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Sub-Saharan Africa is entering a critical phase in the second half of 2025, with several high-profile elections that hold significant implications for the region’s political stability, governance, and security. This repo...

As Côte d’Ivoire’s October 31 presidential election nears, demonstrations, protests, and clashes among demonstrators and between them and security forces will likely become more frequent and possibly more violent. Since...

This report looks at the continued threat extremist groups pose to organizations operating in northern Côte d’Ivoire, where open-source reporting and U.S. Embassy Abidjan messaging detail attacks in adjacent areas of Mal...

Over the past 18 months, piracy incidents emanating from Nigeria have proliferated in frequency, tactical diversity, and geographic spread throughout the Gulf of Guinea. In particular, maritime kidnapping-for-ransom inci...

Disgruntled soldiers from various armed segments within the Ivoirian army are demanding the payment of overdue bonuses promised to them as part of a deal reached earlier this year with the government. Soldiers began an u...

The military mutinies that have broken out in Cote d’Ivoire this year highlight the ongoing challenges confronting the Ivoirian security sector. Nearly six years after the conclusion of the Second Ivoirian Civil War (201...

On March 13 at approximately 1:30 pm, at least three gunmen attacked the Grand-Bassam beach resort area, located 25 miles east of Côte d’Ivoire’s largest city, Abidjan. The gunmen stormed Bassam beach and fired at guests...

A wave of deadly attacks since January in central and southern Mali has the U.S. private sector concerned about Mali's security outlook. Their concern is compounded by the emergence of a new, relatively unknown Islamist...

Africa's Cup of Nations soccer tournament has been impacted by the outbreak of Ebola by needing to change venues, adjust security protocols, and worry about fan violence. Although the matches began in mid-April, they wil...

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...

This report examines the rise of Gulf of Guinea piracy from a private sector security perspective and highlights some of the obstacles to combating piracy as well as outside factors that could impact future security such...

Since the arrest of former President Laurent Gbagbo (who has been under house arrest since April) and the subsequent inauguration of President Alassane Ouattara, the security situation in greater Abidjan continues to imp...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting ongoing efforts by Beijing and Taipei to boost cross-strait relations, recent public sector...

This week, the Forces Republicaines de Cote d’Ivoire (or FRCI, formerly the rebel “Forces Nouvelles”), supported by the French military and U.N. peacekeeping troops, launched an all-out offensive to seize control of Abid...

Please find the latest edition of the Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting the current political and security situation in Cote d’Ivoire, the status and capability of the...

There are no signs that the lingering political crisis in Cote d’Ivoire will be resolved in the near-term. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult for both the Gbagbo and Ouattara administrations to govern the...

In January 2011, the Ministry of Heath of Côte d’Ivoire (also called the Ivory Coast) and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a yellow fever outbreak in the central and northern districts of Beoumi, Katiola, Se...

The political stalemate in Cote d’Ivoire remains. Former President Laurent Gbagbo insists that he is the legitimate winner of the November runoff election, while the internationally recognized winner, Alassane Ouattara,...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting the January 24 Domodedovo Airport attack, ongoing corruption concerns in Indonesia, and the...