Contributors
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Andrew Wojtanik
- Has Boko Haram met its match? Chad and the African intervention force in Nigeria
- How to avoid Ebola-inspired violence in West Africa
- Should the U.S. be training and equipping African armies? The logic of security assistance and its discontents
- To combat Boko Haram, it’s time for Nigeria to think big
- “War” in West Africa?
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Sara Plana
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Tag Archives: Ansar Dine
March Madness at Notes on the Periphery!: Part 2 (Sub-Saharan Africa)
We’re now two weeks into the most exciting three weeks of the year—NCAA college basketball’s final tournament. For those of you who might not know: each year, 68 college teams (annoyingly bumped up from 65 a few years ago) compete … Continue reading
Posted in Angola, Central Africa, Central African Republic, Chad, DRC, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, March Madness, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, territorial disputes, terrorism, Uganda, West Africa
Tagged Acholi, Afar, al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab, AMISOM, Angola, Ansar Dine, Ansaru, AQIM, ARDUF, Blue Nile, Boko Haram, border dispute, Bozize, Cabinda, CAR, Casamance, Central African Republic, Chad, civil war, CNDP, Congo, Darfur, David Yau Yau, Diola, Djotodia, DRC, Eritrea, Ethiopia, FDLR, FLEC, France, French intervention, George Athor, insurgency, Jason Stearns, JEM, Jonglei, Joseph Kony, Kenya, Kenyan intervention, Kivu, Kony, Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, M-23, Mali, March Madness, MFDC, MNLA, Mombasa, Mombasa Republican Council, MRC, MUJAO, Nigeria, Nuba, Ogaden, oil, OLF, Omar al-Bashir, ONLF, Oromo, Oromo Liberation Front, Peter Gadet, proxy, Seleka, Senegal, SLA, SLM/A, Somalia, South Kordofan, South Sudan, South Sudan Liberation Army, SPLA, SPLM-N, SPLM-North, SSLA, TFG, UFR, Uganda, Yau Yau militia
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Mali update: France begins a ground adventure in the mountains
As a follow-up to my post yesterday, news reports today that French Special Forces clashed with militants deep in the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains seem to demonstrate further that France is taking its vow to eliminate terrorist threats in Mali … Continue reading
Posted in Mali, West Africa
Tagged Adrar des Ifoghas, Ansar Dine, AQIM, Chad, France, French intervention, Mali, Operation Panthere, Tessalit
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Introducing the Mali map!
I’m proud to introduce today the official Notes on the Periphery “Mali map”! This map will serve as a tracker of sorts – charting (1) clashes with rebels, (2) significant towns recaptured by the French/ECOWAS intervention (or the Tuareg-led enemy-turned-ally … Continue reading
Posted in Mali, West Africa
Tagged Adrar des Ifoghas, Ansar Dine, AQIM, France, French intervention, Gao, Mali, MUJAO, Tessalit, Timbuktu, Tuareg
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Mali: France vient à la rescousse (France to the rescue)
By the time French forces touched down in Mali on January 11, a bulwark of naysayers had already formed. The French military, while tactically adept and no stranger to West Africa, would nonetheless have trouble suppressing well-armed militants occupying northern … Continue reading
Posted in Mali, West Africa
Tagged Adrar des Ifoghas, Ansar Dine, AQIM, France, French intervention, Gao, Kidal, Mali, MUJAO, naysayers, Operation Serval, Tessalit, Timbuktu, Tuareg
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Mali: From forgotten lands to a blogger’s dream
The usually sleepy country of Mali, a landlocked country of 15 million people which before 2012 rarely graced the headlines, has in the past 10 months become a central focus with near-daily coverage in the American and European press. And … Continue reading
Posted in Mali, West Africa
Tagged Ansar Dine, AQIM, French intervention, insurgency, Mali, MNLA, MUJAO, security capacity, terrorism, West Africa
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