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This report analyzes JNIM operations in the Sahel and its further expansion in West Africa.

Togo’s legislative elections, originally set for April 20, were delayed in response to controversial constitutional reforms and opposition leader detainments. On April 9, the government announced a new election calendar...

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...

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...

UPDATE: OSAC is reissuing this report originally issued in March in the midst of a new outbreak of Lassa Fever, a potentially fatal acute viral illness. On January 22, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) declar...

Elections in Africa often increase the possibility of civil unrest. Even in instances when the electoral process goes relatively smoothly, some disruption can occur that impacts private-sector operations. This report foc...

Togo will host the 2017 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Conference in Lomé from August 8 -11. This event will bring together senior government officials from the United States and 38 Sub-Saharan African countri...

The so-called ‘meningitis belt’ of sub-Saharan Africa (see image), which includes over 400 million people in 26 countries, tends to see periodic waves of meningitis outbreaks, most often during the dry season (December-J...

Piracy and maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea dropped by nearly a third from 2014 to 2015. The Nigerian government’s decision in January to extend for at least another year the amnesty program for Niger Delta militants...

OSAC constituents are encouraged to monitor developments related to the April 25 presidential election in Togo. While large-scale political violence is rare, political demonstrations are relatively common during Togolese...

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

The largest outbreak of Ebola ever reported has been sweeping through West Africa, causing over 720 deaths and at least 1,000 more infections.

Please find the latest edition of the OSAC Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week's bulletin contains articles on criminal background checks in India, post-election Venezuela, and student protests in Togo. Log-in w...

Togo has experienced a wave of protests in the last three months from civil society groups, public and private sector workers, and some political opposition groups, demanding salary increases, political reforms, and the...

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...

On the evening of January 21, 2011, the U.S. Ambassador to Togo, along with several other officials were subject to a carjacking. The officials were departing an upscale restaurant in the Bé neighborhood of the Togolese...

Please find the latest edition of the Regional Analysis Bulletin (RAB). This week’s bulletin contains articles highlighting ongoing civil unrest in Senegal due to electricity shortages, rising crime levels in Togo, and t...

During the evening hours of June 17, ten to twelve vehicles driven by Beninese citizens were vandalized and their occupants assaulted just inside the Togo border. This occurred just after Benin defeated Togo in a qualify...

The brutal murder of a motorcycle-taxi driver in Kara sparked heated street protests throughout the northern Togolese city resulting in major damage to the main police station.

An American citizen took his own life in Togo last month, after losing nearly a million dollars to a 419 Advance Fee Fraud scam originating in Ghana. The victim was found in a Lomé hotel on July 19, and his family hopes...