Kenya is urging African nations to adopt homegrown strategies to combat the growing concentration of terrorism along national borders, warning that extremist groups are increasingly turning the continent’s geography into a battlefield. This call to action was delivered at the Fourth Nairobi Caucus on Border Security and Counter-Terrorism, emphasizing the need to view frontiers as platforms for unity.

• More than 80 percent of violent extremist fatalities across Africa in 2024 occurred near national boundaries.
• Interior Principal Secretary Dr. Raymond Omollo stressed that borders are opportunities for connection, not barriers.
• The number of terrorist attacks within 50 kilometres of West African coastal borders has risen tenfold from 50 incidents in 2020 to over 500 in 2024.