Al Jazeera
Apr 17, 2018
Boko Haram huntress
Aisha Bakari Gombi has reached real-life superhero status for her battlefield bravery in her fight against Boko Haram. Since the dawn of...
21st Century Wilberforce Initiative 11
Mar 13, 2018
Stolen Lives: More Girls Kidnapped as Violence Escalates in Nigeria
Terrorists continue to attack northern Nigeria, and Christians are in the crosshairs. During the evening hours of February 19, Boko Haram...
International Crisis Group 1
Mar 7, 2018
A Hidden Face of War
By Isabelle Arradon A few years ago, a woman in her sixties outside Banda Aceh in Indonesia told me about the rape and other torture she...
International Crisis Group 1
Mar 5, 2018
Burkina Faso’s Alarming Escalation of Jihadist Violence
The attacks represent an alarming escalation for Burkina Faso in terms of organisation, lethality of armaments and length of engagement....
Reporters without Borders 1
Feb 6, 2018
Guinean website editor threatened, shots fired at home
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns last week’s shooting attack on the home of Abdoul Latif Diallo, the editor of the Dépêche Guinée...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 26, 2018
Burkina Faso: A Report’s Conclusions, Presented on the Ground
To mark the publication of the Report The Social Roots of Jihadist Violence in Burkina Faso’s North on 12 October 2017, West Africa...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 17, 2018
Seven Priorities for the African Union in 2018
What’s the issue? African Union leaders meet at the end of January for their bi-annual summit. Vital institutional and financial reform...
Quartz
Jan 12, 2018
A new wave of brazen attacks by herdsmen in Nigeria is sparking fears of genocide
Since the start of the year, Nigerians have been served bloody reminders that Boko Haram is no longer the country’s biggest internal...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 12, 2017
Finding the Right Role for the G5 Sahel Joint Force
What’s the issue? Ten months after the Sahel’s five countries set up the G5 Sahel joint force (FC-G5S) as a means of settling the armed...
New York Times 1
Dec 8, 2017
They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigeria’s Security Forces
By Dionne Searcey Falmata, 14, was abducted and raped repeatedly by Boko Haram fighters. Her trauma then continued in a camp for victims...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 28, 2017
Europe’s Chance in Africa
Two former colonial powers of the European Union, France and the United Kingdom, have long shaped the bloc’s approach to Africa. France...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 17, 2017
Time to Reset African Union-European Union Relations
Executive Summary African and European leaders are scheduled to meet in November for the fifth triennial African Union-European Union...
