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Egypt Foard [email protected] interim Egyptian government extended its curfew for an additional two months as the violen

crackdown on political dissent continues under Army General Abdel Fatah Sisi, reports the LA Times

Meanwhile, the United Statesfroze aid to the current Egyptian regimeon 09 October, reports Reuters

A spokesperson for the US State Department cited the recent subjugation of the Muslim Brotherhood

which was democratically elected last year. The State Department also pointed to a lack of progress in

achieving an inclusive government roadmap that will restore democracy. Theexact valueof halted aid

was not immediately clear but a hold was placed on hundreds of millions of dollars in loans, military

equipment and cash transfers, according toNBC News. Tanks, fighter aircraft, helicopters and missiles

as well as USD 260 million in cash, were immediately restricted; however, certain health, education and

democracy-buildingforms of assistancewill continue. The US decision counters the foreign policy of a

close US ally, Saudi Arabia, whichwelcomed the removalof former president Mohamed Morsi and the

weakening of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The Saud

government, alongside fellow Gulf emirate states of UAE and Qatar, promised Egypt a comprehensive

aid package worth USD 12 billion, which considerably outstrips the annual US price tag of

approximately USD 1.55 billion, reports Reuters. Israel, which was involved in discussions with the

Obama administration over the matter, expressed discontent over the aid cuts. It considers the US

military and economic assistance integral to the countrys 1979 treaty with Egypt. According to New

York Times,Israel fearsthat slashing the Egyptian aid budget could further erode the ability of Egyptian

authorities to provide security in the already porous and criminalSinai Peninsula, which abuts Israel and

can be used to smuggle foodstuffs, humanitarian supplies, goods and weapons into Palestinian

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territories. Civilian casualties spiked, as over fifty were killed and more than two hundred injured during sweeping proteststhat took

place on 06 October, the fortieth anniversary of the start of the Egyptian war with Israel, reports LA Times. Crowds supporting the

army and General Sisi came out en masse and clashed with Muslim Brotherhood sympathisers. BBCreports that thousands more have

beendetainedin the last two months, reflecting the deep political divisions in the country and the heavy-handed approach taken by the

army. Meanwhile, ousted former president MohamedMorsi will stand trialfor inciting the killing of opponents in a case that opens

on 04 November, alongside fourteen other seniorBrotherhood leaders,reports LA Times. Former president Hosni Mubarak appeared

briefly in court on 14 September and will return on 19 October for a trial thatwill not be televised. He will be retried on charges tha

he killed protesters during the 2011 revolution that ended his thirty-year autocracy.

Iraq Linda [email protected] UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) reported that almost 1,000 people

were killed and more than 2,000 injured in September violence, reports BBC.

The UN reports that 5,740 Iraqis have been killed in 2013. Much of the recent

violence has been blamed on Sunni Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda. The al

Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) said that violence

against Shiites was committed in revenge for the campaign of torture,

displacement, detainment and liquidation of the Sunni minority by the Shiite -

led government of Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.

The US government intends to extend its special Iraqi visa programme for Iraqis

who worked with US forces, risking their lives in quelling the insurgency,reportsRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Since 2007, the programme

has relocated almost 12,000 Iraqis and family members to the United States for

their safety. Currently, 2,000 special visas are still awaiting approval.

While the Turkish government called for a truce earlier in 2013, efforts have stalled in theongoing conflictwith Kurdistan Workers

Party (PKK1) militants, reports United Press International (UPI). Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told lawmakers on

04 October he sought an extension to a mandate allowing cross-border operations to fight PKK members in northern Iraq. Associated

Press (AP)reported on 10 October that Turkeys parliamentextended the mandatefor an additional year after PKK rebels suspended

their planned pullout of Turkish territory, accusing the Turkish government of not keeping promises to afford greater rights for Kurds

in Turkey.

