In response to some PMs I received, some sources:
http://www.ibtimes.com/after-ivory-coast...ke-2337915
"The government beefed up security in Dakar and other major cities following the January terror attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, but the country must also consider softer targets, like the seaside resort area of Saly that is popular among expats.
“Senegal needs to pretty dramatically increase security in these resort towns,” Meservey of Heritage Foundation said. “There’s a trade-off there because you don’t want to scare tourists and that has economic implications. But it’s far worse to have an attack where lives are lost.”"
But much more worrying is the following, and it should have its own Thread in the travel section I think (number 1 global threat this Summer):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/...r-sunbeds/
"German newspaper Bild reports that the jihadists planned to conceal themselves in tourist resorts posing as (note: Senegalese) refreshment vendors.
They would detonate suicide belts and bombs placed under sunbeds at ... Italian and German resorts, German newspaper Bild reported."
"The suspects are understood to be based in Senegal and are supporters of the Isil-allied jihadist sect Boko Haram, Bild reported.
As they regularly travel between Africa and Europe on business trips, they are already capable of embedding themselves in European resorts under the guise of selling snacks and souvenirs.
Seck Pouy, a police chief from Senegal, told Bild: "They want to strike Italian... and (other) beaches. They will exploit certain radicalized vendors who travel regularly between Italy and Senegal, apparently for work.”"
http://www.ibtimes.com/after-ivory-coast...ke-2337915
"The government beefed up security in Dakar and other major cities following the January terror attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, but the country must also consider softer targets, like the seaside resort area of Saly that is popular among expats.
“Senegal needs to pretty dramatically increase security in these resort towns,” Meservey of Heritage Foundation said. “There’s a trade-off there because you don’t want to scare tourists and that has economic implications. But it’s far worse to have an attack where lives are lost.”"
But much more worrying is the following, and it should have its own Thread in the travel section I think (number 1 global threat this Summer):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/...r-sunbeds/
"German newspaper Bild reports that the jihadists planned to conceal themselves in tourist resorts posing as (note: Senegalese) refreshment vendors.
They would detonate suicide belts and bombs placed under sunbeds at ... Italian and German resorts, German newspaper Bild reported."
"The suspects are understood to be based in Senegal and are supporters of the Isil-allied jihadist sect Boko Haram, Bild reported.
As they regularly travel between Africa and Europe on business trips, they are already capable of embedding themselves in European resorts under the guise of selling snacks and souvenirs.
Seck Pouy, a police chief from Senegal, told Bild: "They want to strike Italian... and (other) beaches. They will exploit certain radicalized vendors who travel regularly between Italy and Senegal, apparently for work.”"