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“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),…