Two new featured topics are available: an overview on events related to the armed group Al-Shabaab in Somalia since October 2011 and an overview on sectarian violence in Pakistan since September 2011.
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab: Chronology of events since October 2011
Pakistan: Religious and sectarian violence since September 2011
Dagestan: General Security Situation and Events in Dagestan
Afghanistan: General Security Situation in Afghanistan and Events in Kabul
Sudan & South Sudan: the status of the Abyei Area
Nigeria: post-election violence 2011
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