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7-Feb-15 World View -- Central African Republic 'peace deal' collapses instantly as slaughter continues


Houthis complete takeover coup in Yemen

** 7-Feb-15 World View -- Central African Republic 'peace deal' collapses instantly as slaughter continues
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Contents:
Central African Republic 'peace deal' collapses instantly as slaughter continues
Nigeria's Boko Haram attacks towns in Niger, as war expands into region
Houthis complete takeover coup in Yemen


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, Central African Republic, CAR, Bangui,
Francois Bozizé, Michel Djotodia, Seleka, anti-balaka, Ban Ki-moon,
Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC,
Kongo-Wara Rebellion, War of the Hoe Handle,
French Foreign Legion, United Nations, African Union,
Nigeria, Niger, Boko Haram, Benin,
Yemen, Houthis, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, AQAP,
Islah party, Saudi Arabia, Southern Movement

I'm finding Nigeria interesting from a Generational Dynamics perspective. Their last crisis war ended in 1970, so this is the 45th year since it ended. I've been seeing low-level violence for about a decade now, but over the past year, the violence has taken a major escalation. Nearly half the deaths caused by Boko Haram were in 2014, and close to 2,000 in Nigeria have already been killed just in the path month alone. It's been 45 years, so while a new crisis war isn't likely, it's still possible.

However, I'm not sure what to make of Yemen, whether the current violence is simply a political struggle and proxy war or if it's energy coming from the people as a whole. At the moment, I'm leaning towards the former, though it'll require further observation.