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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...

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...

On February 19, a mob attacked a BBC film crew, accusing the reporters of being “bloodsuckers” attempting to steal local residents’ blood. This attack is not the first incident involving vigilante violence directed at su...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting the ongoing threats of terrorism in Turkey following a recent wave of small scale bombings...

On Saturday, April 7, Joyce Banda was sworn in as President of Malawi following the sudden death of late President Bingu wa Mutharika, who headed up the country since 2004. Banda is Malawi’s first female president and t...

Last week, two days of intense civil unrest erupted in Malawi. Severe fuel shortages, rising costs of living, and widespread unemployment sparked protests. In total, nineteen people died nationwide and many more were wou...

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting the reported rise of FARC attacks during the first half of 2011, the sudden eruption of civ...

This report is a compilation of criminal activity afffecting Americans in Malawi during the third quarter of 2006 as reported by U.S. Embassy Lilongwe.

On September 24, an American’s Lilongwe residence was burglarized. An unknown number of intruders cut razor wire and scaled the perimeter wall. They then pushed open an unsecured patio door, cut the screen door, removed...

This report is a compilation of criminal activity afffecting Americans in Malawi during the first quarter of 2006 as reported by U.S. Embassy Lilongwe.

Americans were the victims of crime twice in a three-day span of early April in Malawi.

Just after midnight on February 21, the residence of an American family in Lilongwe was burglarized. A family of four was in the house at the time of the burglary.

This report is a compilation of criminal activity perpetrated against American citizens and Westerners in Malawi during the fourth quarter of 2005 as reported by U.S. Embassy Lilongwe.

On the afternoon of December 18, a soccer match was cancelled, touching off wide-spread rioting in the Old Town section of Lilongwe.

This report is a compilation of criminal activity perpetrated against American citizens in Malawi during the first quarter of 2005 as reported by U.S. Embassy Lilongwe.