ACLED Regional Overview – Africa (24-30 April 2021)
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Last week in Africa, ongoing insecurity prompted the enactment of a state of siege in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and a parliamentary proposal for similar emergency powers in Nigeria; opposition claims of government illegitimacy prompted violent clashes in Chad and Somalia; and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) launched deadly assaults on military bases across multiple countries in the Lake Chad basin.
In Mogadishu, the capital city of
Somalia, government forces clashed with soldiers opposing an extension to President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s presidential term. Multiple fatalities were reported, and at least 60,000 people were displaced by the fighting (UN RC/HC Somalia, 28 April 2021). The clashes came less than a fortnight after President Mohamed controversially signed a two-year extension to his expired mandate (VOA, 14 April 2021), following a failure to hold national elections (
Chad: Quick Alerts - 22 January 2021
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COVID-19 update
As of 20 January, there have been 3,065 reported cases and 114 deaths in 17 provinces. Between 17 and 20
January, 170 new cases were reported in five different provinces and in N’Djamena: in Mayo Kebbi ouest, Guera,
Sila, Kanem and Batha. Most new cases are contact cases and travelers. The Health Crisis Management
Committee recommended lifting the confinement of N’Djamena, stating that “we need to learn to live with the
virus”. President Deby signed a decree on 21 January to that effect, hereby allowing the “resumption of formerly
restricted activities in the strict respect of health protocols”. Curfew is maintained from 8pm until 5am at least