Tendai Marima: “[Central African Republic] Peace Deal Yet to Translate into Reality.”
CPJ: “Ethiopian Journalist Arrested for Covering Muslim Protests.”
Scott Straus: “Wars Do End: Why Conflict in Africa Is Falling.”
Peter Tinti: “Understanding Northern Mali: Local Context Is Everything.”
Andrew Lebovich: “Analyzing Foreign Influence and Jihadi Networks in Nigeria.”
Lissnup: “Timbuktu Who’s Who.” It doesn’t get more thorough than this in publicly available sources I’ve seen. Truly excellent work.
Religious leaders from Algeria, Mali, Niger and Mauritania this week decided that the most effective way to support peace and eradicate extremist ideas would be to work as a team.
The imams, who initially came together in November to condemn the extremism in Mali, met in Algiers on Wednesday (January 30th) to formally launch the League of Ulemas of the Sahel.
Imams of the Maliki rite across the Sahel will work to educate youth about the dangers of extremism, particularly by working closely with mosques and youth centres, said Algerian imam Youcef Mechri, the new body’s secretary-general.
Amb. John Campbell: “Dutch Court Finds for Shell in Niger Delta Pollution Case.”
Laine Strutton: “A Powerful Image of Oil.”
Somalia Newsroom: “Villa Somalia Bombing Shows Danger of ‘Defectors’.”
Tolu Ogunlesi on digital journalism and its prospects in Nigeria.
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Sahel Blog 
Thank you so much Alex! Seems we need to look at “who went where?” now Timbuktu is being described as a “ghost town”…