West Africa
Islamist militant group Boko Haram has said it was behind Monday's twin suicide bombing at a university in north eastern Nigeria which killed two people. - Reuters
Ivory Coast's government has begun paying bonuses to soldiers who staged a two-day mutiny earlier this month, leaders of the revolt said on Tuesday, in a move aimed at quelling unrest that could undermine the country's post-war success story. - Reuters
Nigerian and other West African countries are preparing a joint force to intervene militarily in Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh does not hand over power, a Nigerian military source said on Tuesday. - Reuters
Jeffrey Smith writes: The potential consequences of allowing Yahya Jammeh to cling to power in Gambia in defiance of his country’s own constitution, and the will of the Gambian people, are severe. Giving him a pass would show other would-be autocrats that they can steal an election and dash the aspirations of an entire population without consequence. If these anti-democratic tendencies are left to fester, they will encourage instability, potential bloodshed and the violation of human rights elsewhere on the continent. – Washington Post
East Africa
After nearly half a century of civil war, a jihadist insurgency, and tens of billions of dollars of Western aid, Somalia is for the first time attempting something like democracy—and it isn’t looking pretty. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
The United States will ease some financial sanctions against Sudan in recognition of what the Obama administration says are small areas of improvement in fighting terrorism and other U.S. goals, the White House announced Friday. – Washington Post
South Sudanese government and opposition soldiers “blatantly ignored” international law during clashes in July that killed hundreds of people, according to a United Nations human rights investigation. – Associated Press
Islamist militant group Boko Haram has said it was behind Monday's twin suicide bombing at a university in north eastern Nigeria which killed two people. - Reuters
Ivory Coast's government has begun paying bonuses to soldiers who staged a two-day mutiny earlier this month, leaders of the revolt said on Tuesday, in a move aimed at quelling unrest that could undermine the country's post-war success story. - Reuters
Nigerian and other West African countries are preparing a joint force to intervene militarily in Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh does not hand over power, a Nigerian military source said on Tuesday. - Reuters
Jeffrey Smith writes: The potential consequences of allowing Yahya Jammeh to cling to power in Gambia in defiance of his country’s own constitution, and the will of the Gambian people, are severe. Giving him a pass would show other would-be autocrats that they can steal an election and dash the aspirations of an entire population without consequence. If these anti-democratic tendencies are left to fester, they will encourage instability, potential bloodshed and the violation of human rights elsewhere on the continent. – Washington Post
East Africa
After nearly half a century of civil war, a jihadist insurgency, and tens of billions of dollars of Western aid, Somalia is for the first time attempting something like democracy—and it isn’t looking pretty. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
The United States will ease some financial sanctions against Sudan in recognition of what the Obama administration says are small areas of improvement in fighting terrorism and other U.S. goals, the White House announced Friday. – Washington Post
South Sudanese government and opposition soldiers “blatantly ignored” international law during clashes in July that killed hundreds of people, according to a United Nations human rights investigation. – Associated Press
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