The Social Roots of Jihadist Violence in Burkina Faso’s North
Executive Summary Long spared by the Sahel’s armed groups, Burkina Faso now faces increasingly frequent and lethal attacks in its north....
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 12, 2017
First global pledge to end cholera by 2030
Health officials from around the world are meeting in France to commit to preventing 90% of cholera deaths by 2030. The disease, which...
BBC News
Oct 3, 2017
Tracking Conflict Worldwide - September 2017
Trends and Outlook In Asia, the continuing security crackdown in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State prompted over half a million Rohingya...
International Crisis Group 1
Sep 30, 2017
Yet Again, Kalma camp (South Darfur) for displaced persons is the scene of deadly violence by Kharto
Yet again, Kalma camp for displaced persons—just outside Nyala, capital of South Darfur, has been the scene of deadly violence by...
Sudan - Research, Analysis, and Advocacy 1
Sep 22, 2017
Herders against Farmers: Nigeria’s Expanding Deadly Conflict
Executive Summary Violent conflicts between nomadic herders from northern Nigeria and sedentary agrarian communities in the central and...
International Crisis Group 1
Sep 19, 2017
UNICEF: Number of Children Used for "Human Bombs" in Nigeria Has Quadrupled in 2017
On Tuesday, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that children have been increasingly used as “human bombs” in northern Nigeria by...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Aug 22, 2017
Two newspaper journalists detained illegally in Côte d’Ivoire
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of two journalists with the opposition newspaper Le Quotidien, whose...
Reporters without Borders 1
Aug 2, 2017
Journalists kept at bay during Papua New Guinea elections
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the many media freedom violations during the general elections held in Papua New Guinea from 24...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jul 24, 2017
Watch List 2017 – Second Update
Nigeria: Growing Insecurity on Multiple Fronts Nigeria is facing a time of uncertainty and peril. President Muhammadu Buhari’s failing...
International Crisis Group 1
Jul 20, 2017
Trained to Kill: How Four Boy Soldiers Survived Boko Haram
When the boys of Baga think back to home on the shores of Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, they remember a life that was not hard on...
New York Times 1
Jun 23, 2017
The Mass Genocide in Ghana Must Stop Now
By David Dzirasah Genocide is a word coined to ideologically represent the killing of a whole race or group of people. In history, we...
Ghanaweb
Jun 21, 2017
World Bank Fuels Land Grabs in Africa Through Shadowy Financial Sector Investments
The World Bank Group has indirectly financed some of Africa's most notorious land grabs, according to a report by a group of...
Africa Focus
Jun 17, 2017
