Twenty years after 9/11, terror persists across Africa. The last time the Taliban was in power, they gave safe haven to terrorist groups, like al-Qaeda, which planned deadly attacks across East Africa. Today, al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda-allied groups, like al-Shabab, continue to pose a threat across the continent. The World’s Halima Gikandi reports.
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