Report Released At 16th Annual Event on "International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism"

Terrorist attacks in the Maghreb and the Sahel increased an alarming 60 percent from the previous year, totaling 230 incidents regionwide, the highest yearly total since 9/11, according to a recent report from The Potomac Institute's Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies.

The fifth annual report on "Terrorism in North Africa and the Sahel in 2013" is available online, and it recommends more effective engagement by the United States and its allies to prevent the brewing security crisis from erupting in Africa's "arc of instability," from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.

Key elements in the report include:

• Map - New Terrorism Hotspot
• Terrorism in North Africa & the Sahel:  Regional Threat Assessment
• Regional Case Studies: Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Mali
• Selected Recommendations
• Chronology:  Terrorism in North Africa & the Sahel
• Selected Bibliography