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“Blessed are the Peacemakers” Recent Developments Opposition leader F�lix Tshisekedi was declared the winner of the Democratic Republic of Congo�s (DRC) presidential elections held in late December 2018 and was�inaugurated�in January 2019. The transfer of power from former President Joseph Kabila, who ruled for eighteen years and had delayed elections multiple times, marked the first…

“Blessed are the Peacemakers” Recent Developments Violence in eastern and western Central African Republic (CAR) has�increased�and spread to new provinces in 2018, as the government in Bangui remains unable to extend control outside the capital. A peace�agreement�signed in June 2017 between the government and thirteen of the fourteen main armed factions had little�effect, and ex-Seleka…

“Blessed are the Peacemakers” Sir Recent Developments After a peak in Boko Haram�related violence in 2014 and 2015, the number of casualties attributed to the group�fell dramatically. The Nigerian military�with assistance from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger�has pushed Boko Haram out of several provinces in northeastern Nigeria, but the group retains control over some villages…

“Blessed are the Peacemakers” Recent Developments The UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA)�declared�a state of emergency in Libya�s capital city of Tripoli in September 2018, less than a week after a UN�cease-fire�went into effect. Attempts to create a unity government have met with limited success as the House of Representatives (HoR)�based in Libya�s east and…

“Blessed are the Peacemakers” Recent Developments In August 2020, military officers in Mali carried out a bloodless�coup�that led to the resignation and removal of Malian President Ibraham Boubacar Keita and Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse. The United States and France immediately�condemned�the coup, as did the�UN Security Council, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),…