Chad aims to co-opt rebels to reduce their threat

A major preoccupation for the transitional government is wooing rebels and former rebels

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Nigeria defector reintegration will meet challenges

Nigerian authorities have announced that nearly 10,000 former Boko Haram fighters and their families have surrendered

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Increased jihadist attacks have been met by a major effort to reform Burkina's security strategy

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The recent incarceration of Yoruba and Igbo separatist leaders has inflamed ethnic and regional tensions

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One of the first to confront Chad's new rulers following Idriss Deby's death, Wakit Tama now struggles to be heard

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President Mahamat Deby has called for dialogue with rebel groups that were responsible for killing his father in April

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Jihadist groups have increased attacks in northern Ivory Coast and threaten to expand their activities beyond the Sahel

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Chad has faced various rebel groups in its recent history, raising the question of the dynamics giving rise to them

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Conflict between the military regime and a recently established People’s Defence Force is intensifying

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Promises of reform by Burundi's new president have brought little change in the security outlook or security policy

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