The 21 September Kurdistan parliamentary elections revealed that the current ruling party, Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP), won the

largest bloc in the regional parliament, securing 38 seats in Septembers vote, according to AP. Goran (or Change party), the mainopposition to the KDP, won 24 seats while the Patriot Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by ailing President Jalal Talabani won only 18

seats. Ten seats went to other opposition parties such as the Islamic Union of Kurdistan, 21 to smaller opposition groups and eleven

seats were reserved for ethnic minorities. On 07 October, the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), claimed

responsibilityfor late September bombings in the Kurdish capital of Erbil that killed at least six people, according to RFE/RL. The

statement issued by the group indicated the attack was in response to the Kurdistan President Massoud Barzanis pledge to assist

Syrian Kurds in their battle against Islamists in Syria. The tight security imposed after the attack has curbed tourism in the region

ahead of the years Muslim holiday ofEid al Adha2, according to AFP. Hotel owners in Erbil complained of hundreds of cancelled

reservations as a result of the terrorist attack. Those travelling to the region are subjected to lengthy searches and some are even

refused entry.

Numerous violent incidents were reported throughout the country during the previous two weeks:

02-Oct-13: An Iraqi helicopter was downed while providing cover for Iraqi troopsengaged in a gun battle with militias in Tikrit

reportsRFE/RL.03-Oct-13: A bomb exploded near a football field in Madain, killing five peopleand wounding eleven others, according to Agence

France-Presse (AFP). It was the latest in a series of targeted attacks on football fields.

04-Oct-13: A series of suicide and roadside bombings in Anbar, Salaheddin and Diyala provinces resulted inseven deaths, reportsA

Jazeera.

05-Oct-13: Two suicide bombings targeting Iraqi Shiites killed almost sixty people in Baghdad and Balad, reports Reuters. Also, in

Mosul, gunmen stormed an Iraqi television station and killed twoIraqi journalists.

1The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, the European Union and NATO.2 Eid al Adha is the Muslimfestival of sacrificeand is observed on 15 October 2013.

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06-Oct-13:In the Shiite Turkomen village of Qabak a car bomb detonated near anelementary schoolkilling twelve students, reports

AP. Another car bomb targeted the villages police station. A suicide bomber detonated himself in the village of Waziriyah as Shiite

pilgrims walked through the mostly Sunni neighbourhood. At least twelve were killed in the attack.

07-Oct-13: A school guard caught a woman planting a bomb at a Madain elementary school, reports the Global Post. Also, two

explosions killed four Sahwa3 fighters. In Baghdad, a series of deadly blasts killed at least 22 people targeting mostly Shiite

neighbourhoods, reportsBBC.

08-Oct-13: Abombingin front of a restaurant in the mainly Shiite neighbourhood of Zafaraniyah Baghdad killed three people and

wounded ten others, reportsAP. South of Mosul, three soldiers were killed after being ambushed by gunmen, while a policeman was

shot dead in Mosul. Also a police patrol was hit by a bomb south of Mosul, killing two officers.

09-Oct-13: A roadside bombkilled eightpeople as they travelled to work in southern Iraq, reportsAFP.

10-Oct-13: Violence killedtwenty in Iraq, according toAFP. Two Sahwa fighters were killed in Samarra, two more in Baquba while

northeast of the city a roadside bomb killed two police officers. Bombings in Baghdad killed three people and a shop owner was

gunned down. In the northern city of Kirkuk, gunmen killed one person while Iraqi security forces killed eight militants in a multi-

province operation. Also, police discovered the remains of a body that was likely subjected to torture.

12-Oct-13: A car bomb exploded inSamarra killingthirteen people, according toReuters. The target was a busy shop-lined street.

13-Oct-13: Sixteen bombs detonated across Iraq killing a total of 25 people ahead ofEid al Adha, reports Reuters. The deadlies

bombing occurred in the Shiite city of Hilla south of Baghdad.

The Iraqi Justice Ministry announced on 10 October it hadcarried outthe executions of 42 convicted terrorists over the past week

according toAFP. While the Iraqi government would not provide exact dates of theexecutions, UNAMI said they occurred between

08 and 09 October, reports Al Jazeera. UNAMI reiterated calls on the Iraqi government to implement a moratorium on the death

sentences while the executions have drawn international condemnation from the European Union, the UN and human rights groups.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has begun moving the first of an estimated 10,000 Syrian refugees to

thenewly opened campof Darashakran. The camp, located in Erbil governorate in northern Iraq, was established in order to alleviate

severe overcrowding in Domiz camp which currently hosts 45,000 mainly Syrian Kurds. Domiz camps capacity is 30,000 people

Iraq is currently sheltering 193,000 registered refugees mainly in Dohuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyeh governorates. William Tall, chie

UNHCR representative in Iraq expressed concerns over refugee conditions in the coming months during the harshKurdistan winter

according to Voice of America.

