Burkina Faso’s Alarming Escalation of Jihadist Violence
The attacks represent an alarming escalation for Burkina Faso in terms of organisation, lethality of armaments and length of engagement....
International Crisis Group 1
Mar 5, 2018
Guinean website editor threatened, shots fired at home
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns last week’s shooting attack on the home of Abdoul Latif Diallo, the editor of the Dépêche Guinée...
Reporters without Borders 1
Feb 6, 2018
Burkina Faso: A Report’s Conclusions, Presented on the Ground
To mark the publication of the Report The Social Roots of Jihadist Violence in Burkina Faso’s North on 12 October 2017, West Africa...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 26, 2018
Seven Priorities for the African Union in 2018
What’s the issue? African Union leaders meet at the end of January for their bi-annual summit. Vital institutional and financial reform...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 17, 2018
A new wave of brazen attacks by herdsmen in Nigeria is sparking fears of genocide
Since the start of the year, Nigerians have been served bloody reminders that Boko Haram is no longer the country’s biggest internal...
Quartz
Jan 12, 2018
Finding the Right Role for the G5 Sahel Joint Force
What’s the issue? Ten months after the Sahel’s five countries set up the G5 Sahel joint force (FC-G5S) as a means of settling the armed...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 12, 2017
They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigeria’s Security Forces
By Dionne Searcey Falmata, 14, was abducted and raped repeatedly by Boko Haram fighters. Her trauma then continued in a camp for victims...
New York Times 1
Dec 8, 2017
Europe’s Chance in Africa
Two former colonial powers of the European Union, France and the United Kingdom, have long shaped the bloc’s approach to Africa. France...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 28, 2017
Time to Reset African Union-European Union Relations
Executive Summary African and European leaders are scheduled to meet in November for the fifth triennial African Union-European Union...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 17, 2017
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
