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This OSAC report format provides a brief update on recent events in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This OSAC report format provides a brief update on recent events in Angola, Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.

Growing violence near Chad’s border with Sudan raises risks of spillover violence that could threaten humanitarian organizations in eastern Chad and increase political instability across the country. In the event of sign...

OSAC is issuing a new product format: a regular update about topline private sector security concerns in West and Central Africa. This report highlights recent events in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, a...

As of April 18, a convoy of at least 150 rebel vehicles from the Front pour l'Alternance et la Concorde au Tchad (FACT) are advancing on Chad’s capital city of N’Djamena with the stated intent of overthrowing the Chadian...

The CDC has issued a blanket Level 2 Travel Health Notice for Polio in parts of Africa and Asia. The notice urges enhanced safety precautions for travelers to 22 countries whose limited health systems, poor sanitation pr...

Elections in Africa often increase the possibility of civil unrest. Even in instances when the electoral process goes smoothly, the affected state will often experience some disruptions that could impact private-sector o...

In early May, al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) issued a threat against Western companies operating anywhere from “Libya to Mauritania,” designating them as legitimate targets for terrorist attack. The scope of AQI...

Boko Haram’s reemergence and subsequent resilience can be attributed in large part to the Lake Chad region’s illicit economy and proliferation of so-called “violence entrepreneurs.” Weak governance along the area’s inter...

The following is a white paper released in conjunction with OSAC's 30th Annual Briefing, held November 17-19, 2015. A notable security trend in West Africa in 2015 was the regional expansion of terrorism in the Lake Chad...

At least 21 people were killed on July 25 when a suicide bomber detonated near a popular bar in Maroua, the regional capital of Cameroon’s Far North Region. Three days earlier, two suicide bombers killed more than 20 peo...

On June 15, multiple suicide bombers on motorcycles conducted synchronized attacks on the Chadian police headquarters and training academy in N’Djamena. The attacks, the first of their kind in the capital, killed 33 peop...

On February 7, Nigeria and its four neighboring countries pledged to deploy a Multinational Joint Task Force as part of a regional effort to beat back Boko Haram militants. The agreement comes on the heels of Boko Haram’...

This interactive product is a compilation of information from previous OSAC reporting on Ebola and Department of State messaging by country.

This is the third of three papers on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,000 people. The Department of State, the CDC, and WHO have issued various messages and guidance about the outbreak. This...

Humanitarian organizations and international institutions are warning of a looming food crisis in the Sahel. The majority of the population in the Sahel is heavily reliant upon rain-fed agriculture and livestock for surv...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting ongoing political transition in Libya, looming food shortages in the Sahel, and rising homi...

The incumbent President of Chad, Idriss Deby, is likely to win re-election in the vote held on April 25. Three main opposition candidates boycotted the vote after their demands for rectification of technical problems fro...

Please find the latest edition of the Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week's bulletin contains articles highlighting the current security situation in Thailand and Cambodia, the Chadian elections, the latest on ci...

Rebels have advanced from eastern Chad into the capital, N’Djamena and have been fighting the Chadian military inside the city since February 2. According to press reports on the evening of February 4 (local time), anti-...