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Nigeria’s offensive against Boko Haram continues with more killings

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Nigeria's military has killed 10 and arrested 65 in an offensive to wrest territory from Islamists. On Friday, a military air raid on insurgent camps in northeast Nigeria killed at least 21.
Political prisoners in Chad. Photo: Amnesty International

Wave of arrests in Chad

Chad has Africa's largest contingent of troops in Mali. It is fighting alongside French forces to flush out Islamist groups. But at home, the government is cracking down on opposition activists and journalists.
Skyscrapers in Luanda, Angola. Photo: AP, Schalk van Zuydam)

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In Focus Intervention and peace-building in Mali

French soldiers patrol in the Terz valley, about 60 km (37 miles) south of the town of Tessalit in northern Mali, March 21, 2013. France has deployed some 4,000 troops to Mali, alongside a regional African force, in a nine-week operation that has driven Islamists into desert hideaways and mountains near the Algerian border. Picture taken March 21. REUTERS/Francois Rihouay (MALI - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

The countdown has started for the deployment in July of some 12,000 UN troops and police to Mali - the latest step in international efforts to wrest control of its restive north from Islamists.

International community pledges billions of aid money for Mali

Mali: Reconstruction without peace?

Germany starts EU Malian army training

UN to send peacekeeping troops to Mali

Chad begins withdrawing troops from Mali

Islamist militants in Mali attack Timbuktu

EU military trainers begin task of 'rebuilding' Mali's army

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  • Ein Junge spielt Fußball mit AU-Soldaten (Foto: STUART PRICE/AFP/Getty Images)

    Somalia - caught between peace and anarchy

    Return to normalcy?

    War-torn Somalia in the Horn of Africa has not experienced peace since the fall of President Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. The often drought stricken country later became a haven for pirates and Islamists. The al-Shabab extremists had banned all sorts of entertainments including playing football. Today, this boy can play with soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

  • Somalische Parliamentarier werden auf dem Flughafen eingeschworen (Foto: Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/GettyImages)

    Somalia - caught between peace and anarchy

    A new parliament for Somalia

    AMISOM forces together with Ethiopian and Somalia troops have pushed al-Shabab militants from Mogadishu and other major towns. In August 2012, Somalia's new parliament was sworn in after eight years of a transitional government. For safety reasons the ceremony was conducted on the better guarded city airport.

  • Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Mitte) (Foto: ABDURASHID ABDULLE ABIKAR/AFP/GettyImages)

    Somalia - caught between peace and anarchy

    The country’s hope bearer

    For the first time in 20 years, Somalia’s Parliament elected a new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in September 2012. Just two days after taking office, Sheikh Mohamud escaped a suicide bombing. The 56-year-old university professor and moderate Muslim has since become a target of several attacks.

  • Fischer sitzen in ihren Booten in Marka (Foto: SIMON MAINA/AFP/GettyImages)

    Somalia - caught between peace and anarchy

    Liberating Somalia's coast

    Somali fishermen in the coastal town of Marka, located around 100 kilometers from Mogadishu watch the arrival of AU troops in September 2012. The city on the Indian Ocean had long been an al-Shabab stronghold. At the end of September, the rebels were driven out by Kenyan AU soldiers from their last major bastion in the coastal town of Kismayu.

  • Ein Junge sitzt auf einer vollgepackten Ladefläche eines Trucks (Foto: Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/GettyImages)

    Somalia - caught between peace and anarchy

    Desperate times, desperate measures

    A family on the run. Fearing Islamists many civilians fled from areas controlled by al-Shabab. Famine, drought and war have caused suffering to hundreds of thousands of Somalis. Between 2010 and 2012, nearly 260,000 people died of starvation, according to UN figures.

  • Eine Frau auf einem Feld; ein AU-Soldat läuft an ihr vorbei zu seinem Fahrzeug (Foto: STUART PRICE/AFP/GettyImages)

    Somalia - caught between peace and anarchy

    Mission to protect

    The presence of AU troops in Somalia has become a usual occurrence. The first troops arrived in 2007 following a decision by the AU Security Council. Part of their mandate was to protect the former transitional government. In this picture AU troops secure the inhabitants of Afgoye, located west of Mogadishu.

  • AU-Soldaten mit einer Karte (Foto: STUART PRICE/AFP/Getty Images)

    Somalia - caught between peace and anarchy

    Reclaiming Shabab territory

    December 2012, AU troops move further inland on Islamist strongholds. A total of 17,000 soldiers are battling against al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab militants. Though more and more rural areas have been recaptured by the troops, and the security situation has generally improved in Somalia, the extremists still carry out attacks and bombings in Mogadishu.

  • Zwei Mütter mit ihren Kindern in einem von einem Bombenattentat verwüsteten Mogadischu (Foto: Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

    Somalia - caught between peace and anarchy

    Return of the bombs

    Just when normalcy and calm were slowly returning in Mogadishu, two coordinated suicide bomb attacks next to the country’s court house killed 16 people in April 2013. Just two weeks later, a senior Somali judicial officer and a radio journalist were shot dead in the street.

  • Ein Kind schüttelt die Hand eines AU-Soldaten (Foto: STUART PRICE/AFP/Getty Images)

    Somalia - caught between peace and anarchy

    Tough road to recovery

    Despite the setbacks, Somalia is on the road to recovery. Since the beginning of 2013, many Somalis have returned back from exile. After 22 years of absence, the United Kingdom has opened a new embassy in Mogadishu. In early May, the UN decided to deploy civilian experts to Somalia. Even the pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa have sharply decreased.


    Author: Sarah Steffen / cm | Editor : Asumpta Lattus

Growing vegetables, recycling rubbish, using fewer plastics – the South African town of Greyton is taking a number of steps to protect the environment, cut energy usage and provide residents with a green perspective. A film by Jürgen Schneider More information: www.ideasforacoolerworld.org

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