The Kurdish Regional Government has given approval to Abu Dhabi National

Energy Company, a United Arab Emirates corporation, to start oil developmen

in the northern Atrush oil field, reports UPI. The company known as Taqa

anticipates producing 30,000 barrels per day (BPD) starting in early 2015. Also

more than 400 billion cubic feet of natural gas was produced in the Kurdish

north of Iraq since Dana Gas and its partner Crescent Petroleum commencedoperations in 2008, reports UPI. In the south, Baghdad announced a USD six

billion deal for the construction and operation of an oil refinery, reports AFP

The Iraqi oil ministry and Swiss company Satarem entered the agreement tha

will provide 150,000 BPD, according to the government statement.

Archeologists from the University of Leipzig announced the discovery of an

ancient Iraqi citycalled Idu in northern Iraq, reports NBC News. Idu was under

the control of the Assyrian Empire approximately 3,300 years ago, then later

gained its independence as the empire declined. The Assyrians reconquered the

city roughly 140 years later.

Lebanon Linda [email protected] part of a new security plan implemented by the Lebanese Ministry of the Interior, as of late September, Hezbollah members

abandoned checkpoints in the southern suburbs of Beirut after recent bombings, reports The Daily Star. Five checkpoints were handed

over to Internal Security Forces (ISF) on 01 October. There are currently over 2,700 ISF members assigned asextra securityto protec

former and current Members of Parliament (MPs), ministers, judges, officers, and others, according to Lebanon News Network

However as caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel noted, the vast majority of ISF members work as housekeepers, buying fruits

and vegetables for their employers and driving children to school. Charbel noted that it is beyond the ISF s mandate toprotect these

3 Sahwa fighters are anti-al Qaeda fighters are part of theSunni awakeningmovement which began in Anbar 2005. They are credited for assisting US troops in reducing

violence during the Iraqi insurgency. Currently, many Sahwa are targeted for revenge killing by al Qaeda.

Atrush Oil Field

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figures. On 03 October, Hezbollah indicated that it had withdrawn from manning security checkpoints around Lebanon in order to

avoid internal strife, reports Voice of America (VOA). The move was prompted by late September clashes between Hezbollah and

Sunni rivals in the town ofBaalbek in the Bekaa Valley where four people were killed, according to UPI. On 04 October,Security

Forcesdeployed in Tripoli as part of plan to ensure the safety and stability in the volatile northern city, reports The Daily Star. A

number of militia leaders in the city expressed their reluctance to hand over weapons to ISF. In other security news, an online video

allegedly showing Hezbollah fightersexecuting gravely woundedSyrian rebels has sparked outrage and threatens to worsen sectarian

tensions in Lebanon, reports AFP. Hezbollah declined to comment on the video and Al Arabiya television suggested it was filmed

during the battle for al Qusayr Syria in May 2013. Lebanese news outlets declined to air the video.

According to Lebanese lawmaker Khaled Daher, Hezbollah now possesses long-range missiles capable of carrying chemical warheads

that are stored in underground sites in Lebanon, reports UPI. Daher, a member of the Future Movement that opposes Hezbollah, said

that Irans Revolutionary Guards supervised the construction of underground bunkers and other sites used to store the missile s. Daher

called upon the international community to take similar steps against Hezbollah as it is doing in Syria an d put Hezbollahs stockpile of

chemical weapons under international control.

On 03 October, the Lebanese Army reported that an Israeli reconnaissancejet violated Lebanese airspace as it performed circular

flights over the south region of the country, according to The Daily Star. An Israeli infantry force crossed 300 metres into Lebanon

and anIsraeli gunboatcrossed 10 metres into Lebanese waters off the southern town of Naqoura, according to The Daily Star. On 04

October, Israeli army vehicles and personnel approached theBlue Lineon the Israeli side of the border near the village of Bawabe

Fatima, reports The Daily Star. The movement resulted in a high alert level for the Lebanese Army. Again on 12 October, Arab News

reports that three Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace, circling southern Lebanon foreight hours.

