Africa
Egypt – October 2017 Update
9 October 2017
The last few months have seen the Islamic State’s Sinai Province carry out a number of attacks on security forces in the Sinai Peninsula, including a raid on an army…
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9 October 2017
January 2016 began a string of violence by militant Islamist groups in West Africa that moved beyond the “arc of insecurity” reaching from Mali in the north to the Lake…
- Analysis
- Improvised Explosive Devices
- Islamic State
- Islamist Violence
- Political Stability
- Violence Against Civilians
Cameroon – October 2017 Update
9 October 2017
Riots and protests witnessed an uptick in intensity in Cameroon in September as demonstrators voiced their opposition to perceived discrimination towards the Francophone regions of Cameroon. Relatively routinized opposition to…
- Africa
- Analysis
- Improvised Explosive Devices
- Museveni Regime
- Political Stability
- Rioting And Protests
- Violence Against Civilians
Nigeria – September 2017 Update
22 September 2017
Boko Haram violence in Nigeria has decreased overall since the beginning of 2017 (see Figure 1). This may be attributed to the group’s 2016 organizational collapse in much of the…
Read MoreAngola – September 2017 Update
22 September 2017
On 24 August, before counting finished, it was announced that the MPLA had won the majority of the parliamentary seats in the Angolan election. The MPLA candidate, Joao Lourenco, won…
Read MoreEmergency Rule and Insurgency in Egypt
3 August 2017
Despite the overall decrease in conflict and protest events taking place in the country, Egypt continues to face a growing insurgency based in the North Sinai province. Since declaring allegiance…
- Africa
- Analysis
- Civilians At Risk
- Current Hotspots
- Focus On Militias
- Political Stability
- Rioting And Protests
- Vigilante Militias