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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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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Spotlight | West Africa
Regional DIY to counter Boko Haram

Cameroon
Army frustrated over treatment of Israeli-supervised special forces defending Paul Biya's twilight years

Chad
Idriss Deby closes ranks around his clan

Chad, France
Paris acts on Deby's call for action against ‘rebels'

Chad
Paris supports Deby in Tibesti Mountains

Niger
Issoufou mobilises Barkhane drones

Chad
Djiddi Saleh moves into presidential palace

West Africa
Boko Haram financed by drug money

Spotlight | Chad
Deby deploys family against Boko Haram

France, Nigeria
Boko Haram intelligence-sharing

Niger
Paris increases air means in Sahel

Chad
Deby endebted to Fabius

Chad, Niger, Nigeria
Paris steps up Boko Haram hunt

Niger
Issoufou dons fatigues to tackle Boko Haram

Niger
Issoufou pours oil on the flames

France
Army outsources support in Africa

France, Nigeria
Fabius favours EU engagement against Boko Haram

Benin, Niger
Boko Haram influences Niamey's oil policy

Niger
Issoufou builds bunker

Cameroon
Rejuvenating Biya’s army

Cameroon
Boko Haram prompts army retool

Cameroon
Muddle over Boko Haram

Cameroon, Chad
Biya puts pressure on Deby

Cameroon
BIR stands up to Boko Haram