Several violent incidents were reported throughout the country during the previous two weeks:

04-Oct-13: A bomb exploded in a dumpster inside camp Ain el Hilweh, a Palestinian refugee camp, located in the southern coasta

city of Sidon, reports The Daily Star. One person was slightly wounded in the blast. In the northern town of Burj al Arab in Akkar, a

hand grenade exploded outside a clothing shop, according to The Daily Star. The incident was motivated by a personal dispute

between the shop owner and unidentified individuals.

08-Oct-13: Lebanese President Michel Suleiman criticised the Syrian governmentscross-border raid that targeted an ambulance in

the Arsal region of Bekaa Valley, reports Al Jazeera. Syrian jets fired five rockets in the attack which resulted in no injuries.

12-Oct-13:Sniper firefrom Tripolis Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood wounded two people after an Army unit attempted to arrest a local

man, according to The Daily Star. Snipers also targeted a bus on the Malloulah Bridge in the northern city and wounded two people

from the Bab al Tabbaneh neighourhood.

14-Oct-13: Abooby-trapped carwas discovered in Beirut and the explosives were successfully defused, reports Shanghai Daily.

Little progresshas been made in forming a new Lebanese government, according to The Daily Star. Tamman Salam, chosen as the

countrys new prime minister in April 2013 has failed to put together his government as a result of conditions and counter co nditionsby the March 8 and March 14 coalitions4. March 8 insists that the new government should be a national unity government in which

parties are represented based on their size in Parliament. March 14 argues that the country is in need of a more neutral Cabinet in order

to be more effective in governance.

Non-essential US Embassy staff in Beirut have been permitted to return to work after last months evacuation in advance of an

anticipated strike against Syria, reports Reuters. The US had also tightened security at its missions in Turkey on 06 September amid

reported potential threats which arose before the 11 September anniversary.

Syrian refugees competing against Lebanese workers for jobs havestoked tensionswithin the country, according to Associated Press

(AP). In efforts to counter the countrys economic downturn, many businesses are hiring Syrians who will work for very little salary.

The government indicated it is trying to curb the rising competition and over the past three weeks has closed over 400-Syrian owned

shops that lacked permits to operate in Lebanon. Kamel Wazne, a Lebanese economist and professor of finance at the American

University in Beirut states, When you jeopardize the livelihood of the people in the country, then this will cause tension. Uni tedNations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported on 12 October that the total number of registered Syrian refugees in

Lebanon had climbed to 792,900 people, according to Shanghai Daily. Refugees were primarily situated in North Lebanon and the

Bekaa Valley.

Following the recommendations adopted by the International Support Group for Lebanon, a series of meetings to be held in Beirut,

New York and with the World Bank will focus on assistingcash-strappedLebanon cope with the massive influx of Syrian refugees

4 March 8 Alliance is acoalition of opposition, mostly Shiite Muslim and Syrian-backed parties led by Hezbollah. March 14 Alliance is named after the date of the

Cedar Revolution and is acoalition of partiesand independents in Lebanon formed in 2005 that are united by their anti-Syrian involvement in Lebanon stance.
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reports The Daily Star. Statistics from the World Bank suggest that the refugee crisis will cost the Lebanese economy an estimated

USD 7.5 billion.

The British-based company Spectrum, in coordination with the Lebanese government, began thefirst phaseof an onshore oil and gas

survey in the Batroun region, reports The Daily Star. It is expected that regions of Lebanon may possess considerable gas wealth.

Libya Foard [email protected] Anas al Libi, an al Qaeda leader suspected of planning the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam,arrived in New York on 15 October, reports CNN International. Indicted by US courts in 2001, Al Libi is wanted for conspiring

against US personnel in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia. US Special Forces in Tripoli seized him as he departed his house for

morning prayers on 06 October. Despite public objections over his apprehension from Libya, the US maintains that senior Libyan

officials gave tacit approval to carry out the operation. Al Libi lived openly with impunity in Tripoli despite his appearance on the

Most Wanted list of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Prime Minister Ali Zeidan waskidnappedin the early morning hours of 10 October from his hotel in the capital of Tripoli, reports A

Jazeera. Accounts of his abduction suggest that, dozens if nothundredsof vehicles carrying armed men drove to the Corinthia

Hotel where Zeidan and other senior officials reside. Gunmen quickly overwhelmed security forces, removing the prime minister and

whisking him to an unknown location. No casualties were immediately reported and it remains unclear what group is responsible for

the seizure.Multiple groupstook credit for the kidnapping, including the Operations Cell of Libyan Revolutionaries and the Brigade

for the Fight Against Crime. Several hours after his capture, Zeidan was freed and he delivered an impassioned speech on 11 October,calling his arrest acoup attempt. According to The Guardian, al Qaeda-affiliated supporters in Benghazi protested Zeidans release

and condemned the Libyan administration for complicity in the US-led Al Libi assault, calling for attacks against Western targets.

