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Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast In Burkina Faso, President Roch Marc Christian Kabore (right) has named a new military commander, two weeks after Islamist jihadis killed 12 Burkinabe soldiers in a major raid, a government statement announced this week. Colonel … Continued

To end the year, Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, urged his fighters to “kill, slaughter and abduct … and detonate bombs everywhere” in a new video that denies new Nigerian government claims that his Islamic extremist group has been crushed. … Continued

Local elections in Mali on Sunday 20th November, the first elections in Mali since 2013, to elect some 12,000 councillors, were marked by low voter turnout, protests and incidents of violence, however the polls, first scheduled for 2 years ago … Continued

Nigeria Update December 2016 On 9th December, two female suicide bombers struck at a busy market in the north-eastern town of Madagali, killing at least 30 people, in the latest bloodshed to hit the country’s restive northeast. The attack on … Continued

Nigeria’s secret police seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and assets in a series of anti-corruption raids targeting senior judges over the past few days, drawing strong condemnation and criticism from the Nigerian Bar association and domestic rights … Continued

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubakar Keita (“IBK”) told the United Nations during the recent leaders gathering in the General Assembly that “extremist and terrorist” groups were growing in his war-torn country, where increased clashes were slowing peace efforts. President Keita told … Continued

President Ali Bongo, sworn in to a second term as Gabon’s president on 27th September, following disputed election results from the 27th August elections, has long sought to emerge from the shadow of his father, Omar Bongo, who ruled the … Continued

Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba has warned of possible unrest during the upcoming August 27 election, which he described as a “strategy” of the Opposition challenging his eligibility to seek a second seven-year term. “It is to be feared, because … Continued

During the last week of July, around 20 combatants were killed, and at least 40 others wounded in two days of fighting in the town of Kidal, in northern Mali, threatening the already shaky peace deal. As a consequence, Mali … Continued

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally confirmed that his administration is in talks with elements of the Niger Delta militants, with the assistance of oil companies and law-enforcement agencies, to find a lasting solution to the insecurity in the region. In … Continued