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"the International Peace Institute (IPI) has decided to establish the Nexus Centre for Health and Peace in Vienna"

"establish the Nexus Centre for Health and Peace in Vienna"

"the President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Parliament all received the polio vaccine in a highly publicized event at Villa Somalia"

"prompted the group to eject sixteen NGOs in 2011, including UNICEF"

"prompted the group to eject sixteen NGOs in 2011, including UNICEF and the WHO"

"The Federal Government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud"

"Since 2010, Sheikh Godane has been working to centralize the group's decision-making authority under his control"

"Mukhtar Robow was one of the primary leaders to push back against this centralization drive"

"Hassan Dahir Aweys, another senior leader who fled after the clash"

"Karate is an experienced militant who led the urban resistance against Ethiopia in Mogadishu"

"The Amniyat is under the direct control of Ahmed Abdi Godane"

"through its nominal director is Mahad Mohamed Ali (AKA Karate)"

"Al-Shabaab has three distinct components: ... a secret service, the Maktabatu Amniyat"

"declaring formal allegiance to Al-Qaeda in 2012"

"Sheikh Ahmed Abdi Aw-Mohamed (AKA Godane), the founder of Al-Shabaab, and its leader since 2007"

"Mukhtar Robow (AKA Abu Mansur), themselves founding members of the group"

"Fuad Mohamed Khalaf, themselves founding members of the group"

"Aden Hashen Ayrow, a group leader"

"Boko Haram's then leader, Mohammed Yusuf"

"Mohammed Yusuf's brother-in-law, Babakura Fugu"

"National Security Study Memorandum 200, authored in 1974 by then U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger"

"In December, Boko Haram reportedly bombed the offices of the Borno State National Program on Immunization in the state capital of Maiduguri."

"interventions seeking to have impact in Al-Shabaab controlled regions"

"The TFG was confined to Baidoa, in Bay region, protected by Ethiopian military forces"

"The group maintained strong connections with Al-Qaeda operatives in East Africa, relying on them for training and other support activities"

"AMISOM provided security for the TFG and its facilities"

"In February 2012, AI-Shabaab solidified its relationship with Al-Qaeda, formally merging itself into the group"

"President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected on September 12th"

"highly dependent on AMISOM for military protection"

"hundreds of doctors flee amid continuing attacks by Islamist sect Boko Harm in the country's north"

"Boko Haram... detonated a car bomb after crashing into a United Nations building in Abuja, killing 23 people"

"Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has sought to crush Boko Haram through the enlistment of civilian vigilante groups and the deployment of some 8,0"

"IPI has provided direct support to UN officials and Member States on the challenges facing the UN peacebuilding architecture"

"Attacks by Boko Haram on polio workers and vaccination facilities"

"Al Shabaab poses the biggest barrier to polio eradication in the country. Al Shabaab's strength is diminishing, but its tactics and commanders are bec"

"the Federal Government of Somalia, backed by the African Union Mission in Somalia is an important political actor"

"threats have led some healthcare providers, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres, to leave the country"

"the Maitatsine movement, which was led by a Cameroonian preacher named Mohammed Marwa"

"The Nigerian government successfully crushed the Maitatsine movement with brute force"

"attempts to crush Boko Haram through military might have proved unsuccessful"

"Mohammed Yusuf, was captured by police and summarily executed"

"northern Nigeria has also seen the formation of splinter groups emerging from Boko Haram, the most prominent being a group commonly referred to as Ans"

"Shehu Sani attempted to broker exploratory talks between the former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Mohammed Yusuf's brother-in-law, Babakura Fugu"

"Shehu Sani attempted to broker exploratory talks between the former president Olusegun Obasanjo and Mohammed Yusuf's brother-in-law, Babakura Fugu"

"In much of northern Nigeria... Attacks by Boko Haram, as haphazard and nihilistic as they seem, are not random."

"Most of the people in Somalia... Al Shabaab's recent public messaging effort has fostered the belief"

"Gambari was dispatched by Obasanjo to meet with... prominent politicians such as General Buhari"

"Ibrahim Gambari, the secretary-general's advisor for African affairs"

"Gambari realized that although the Sultan of Sokoto is traditionally the spokesman for the Muslims of the region"

"several high-profile traditional Muslim leaders, prominent politicians such as General Buhari"