According toAFP, theSwedish consulatein Benghazi was hit by a car bomb on 11 October. The building sustained serious damages

but no casualties were recorded. Located in the al-Fouihet district near the Egyptian consulate that was bombed in August, the

Swedish delegation remains one of the few diplomatic posts in the restive city.

Illegal migration has become an increasingly difficult problem for the Libyan transitional government, reports Integrated Regiona

Information Networks (IRIN), and Libya has requested assistance from the European Union (EU) in efforts to better track migrants

who are trafficked through its borders into Europe. Many of those trafficked come from the Sahelian and North African countries of

Egypt, Eritrea, Chad, Somalia, Niger, Mali, and even as far as Syria. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) confirmed

the number of migrants leaving Libya for Europe has increased six-fold in 2013. The inability of the transitional government to create

security and police forces leaves the countrys borders largely open. Libya is an attractive point forsecondary movementof migrants

who pay fixers to smuggle them into Europe, and also for human traffickers, many of whom kidnap or enslave disadvantaged minority

groups, especially Eritreans, holding them for ransom. The inchoate Libyan response, in light of its fragile government institutions

has also been incoherent. Nevertheless, thousands of migrants have been detained, many of them by militia groups operating

autonomously from the central government. A UN Security Council report released in September called the arrest and detention of so

many refugees and migrants unacceptable, a factor that spurred the Zeidan administration to seek EU assistance.

Mali Foard [email protected] in Malis vast north continued to undermine the new central government with sporadic attacks in early October. Al Q aeda in

the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) took credit for two suicide attacks in Timbuktu that left two civilians dead on 02 October. Militants

shelledthe city of Gao on 07 October, although no casualties were reported. Additionally, two bridgeswere destroyed on the road

between the city of Gao and the Niger border between 07 08 October, reports Associated Press (AP). One of the bridges was

damaged near the town of Ansongo. The other was attacked near Bara, 160 km from Gao where French military operations are based

but it was not immediately clear whether the bridge was destroyed or damaged. A demining team from MINUSMA, the UN

peacekeeping force in Mali, was dispatched to survey both sites. Bridges have been targeted in efforts to prevent the movement of

French supplies from Niger into Mali.

Former Captain Amadou Sanogo, the leader of Malis March 2012 coup, was relocated from his home at Kati camp to a

neighbourhood in Bamako reserved for former government leaders on 08 October, reports AP. The decision came roughly one week

after newly installed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK)dissolved a military committeechaired by Sanogo. IBK dissolved the

Committee for the Reform of Armed Forces after returning early from France when members of the Malian army held a colone

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junior officers took Col Mohamed Elhabib Diallo hostage after he removed their names from a promotion list. IBK thendissolvedthe

military reform committee and initiated an investigation into the incident. Kati will no longer intimidate Bamako, the pres ident said.

In humanitarian news, at least 20 people drowned on 13 October when a boat carrying as many as 400 passengers capsized in the

Niger River north of Mopti, reports Reuters. The final death toll was expected to rise, as 170 people were unaccounted for. Also, the

World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it would scale up operations in Mali through the end of the year, according to UN

News Service. The organisation identified four major risks that are likely to contribute to food insecurity in the coming months: erratic

rains that will affect 2013-2014 harvests, depletion of livestock, the sudden return of internally displaced persons (IDPs), and

continued insecurity in Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal.

Nigeria Foard [email protected] the CFC initiates coverage of the complex crisis in Nigeria, this weeks overview includes background security and politica

developments, in addition to open-source information from 0115 October.

