In conjunction with clan militias, the national army has dislodged the Islamist insurgency Al-Shabaab from swathes of central Somalia, marking a breakthrough in the fifteen-year war. As its campaign proceeds, Mogadishu should take steps to strengthen its hold on the territory it has retaken.
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We must take these [Nigerian presidential elections] polls with a generous amount of salt.The poll samples are small and focusing on literate people.
Ce serait une erreur diplomatique de l’Occident que de trop forcer la main aux gouvernements africains sur le dossier ukrainien. Cela heurte beaucoup de sensibilités.
What Somaliland is probably trying to do by saying there are terrorists involved in the fighting is to discredit their opponent.
The Malian army is now demonstrating its ability to organize complex operations, particularly in the center of the country.
The situation is horrendous in South Sudan, and it seems to keep getting worse despite the peace deal.
In [African] countries where militias have proliferated, they have filled a vacuum of governance, often left by elites in capital cities who are not accountable to the ru...
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