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West Africa
Boko Haram financed by drug money

It has emerged that drug trafficking, the bane of countries in the region, is helping to finance the jihadist organisation. [...]

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Abubakar Shekau
Afripol
Alassane Ouattara
Boko Haram
Hezbollah
Islamic State in West Africa

Benin
Boni Yayi feels Boko Haram heat

Ten months after Thomas Boni Yayi promised to send 800 [...]

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Spotlight | Chad
Deby deploys family against Boko Haram

Confronted with repeated attacks by Boko Haram on Chadian soil, President Idriss Deby Itno has closed ranks and put a number of family members in charge of the country’s security apparatus. Deby trusts this closely-knit team all the more given [.

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Niger
Issoufou’s anti-terror drive out of hand, say critics

Niger’s fight against terrorism in the Sahel is clogging up the country’s legal system and undermining civil liberties, say detractors.

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Ivory Coast
Abidjan wants to be prepared for Islamist threat

Hamed Bakayoko, Ivory Coast’s interior and security minister, received a [...]

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Benin
Boni Yayi tackles Boko Haram

Thomas Boni Yayi pledged in January to support the Mixed [...]

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Niger
Issoufou dons fatigues to tackle Boko Haram

Niger’s fight against the Islamist movement Boko Haram has mobilised the population and has turned into a test for President Mahamadou Issoufou.

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Spotlight | West Africa
Regional DIY to counter Boko Haram

Boko Haram seems to be unstoppable in its ongoing destabilisation of north-eastern Nigeria. After the devastating attack in Baga on January 7, in which 2000 people lost their lives, the violent Islamist movement led by Abubakar Shekau – which is [.

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Cameroon
BIR stands up to Boko Haram

Faced with Boko Haram's repeated attacks on the ground, Cameroon is mobilising its special forces including the rapid invervention battalion (BIR).

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Ivory Coast Abidjan wants to be prepared for Islamist threat

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

West Africa
Boko Haram financed by drug money

Benin
Boni Yayi feels Boko Haram heat

Spotlight | Chad
Deby deploys family against Boko Haram

Niger
Issoufou’s anti-terror drive out of hand, say critics

Ivory Coast
Abidjan wants to be prepared for Islamist threat

Benin
Boni Yayi tackles Boko Haram

Niger
Issoufou dons fatigues to tackle Boko Haram

Spotlight | West Africa
Regional DIY to counter Boko Haram

Cameroon
BIR stands up to Boko Haram