A state of emergency blanketing one-sixth of Nigerias territory continued into its fourth month as security forcesstruggled to contain

Boko Haram in the countrys predominately Muslim north. Nigeria celebrated what Reuters and other media outlets dubbed a

sombre 53rd anniversary of its independence on 01 October. In late September and October, President Goodluck Jonathan, insisting

the Nigerian infantry is needed to quell the Boko Haram uprising, expedited a process that began in August 2013 to pull troops from

peacekeeping operationsin Mali and Darfur. Hundreds have been killed in Nigerias northern sectarian conflict in the previous months

as Boko Haram increasingly targeted civilians in September and October.

At least159 travellers were slaughteredby Boko Haram militants near Benisheik, between Maiduguri and Damaturu on 20 September

reports Al Jazeera. In the same location, the corpses of tenbeheaded travellers were found on 02 October by local officials. In a

gruesome attack that shocked millions of Nigerians, as many as fifty students were killed on 29 September when Boko Haram

militants stormed an agricultural school, gunning down student victims in their dormitories, reports AP. More recently, the Nigerian

military claimed that it killedforty Islamistson 15 October, according toReuters. The killings took place in Bama, Gwoza and Pulka

between 13 and 15 October. Despite claims made by the Nigerian army in August that Abubakar Shekau, Boko Harams leader, had

been killed, a video released in September confirmed that he remains alive, and largely in control of the northern insurgency

according to the Council on Foreign Relations.

Meanwhile, aheavy-handed responseby security forces in Nigerias north garnered harsh criticism for its use of extrajudicial killings

and human rights violations. Nearly 1,000 peopledied in Nigerian prisonsthis year due to overcrowding, suffocation, starvation and

extra-judicial killings, according to a report released by Amnesty International on 15 October. Most of the deaths occurred innortheastern Nigeria in prisons administered by the militarys secretive Joint Task Force (JTF). The report cites an anonymou s

military official who says, Hundreds have been killed in detention either by shooting them or by suffoc ationThere are times when

people are brought out on a daily basis and killed. Experts from Human Rights Watch assert the harsh tactics do not address

underlying grievances voiced by Muslim populations in the northern Nigerian states of Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Kaduna and Kano

reportsBBC. Moreover, one study of the Boko Haram insurgency asserts that the harsh tactics by security forces worsened class and

sectarian antagonisms, helping Boko Haram militants to radicalise victims of extrajudicial crimes committed by the state.

In economic news, Nigerias government privatised, its state energy company, Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and

transferred its management to the Korea Electric Power Corporation on 30 September, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The

country will maintain ownership of the power grid, but cede all management responsibilities to international investors. It also finalised

the construction plans for a 700-megawatt power plant with a Chinese firm. The joint deals are worth a total of USD 2.5 billion and

seek to modernise the countrys power grid, which faces daily blackouts despite Nigerias role as the continents largest oil producer.

Somalia Foard [email protected] Navy SEALS swam ashore andraided a seaside villain Baraawe on 07 October in a secretive but attention-grabbing operation that

failed to kill or capture its target, al Shabaab leader Ikrima, reports CNN. After US forces came under heavy gunfire, they retreated

from the Baraawe compound, suffering no casualties, reports The Guardian. Two al Shabaab fighters were killed, including a

bodyguard of Ikrima. Civilians in the heavily fortified compound, including many women and children, far exceeded the numbe
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anticipated by Navy SEALS, which played a decisive factor in the decision to withdraw forces before capturing Ikrima.According to

CNN,Ikrima(who also uses the names Mukhtar Abu Zubayr and Ahmed Abdi Godane) is wanted by Kenyan and western allies.

A Kenyan of Somali origin, Ikrima is believed to be in his late 20s and potentiallyhelped mastermind theWestgate mall attack in

Nairobi that killed 67 and wounded hundreds in late September 2013. Intelligence officials believe he also intends to strike other East

African targets. According to CNN investigative journalist and al Shabaab expert Paul Cruickshank, Ikrima is responsible for the

recruitment of numerous al Shabaab toforeign fighters. Ikrima has been at the forefront of Al-Shabaabs efforts to recruit and train

Kenyans and other foreigners for Al-Shabaab and to develop a Kenyan affiliate called al Hijrah, writes Cruickshank. He lived in

Norway from 2004 to 2008 where he developed extremist contacts within Europe. According to Cruickshank, he also cultivated ties

with members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), including Anwar al Awlaki. Email exchanges between Ikrima and an

intelligence informant implicateSamantha Lewthwaitewith ongoing al Shabaab activities, according to BBC. Lewthwaite, commonly

called the White Widow in the British press, was married to Germaine Lindsay, the British man who detonated a bomb on the

London Underground in 2005, killing 56 people and wounding over 700. She initially denied knowledge of her husbands plan

However, Lewthwaite left the UK in 2009 with her three children and is wanted by Kenyan authorities for suspected terrorist plots.

