Is ISIS allied to or influencing African Jihadi Groups? – By Hassan M. Abukar

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In August 2014, Africa’s spy chiefs met in Nairobi as part of the African Union’s Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA). They expressed deep concern about the growing threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the likelihood that the radical outfit might influence the continent’s own jihadi groups. Areas of concern for the chiefs included an “alliance being built by terror groups worldwide, sophisticated sources of funding, and [Africa’s] porous borders.”

ISIS beheads second Briton, threatens to kill US war veteran next

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ISIS has beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning (left and inset). The militants posted a video of the horrific beheading online last night. In the video, the executioner who is described as Jihadi John because of his English accent said Alan's blood is on the hands of the British parliament.

Before he was beheaded, Alan also blamed his death on his government. He told the camera

"I am Alan Henning. Because of our Parliament's decision to attack the Islamic state I as a member of the British public will now pay the price for that decision.'

Mayor of London: Fighting IS 'Overwhelmingly in Interest' of Muslims

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Ekaterina Blinova - It is 'overwhelmingly in the interest' of Muslim states to organize a coalition aimed at destroying Islamic State (IS), while the US and Britain should avoid sending boots on the ground, claims Boris Johnson, a British Conservative Party politician and Mayor of London.

"As soon as we had Western troops in the theatre, there would be Western captives – and more beheadings, more horror on YouTube.
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Photos: Ebola Patient Flees Clinic In Search For Food

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A shocking video has emerged which shows the moment an Ebola patient who escaped quarantine in search of food was recaptured and forced into the back of a truck. The footage, broadcast by Sky News, was captured in Monrovia, Liberia, in West Africa, which is currently in the grip of an Ebola epidemic.

The man had escaped from Monrovia's Elwa hospital, (which last month was so crowded with cases of the deadly disease that it had to turn people away), to visit a market. He was wearing a red shirt and a wristband that told people he has tested positive for Ebola. There were chaotic scenes as crowds followed the infected man, and some stallholders argued with him as he approached them. 
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Hours after executing 300 Syrian soldiers, ISIS parade captured Kurds, then beheads one

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 ISIS militants yesterday released a movie showing them executing about 300 Syrian soldiers they captured close to the Tabqa air base since the soldiers attempted to flee the fallen air base in Raqqa, Syria. They stripped the soldiers down for their briefs, took them to the desert, lined them up and executed them. Then hours later, they posted another video showing captured Kurd fighters wearing orange prison uniforms. This time around they executed only one.
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