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Central Africa

Boko Haram's cattle rustling: funding terrorism and exerting control in the Lake Chad Basin

Op-eds

Boko Haram's cattle rustling: funding terrorism and exerting control in the Lake Chad Basin

By Oluwole Ojewale and Raoul Sumo Tayo

Appetites for myths and meat are pushing Central Africa’s pangolins towards extinction

Africa

Appetites for myths and meat are pushing Central Africa’s pangolins towards extinction

By Oluwole Ojewale

Primates off the menu - Solving the problem of central Africa’s bushmeat trade

Africa

Primates off the menu - Solving the problem of central Africa’s bushmeat trade

By Ed Stoddard

How I reconstructed an unwritten ancient African language

Magazine

How I reconstructed an unwritten ancient African language

By H. Ekkehard Wolff

Fight against climate crisis being hacked off at the knees in DRC

Africa

Fight against climate crisis being hacked off at the knees in DRC

By Onke Ngcuka

Chad: a test case for Central Africa’s complex power transitions

Africa

Chad: a test case for Central Africa’s complex power transitions

By Paul-Simon Handy and Félicité Djilo

DRC wins the battle for stability, but not yet the war

Africa

DRC wins the battle for stability, but not yet the war

By ISS Today

Trade-offs in managing tramadol abuse in Central Africa

Africa

Trade-offs in managing tramadol abuse in Central Africa

By ISS Today