The Westgate Mall attack draws into question the belief held by many al Shabaab experts that the group poses only a regional threat

and does not seek to strike Western targets. For instance, Stephanie Sanok of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

describes the potential evolution of the group from a regional terrorist cell to an international al Qaeda affiliate with capabilities to

threatenthe West: Al Shabaab has long been composed of a combination of local Somali fighters, who have relatively few designs

beyond Somalias bordersFactionalism within al Shabaab has traditionally kept the group from fully uniting behind an interna tiona

agenda However, there is evidence that in recent months Ahmed Abdi Godane [Ikrima] has eliminated many of his rivals and

consolidated his control over much of the group. If Godane has truly solidified his place as the central Shabaab leader, it may signal a

new willingness to launch international attacks, potentially in the West. Evidence of a foiled foreign attack appeared to emerge inEthiopias capital on 13 October when two bombers apparently killed themselves whilepreparing to detonatea bomb in Addis Ababa

potentially at a football game, according to International Business Times (IBT). Ethiopian authorities assert the men were Somal

nationals. Among the debris, jackets and belts typically used by suicide bombers were found, and police asserted the men could have

ties with al Shabaab.

The African Union (AU) agreed to increase the size of its peacekeeping force in Somalia by 35 per cent on 11 October, reports

Sabahi. The AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will add an additional 6,235 troops, bringing its total deployed force to just under

24,000. The decision to fully fund the joint AU-UN force will now face a vote in the UN Security Council. Somali President Hassan

Sheikh Mohamud welcomed the AU vote, saying, The expansion of AMISOM will hugely help to sustain the military campaign

against terrorists and get rid of al-Shabaab and al-Qaeda in Somalia.

In early October, two leading female Somali officialstoured Somali diaspora communitiesto elicit financial and repatriation suppor

from Somalia communities abroad, according to Midnimo. Among the stops, Deputy Prime Minister Fowzia Yusuf Adam and newlyappointed Central Bank Governor, Yusuf Abrar, visited Ottawa to galvanise a large Somali-Canadian population seeking to rebuild

Somalia. What we need is for these talented and deployable Somali youth to participate in the construction of Somalia, said Deputy

Prime Minister Yusuf. According to Habari Network, Abrar made headlines when she was named the first female governor o

Somalias Central Bank on 20 September. She is a thirty -year veteran of international banks and financial institutions, and she

replaces Abdusalam Omer who resigned after a UN monitoring group alleged in July thateighty per centof all withdrawals from the

bank were made for private purposes.

Sudan & South Sudan Callum [email protected]

On 13 October, three Senegalese members of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were killed andanother injured when their vehicle was hijacked, according to the United Press International (UPI). The attack was condemned by

Mohamed Ibn Chambas, joint special envoy for UNAMID, as well as the African Unionand UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

reports UPI. Ki-moon also expressed deep sadness over a similar attack that killed a Zambian UNAMIDpeacekeeper just two days

before. The Sudan Tribune has also reported that the United States and France have labeled the attacksas criminal, unlawful and

malicious. The attacks have placed greater pressures on the government of Sudan to take swift action in reprimanding the groups

responsible for the attacks and to work closely with UNAMID to establish a lasting peace.

Government restrictions in Sudan have increasingly limited the reachof humanitarian agencies within Darfur, including UNAMID

according to Radio Dabanga. Over 150,000 displaced people are reported to be without aid due to these government restrictions

however, UN agencies have also reported that limited supplies and fuel stocks have hindered their abilities to help those displaced
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Despite these limitations, however, on 09 October a group of Mdecins Sans Frontires/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) personnel

resumed operationsin North Darfur after withdrawing in early September due to security concerns. The group is composed of 130

MSF doctors, nurses and midwives.

