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1.	Nigeria: Counterproductive Counterterrorism
	Author: W.Minter (ed)	Date Written: 6 May 2013
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: AfricaFocus Bulletin
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.africafocus.org/docs13/nig1306.php
	Key Words: Nigeria, Counterterrorism, counterproductive,
	Summary & Comment: " As Nigerian security forces increase their drive against extremist Islamist groups in northern Nigeria, a wide range of Nigerian and international critics, from human rights groups and scholarly experts to the United States government, have been speaking out. The critics argue that the indiscriminate nature of the counter-terrorism efforts not on . . . [expand]
2.	Nigeria: Catholic Bishops warn on split
	Author: Catholic Information Service to Africa	Date Written: 9 September 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: CISA
	Secondary Category: Interfaith Relations	Source URL: http://www.cisanewsafrica.com
	Key Words: Nigeria, Catholics, leaders, division, North and Sout;h
	Summary & Comment: Nigerian Catholic leaders call on the governments at various levels to use intelligence and expertise to prevent Boko Haram from continuing attacks mostly on Christians. Otherwise they fear that the country may be slpit between North and South. They call for ecumenical and inter-faith dialgue urgently. JK
3.	Political crisis in Mali and the rise of fundamentalisms
	Author: Ani Colekessian	Date Written: 24 August 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Association for Women’s Rights in Development AWID
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://awid.org/eng
	Key Words: Mali, Islam, fundamentalisms, secularists, resistance
	Summary & Comment: A coup d’état and the occupation of northern Mali have left many searching for answers to a deepening crisis. AWID spoke with Head of Cooperation at the Netherlands Embassy in Mali, To Tjoelker, and socio-anthropologist Lalla Mariam Haidara, native of Timbuktu and specialist on women’s rights in Mali, to shed light on the situation. JK
4.	Beyond turf wars in coup-hit Guinea-Bissau
	Author: Africa Report N°190 – 17 August 2012	Date Written: 17 August 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: International Crisis Group
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/med dia-releases/2012/africa/beyond-turf-wars-in-coup- -hit-guinea-bissau.aspx
	Key Words: Guinea-Bissau, Coup, Post Coup transition, Drug Trafficking to Europe,
	Summary & Comment: International actors need to commit to a common strategy to help coup-plagued Guinea-Bissau implement the security, justice and electoral reforms it needs to escape its status as a link in drug trafficking to Europe. The latest International Crisis Group report, urges the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Community of Portu . . . [expand]
5.	Beyond turf wars: Managing the post-coup transition in Guinea-Bissau
	Author: Correspondant	Date Written: 17 August 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: International Crisis Group Africa Report N°190
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/
	Key Words: Guinew-Bissau, ECOWAS, CPLP, Angola, governance, Carlos Gomes Júnior
	Summary & Comment: Guinea-Bissau took another dangerous turn on 12 April 2012, when the army arrested Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior, who was about to be elected president. A military junta installed transitional authorities, before officially stepping aside on 22 May. Differences developed between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Co . . . [expand]
6.	Africa most devout region in world
	Author: Munyaradzi Makoni	Date Written: 14 August 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Ecumenical News International
	Secondary Category: Interfaith Relations	Source URL: http://www.canadianmennonite.org
	Key Words: Religiosity, atheists, Ghana
	Summary & Comment: In years gone by missionaries who came to preach to Africa came from Europe and other parts of the world. But it now seems Africa is geared to provide missionaries for the world. M.Makoni
7.	Mali: Avoiding escalation
	Author: Correspondant	Date Written: 18 July 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: International Crisis Group, Africa Report N°189
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/
	Key Words: Mali, governance, rebellion
	Summary & Comment: In a little more than two months, Mali’s political regime has been demolished. An armed rebellion launched on 17 January 2012 expelled the army from the north while a coup deposed President Amadou Toumani Touré on 22 March. These two episodes ushered Mali into an unprecedented crisis that also threatens regional political stability and security. Th . . . [expand]

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