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(Image Credit: Yabiladi, Ould Abdel Aziz et Ould Ghazouani / Archive - DR) President d Ghazouani shuffled his government again .

Abubakar Shekau is dead. Despite conflicting reports from the Wall Street Journal (who verified that Shekau was dead) and Agence

(image: Think Defense) What will be the trajectory of the group over the next year? What’s driving their successes and what

Benefactor, Villain, None of the Above? What's the issue? For the past twenty years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been funding

(Image source: "Swearing in ceremony of President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad | N'Djamena, 8 August 2016" by Paul Kagame is licensed under CC

Source: "Audition de macky sall" by Serigne Diagne is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Usually Peaceful Country Has Been Rocked

Image: Rally in Lagos for Rescue of Abducted Nigerian Girls by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The

(Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) The presidential election in Niger this past Sunday would have been the first peaceful transition

Image: "P1020832" by carlagomo is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Government Science College in Niger state was at the center

Image: "SENEGAL: MFDC fighter, Casamance" by Geneva Call is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 After ten days of

It’s easy to forget the world is still connected. But we ignore it at our own peril The last US president