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West Africa may resist jihadist expansion

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WEST AFRICA

However, the pace of expansion is uneven, partly due to local policy and security responses, as well as jihadist group priorities. Nonetheless, jihadist growth remains a major…

Massacre could push Mali into further isolation

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MALI

The EU decision responds to credible allegations that the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) and Russian Wagner Group mercenaries massacred an estimated 300 people in Moura, central Mali…

Somalia faces deepening al-Shabaab threat

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SOMALIA

In recent weeks, al-Shabaab has conducted assassinations in Mogadishu, attacked African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convoys and an AMISOM base, ambushed US-trained Somali…

Somalia mission will struggle to consolidate advances

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SOMALIA

Over the past five years, AMISOM has placed significant military pressure on al-Shabaab, forcing the group out of its major southern-central Somalia strongholds. However, despite…

External push for polls deepens CAR instability

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The plan to hold presidential and parliamentary elections was scuppered by renewed violence in the capital, Bangui, in late September. Violent incidents have continued…