ACLED Regional Overview – Africa (24-30 April 2021) - Somalia
ACLED Regional Overview – Africa (24-30 April 2021) Format Last week in Africa, ongoing insecurity prompted the enactment of a state of siege in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and a parliamentary proposal for similar emergency powers in Nigeria; opposition claims of government illegitimacy prompted violent clashes in Chad and Somalia; and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) launched deadly assaults on military bases across multiple countries in the Lake Chad basin. In Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, government forces clashed with soldiers opposing an extension to ...
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