United States report has accused Iran of being the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism in its annual report on global terrorism. The report has also identified Kenya as the country which suffered most terrorist related attacks throughout 2018, and it comes as militants in northeast of Mali killed more than 50 soldiers in an attack on a military post.

For more on the report, Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele spoke to Dr Akinola Olojo, Senior researcher in the Transnational Threats and International Crime Programme at the Institute for Security Studies.