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September 6, 2018

Iran’s Expanding Influence in Africa Is a Threat to Peace

Proselytization, charitable works, and terrorism.

In February, South African authorities arrested two Lebanese civilians for attempting to purchase equipment for manufacturing drones, which they planned to send to Hizballah. In previous years, Iran-backed terrorists were arrested for planning attacks on Western and Israeli targets in Kenya, a Hizballah armory was discovered in Nigeria, and American officials identified an extensive Hizballah money-laundering effort in West Africa. Yet these are only small parts of Tehran’s massive effort to establish a foothold in Africa through charitable organizations, Muslim educational institutions, efforts to convert Sunni Muslims to Shiism, and attempts to gain the loyalty of African Shiites to Iran’s supreme leader. Hassan Dai writes:

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