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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…

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…

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…