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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA responded with airstrikes but could not force Boko Haram out of Baga until February 21. In the first quarter of the year, Boko Haram conducted three major attacks in Cameroon's Far North region. On January 12, Cameroonian military (FAC) repelled a Boko Haram attack on a military base near Kolofata, killing 143 insurgents. One week later, Boko Haram raided several villages in Tourou area, kidnapping up to 80 people and burning houses. Approx. 800 militants invaded Fotokol town, shooting people and slitting throats as well as destroying houses and mosques with IEDs on February 4. According to Cameroonian Minister of Defense Joseph Beti Assomo, about 90 civilians, 13 Chadian, and six Cameroonian troops were killed together with hundreds of insurgents. Militants clashed with NA in Bosso Region, Niger, and Chadian military (FAT) conducted an air and ground offensive in Gamboru Ngala, Borno, the same day, claiming more than 300 lives. Throughout February and March, enforced military operations dislodged Boko Haram from several villages in Borno. On February 21, NA freed 200 hostages who had been held in nearby Sambisa forest, Borno. In a joint military operation, Chadian and Nigerian forces recaptured Boko Haram-held Damasak, Borno, on March 9. During the operation, approx. ten Chadian soldiers and 200 militants were killed. Two weeks later, Boko Haram attacked Damasak and abducted over 500 women and children. During the following weeks, hundreds of bodies were discovered in mass graves in and nearby the town. On March 27, military forces attacked Gwoza, Borno, where the alleged Boko Haram headquarters were situated. One day later, Boko Haram attacked several polling stations set up for presidential elections in the states of Anambra, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, and Yobe, killing a total number of 51. In a series of raids, approx. 170 people were killed by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria and Cameroon throughout April. While the NA continued conducting airstrikes against Boko Haram hideouts in the Lake Chad area, militants carried out suicide bombings in the states of Gombe and Yobe as well as village raids in Borno, Plateau, Yobe, Chad, and Cameroon. In fear of attacks, thousands left the border area of Niger. Militants overpowered Nigerian troops in Karamga, Diffa region, Niger, on April 25, reportedly resulting in 160 fatalities in total. Five days later, Nigerian troops rescued 234 women and girls, of whom 214 were pregnant, from Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa forest. Boko Haram captured Marte, Borno, on May 15. By December, fights over the control of the town and surrounding areas between militants and NA continued. Throughout June, Boko Haram violence caused approx. 670 fatalities, of which more than 150 resulted from bomb attacks in Borno. On June 6, Chadian forces killed 208 militants in Gamboru, Borno. For the first time, Boko Haram hit the Chadian capital N'Djamena with two suicide bombings on June 15, killing 27 people. Two subsequent suicide bombings in the city resulted in the deaths of 26. On June 17, Boko Haram killed 38 people during attacks in Lamina and Ungumawo, Diffa region in Niger. From June 18 to 23, the Niger Armed Forces (FAN) responded with air and ground offensives, killing 15 militants and arresting 20. On July 1, Boko Haram staged multiple attacks with explosives on mosques in Kukawa, Borno. Subsequently, the militants shot at fleeing villagers, killing 118. Two days later, Boko Haram gunmen rounded up 48 men and killed them in Nusharan, Borno. From July 5 to 7, militants conducted several bomb attacks in Jos, Plateau State, as well as in Zaria and Kaduna, Kaduna state, killing 106. On July 7, the Nigerian government expressed its will to negotiate with Boko Haram. President Muhammadu Buhari dismissed the country's military chiefs on July 13, claiming their failure in their fight against Boko Haram as a reason. Violence increased in July and August, with more than 1,500 fatalities in about 80 Boko Haram attacks concentrated in the Lake Chad area. During the two months, more than 750,000 IDPs and approx. 40,000 refugees were reported. On August 13, Boko Haram raided the village of Kukawa-Gari, Yobe. Over 100 inhabitants who tried to flee were shot dead or drowned in a nearby river. Local hunters killed approx. 100 Boko Haram members in Madagali, Adamawa state, three days later. Between August 18 and 21, NA carried out aerial bombardments on the group's stronghold Gwoza, claiming to have killed hundreds of militants. Mounted Boko Haram members killed nearly 80 people in attacks on three villages in Damboa area, Borno, from August 30 to September 1. In a series of bomb attacks in Maiduguri, Borno, more than 100 people were killed on September 20. The NA killed 100 Boko Haram militants and lost seven soldiers in Gujba, Yobe, when militants attacked a battalion headquarter near Damaturu on October 7. Between November 26 and 28, Cameroon's Intervention Brigade killed approx. 100 militants and freed up to 900 hostages previously held by Boko Haram in Mayo-Sawa department, Far North, Cameroon. On December 20, Cameroonian troops killed 70 in Kirawa-Jimni near Gwoza. Troops entered the village, where they suspected a Boko Haram hideout, and shot at fleeing villagers. Contrary to Buhari's claim that Boko Haram had been ''technically defeated'' the group attacked Maiduguri on December 27 armed with assault rifles, RPGs, and IEDs. Subsequent clashes between Boko Haram and the military as well as suicide bombings left 52 people dead and 124 injured. Reportedly, security forces prevented 14 militants carrying explosive belts from further advancing into the city. On December 28, a bomb exploded at a mosque in Maiduguri, killing 20. The same day, two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in Madagali, killing about 30. seb, asg REPUBLIC OF CONGO (OPPOSITION) Intensity: 3 | Change: NEW | Start: <strong>2015</strong> Conflict parties: Conflict items: opposition groups vs. PCT national power A new conflict over national power erupted between opposition groups and President Denis Sassou Nguesso's Congolese Party of Labour (PCT). In reaction to Nguesso's attempt to modify the constitution, thereby enabling himself to run for president for a third time, thousands of protesters demonstrated especially in the capital Brazzaville, demanding his removal. The 71-year old Nguesso announced to plan a referendum over revising the constitution on September 22. Five days later, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Brazzaville, protesting peacefully against the planned referendum. The demonstration was organized by the coalition Republican Front for the Respect of Constitutional Order and Democracy (FROCAD) and the opposition party Union for Congolese Democracy. Security forces used tear gas to disperse several dozens of activists in southern Brazzaville on October 9. According to the organizers, more than 30,000 government supporters rallied in the capital the following day, calling for 85
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