Regional Overview – Africa 02 July 2018

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Current Hotspots, Improvised Explosive Devices, Political Stability, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against Civilians
Important developments in Africa in the week of June 24th included the Fulani violence in Nigeria and Benin; the high militant activity in Cameroon, Egypt and Mali; the tensions in CAR’s Nana-Gribizi prefecture; and the continued violence in South Sudan tainting the progress made simultaneously at the negotiations’ table.…

Has Kenya’s participation in AMISOM bolstered them as a regional power?

Africa, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Focus On Militias, Islamist Violence, Political Stability, Pro-Government Militias, Vigilante Militias, Violence Against Civilians
On 12 June, the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) partners gathered in Nairobi to evaluate the current military stabilization projects in the wake of the nine year al Shabaab insurgency (New Vision Uganda, 12 June 2018).…

Burkina Faso – Something is Stirring in the East

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Focus On Militias, Islamic State, Islamist Violence, Political Stability, Unidentified Armed Groups, Vigilante Militias, Violence Against Civilians
Since late 2016, Burkina Faso has been confronted with a growing insurgency and has suffered several high-profile attacks in the capital of Ouagadougou (ACLED, 3 March 2018). However, in recent months a new front has emerged in Burkina Faso’s far east.…

Regional Overview – Africa 11 June 2018

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Key developments in Africa on the week of June 3rd include the fragile situation in Ethiopia, where political and economic reforms are endangered by ethnic violence; the heavy campaign led by Al Shabaab during the Ramadan month in Somalia; the continued violence in CAR’s Bambari area and in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region; and other relevant events across the continent.…

Increasing Political Violence in the Central African Republic

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In the first half of 2018, political violence in the Central African Republic has both increased and spread to new regions. See the maps of Aug-Dec 2017 and Jan-May 2018 to observe the spread of violence across new regions.…

From the Mali-Niger borderlands to rural Gao – Tactical and geographical shifts of violence

Africa, Analysis, Civilians At Risk, Conflict Monitoring, Current Hotspots, Ethnic Militias, Focus On Militias, Fulani, Human Rights, Improvised Explosive Devices, Islamic State, Islamist Violence, Political Stability, Pro-Government Militias, Remote Violence, Rioting And Protests, Violence Against Civilians
In late April and early May, six massacres took place in the Mali-Niger border corridor. Presumed militants of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) carried out massacres against the Dawsahak community.…