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By filling gaps in governance and service delivery, the terror group has cultivated a level of support among local civilians that Boko Haram never enjoyed and has turned neglected communities into a source of economic support.

Since 2011, with the independence of the south, Sudan's oil revenues have shrunk by 75%. With the trebling of the price of bread last December, and the rate of inflation hovering around 70%, the camels back was finally broken.

Among other things, theres a great deal of economic need. In situations like this people look to supernatural means to solve basic problems.

As many as 1.4m people are killed every year about one every 23 seconds in road accidents, while another 20m to 50m are injured but survive, often with life-changing disabilities.

The change in rainfall patterns has a huge impact on Kenya because 98% of the countrys agriculture is rain-fed. Agriculture also accounts for 70% of the workforce and about 25% of the annual GDP.

About 40% of Cameroon is covered in forest. Over about 25 years, 3 million hectares of its 22 million hectare forests have been cleared. That is about the size of Belgium.

Ongoing violence is rooted in intercommunal tensions and spurred on by rising extremism in the Sahel. Jihadists have recruited heavily among Fulani herders in recent months.

The lengthy nature of some of Africas wars is one of the main hindrances to ending the refugee cycle. The Somalia war is over 27 years and the DRC been in conflict since the 1990s.

The majority of fires on Mount Kenya are caused by peoplewhen they clear land with fire for domestic animal grazing, to gather honey, for cannabis cultivation and charcoal production.

Artists compose music to open up understandings of health care and specific conditions. Some academics open use everything from yoga to photography to observation and drawing to help educate health sciences students.

Maps have fascinated people for centuries. They are inherently political. What we see on a map either aligns with our view of the world, or doesn't. When it does, we share it confirms our beliefs.

Elders are not expected to grieve in public. Success should be acknowledged but not to the extreme because that would lead to pride, which is a cultural no-no.

The conditions present in Gabon were far less conducive to a coup than the vast majority of previous attempts. So why would the plotters take such a risky action?

The government has previously claimed that Boko Haram was "technically defeated". In reality the insurgency has fragmented but continues.

Financial impact of IDPs in CAR is about $230 million, or 11% of the central African country's GDP per year.

There are more than 70 armed groups in South Sudan and one that didnt sign last year's accord. Five years of civil war have left 1.9 million internally displaced and 2.4 million living as refugees in neighbouring countries.

EU policies, including the decision to enable the Libyan Coast Guard to intercept and return migrants, are contributing to a cycle of extreme abuse.

The conflict was the longest of Uganda's post independence struggles. In addition to those killed, 2 million people were displaced, and 60,000 to 100,000 abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels.

As the war enters its sixth year only the most optimistic of observers is voicing much hope that the revitalised peace agreement.