa. 

By 2021 almost half of all those killed by terrorists globally were in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Global Terrorism Index compiled by the Institute for Economics and Peace. 

The worst hit is the Sahel, a poorly governed strip of scrub south of the Sahara, accounting for 35% of all deaths. One Sahelian group affiliated to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, is the fastest-growing terrorist group globally.

Source: The Economist