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• Africa: Understanding the causes of violent extremism in West Africa

  
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  Photo: Crown Copyright. Insecurity in West Africa. Fostering development can help blunt extremist violence, observers saySource: IRIN DAKAR, 10 May 2013 (IRIN) - Academics and government, military and civil society representatives gathered for a conference in the Senegalese capital this week to assess the interplay ...
  1 week ago

• What Next for Nigeria’s Oil Patch?

  
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  With Mali’s implosion, Islamic extremism in the Sahel, and the “Boko Haram” insurgency in Nigeria’s north drawing international attention, the Niger Delta has dropped off the radar of many West Africa watchers. Yet, only five years ago an insurrection there resulted in a major reduction in Nigeria’s oil ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tracking the Traffickers: East African Human Trafficking Networks

  
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  This is a guest post by Emily Mellgard, research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. The implosion of Mali and the recent abduction of a French family in Cameroon  have brought heightened attention to the culture of kidnapping and trafficking in the western Sahel. Kidnapping ...
  3 weeks ago

• Band of Conflict: What Role Do Demographics, Climate Change, and Natural Resources Play in the Sahel?

  
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  Stretching across northern Africa, the Sahel is a semi-arid region of more than a million square miles covering parts of nine countries. This band of territory is home to one of the world’s most punishing climates; vast expanses of uncharted and unmonitored desert; busy migration corridors that host human, drug, ...
  3 weeks ago

• UN Security Council Unanimously Authorizes UN Mission in Mali

  
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  On April 25, the Security Council approved a UN “peacekeeping” force of 12,600 for Mali. They asked the UN Secretary General to appoint a Special Representative for Mali, and called on member states to provide troops, police, and the necessary equipment. It also authorized the secretary general to approve ...
  3 weeks ago

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