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The UN Council has eased the restrictions on Somalia, but in a country where in some places guns can be found as easily as groceries what risks and rewards will this change have on the ground?
A new alliance of three rebel groups in the Central African Republic (CAR), which has taken control of five towns in northern-central areas, could jeopardize a complex peace process that has been under way since 2007.
The Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar has experienced three anti-government protests so far this year; the latest, in mid-October, saw one police officer killed, roads blocked and shops closed across the capital, Zanzibar City.
Is it security considerations or humanitarian principles that are keeping international aid agencies from helping in parts of Somalia?