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West African security aid will produce limited results

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WEST AFRICA

This has been compounded by a recent wave of coups in West Africa by Western-trained officers. Both of these trends, along with continued human rights abuses by state security…

Returnee influx may add to volatility in South Sudan

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SOUTH SUDAN

Meanwhile, South Sudan's Upper Nile State, where most returnees have arrived, continues to wrestle with persistent instability.

Migration from Eritrea will continue apace

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ERITREA

Eritrean migration

African aid effectiveness will face greater scrutiny

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AFRICA

Many African leaders are fearful that aid budgets will soon fall due to some Western governments adopting more isolationist foreign policies. This would have a negative effect on…

UN’s Congo mission faces long and challenging drawdown

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CONGO-KINSHASA

The Council also approved a new exit strategy, which should see MONUSCO begin to progressively withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the next three years.

Namibian president will stifle internal challenges

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NAMIBIA

Despite President Hage Geingob's political dominance, he faces challenges on several fronts: a stuttering economy, precarious negotiations with Germany over potential genocide…

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…

Nigerian pastoralist conflicts likely to intensify

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NIGERIA

Nigeria's pastoralist conflicts.

Congo's Kabila will use Kasai violence to linger

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CONGO-KINSHASA

Violence has escalated dramatically and displaced nearly one million people in four central provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): Kasai, Kasai-Central…

Ethiopia’s Amhara conflict is likely to persist

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ETHIOPIA

There are growing calls for the parties to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the conflict, but little sign that any such process is imminent.