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Dec 19, 2014

Libya: A Failed State Threatens the Region

By Africa Center

Bottom Line Up Front:•  Nearly three years after the collapse of Muammar Qadhafi’s regime, Libya has become a failed state, reaching levels of instability never before experienced in North Africa and the Sahel •  More than 1,700 competing clans, regional and Islamist militias are vying over control of what remains of the state; some radical […]

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Dec 4, 2014

Boko Haram Steps Up Offensive as Nigeria Halts US Military Training Program

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Boko Haram, the African militant group that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) over the summer, appears to have borrowed a page from the jihadists’ playbook as it unleashes a deadly wave of attacks across northern Nigeria in its quest to carve out an Islamic state rooted in Shariah law.

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Dec 4, 2014

Boko Haram Q & A

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Boko Haram, the militant Islamist group that has a foothold in northern Nigeria, has begun to consolidate control over large swathes of territory threatening the stability of Nigeria and its neighbors. The militants have resorted to using female suicide bombers as they ramp up their fight against the Nigerian government ahead of elections in February. […]

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