♤ Terrorism has affected a large swath of the continent.

♤ The proliferation of terrorist and extremist groups in the continent like Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, Nigeria-based Boko Haram, and Al-Shabaab in Somalia, and their suspected links with militants in other parts of the world entails a more proactive collaboration between India and Africa on the issue of terrorism.

♤ Looking ahead to the next stage in the India-Africa partnership, one can, therefore, expect a deepening of security cooperation across a spectrum of areas, including terrorism, piracy, and maritime security.

♤ Security has to be seen in its wider context: Thus it include issues such as

o Climate Change but also global public health challenges,

o drug-trafficking,

o trafficking of humans,

o proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and international terrorism.