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This follows the death of longtime Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in May at the hands of his rivals in the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Cameroonian authorities…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264474
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Regional councils are one of the last institutions provided for in the 1996 constitution yet to be realised and are also meant to give life to the ‘special status’ granted last…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254705
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However, the current peace process appears to offer little prospect of overcoming the challenges faced in the fractious north and increasingly violent centre.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239248
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NIGERIA: Boko Haram infighting may create new risks
Thousands of combatants and civilians have been killed, over 8 million people (around one-fifth of the population) have been displaced and 18 million face severe acute food…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286540
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New rebel coalitions in eastern Congo.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB226064
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The current government’s mandate was meant to end this year. Instead, elections prescribed for 2021 have been delayed to 2023, ostensibly to allow more time to implement the 2018…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264508
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The attacks came shortly after President Alassane Ouattara reshuffled his cabinet and overshadowed Ivory Coast's hosting of the 8th francophone games in Abidjan (July 21-30). The…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222413
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LIBYA: Security unlikely to improve before elections
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES238066
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Although the ‘transition’ foreseen under that agreement was intended to end with national elections in 2022, the signatories recently agreed to extend the transition by two years…