Sudan

Following the genesis of new protests in Sudan in late September over the lifting of government subsidies on fuel coupled with other

austerity measures, the Sudanese government and police forces responded withbrutal crackdowns, reportsNew Internationalist. Since

early October, tear gas and live ammunition have been used against protesters, killing more than 200 people, while over 1,000 others

have been arrested. Recent demonstrations, as compared to earlier protests in 2011 and 2012, included the presence of middle-class

citizens among the ranks of the demonstrators, reports The National. Although it appears that the protests are simmering down

hundreds of Sudanese citizens arestill demonstratingin the streets of Khartoum, according to the non-profit, Enough Project.

Concern has been raised in the UN over the increase in the number ofpolio casesin Sudan, mostly in the South Kordofan province as

well as other areas in the Horn of Africa. The UN Security Council (UNSC) has developed a plan for a vaccination campaign in South

Kordofan and Blue Nile to begin in November. The UNSC has also called on the Sudanese Government and the Sudan Peoples

Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) toresolve differencesover technical plans for the vaccination campaign in order ensure safe

passage of the agencies carrying out the campaign. The Sudan Tribune reports that the SPLM-N is willing to cooperate with UN

agencies for the campaign; however, they refused to cooperate with Sudans Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC). The rebel group

has also refused to hold direct talks with the Sudanese governments regarding the cessation of hostilities during the campaign; rather

the UN has been further tasked with brokering this arrangement.

Talks are continuing between Egyptian, Ethiopian and Sudanese governments over Ethiopias proposed Renaissance Dam along the

Nile River, which, it argues, would be beneficial for all three countries. Ethiopia will certainly benefit from a new source of hydro-electric power as well as the ability to control over-flooding and siltation. After a tripartite international experts group had assessed

that downstream countries will not suffer any significant impacts, Sudan is officially in favour of the project. Egypt, however, fears

that countries downstream will suffer a loss of water supply because of the man-made reservoir in Ethiopia despite the tripartite

assessment. However, Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Dr Mohamed Abdul Muttalib, has recently stated that the

Renaissance Dam is apositive stepfor the interests of all Nile Basin countries, reports Egypt State Information Service.

South Sudan

Approximately 2,500displaced Sudanesepeople fled from their homes in South Kordofan to South Sudan in recent weeks, reports

Sudan Tribune. Many of the displaced are women and children who have walked between five and ten days to reach safety, according

to Mdecins Sans Frontires/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). IDPs claim to have fled their homes due to ongoing conflicts in Sudan

and a lack of nutrition resulting from two consecutive poor harvests and limited supply routes for aid agencies. MSF personnel are

operating in South Sudanese towns and cities such as Kodok to administer necessary medical treatment. MSF is also feeding the

newly arrived IDPs as well as providing treatment via the ambulatory therapeutic feeding programme to malnourished children.

Despite South Sudans failure to reach a deal with Sudan on the final status of the Abyei region, Vice -President James Wani Igga has

expressed determination to not give up never surrender, reports Sudan Tribune Igga further stated that South Sudan willcontinue

to cooperatewith Sudan in order to implement an agreement on Abyei by means of a referendum currently set to take place in the

month of October. However, the Sudanese government in Khartoum has made the process of implementing the already-delayed

referendum difficult as it has rejected the proposal for the only eligible voters to be the nine Ngok chiefdoms and any permanent

residents of Abyei. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, requested that the

African Union (AU) take full responsibility for the referendum. The president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, also sent a letter to the AU

requesting that the referendum on Abyei to be considered anurgent issuefor the heads of AU states when they meet in Addis Ababa

on 12 October, reports Sudan Tribune. Kiir also insisted that Sudanese forces should be fully withdrawn from Abyei to allow the UN

Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) to take better control of the area.

Syria Linda [email protected] 02 October, the UN Security Council called upon allSyrian combatantsto allow humanitarian aid to flow freely into the country

and asked the Assad regime to lift bureaucratic impediments and other obstacles to international relief aid and workers, reports

Christian Science Monitor (CSM). AFP indicates that seventeen countries including the US, France and Australia have agreed to

receive quotasof refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict. UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced the participation of

these countries in the Syria resettlement Humanitarian Admission Programme, which will assess refugees for relocation in hos

countries, giving priority to the most vulnerable. Also, The Guardian reports that the UK has pledged an additional USD 139 million
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