The worst violence last year is actually in bakina faso and then in nise to the east. But perhaps what ing people most now is the headway that johares are making in moving south. Since 20 20, they have attacked ivory coast about 16 times, killing at least 22 members of the security forces. S theare looking for money. They are looking to get te poss a brit ideaut speed istis aio gara has so far avoided violence directly in their country, but joharas groups have reportedly established cells there. And so they are concerned that attacks may not be far away.
With the propaganda machine at fever pitch, not everyone in Russia agrees on—much less agrees with—what is going on in Ukraine. Dissent is being met with increasing repression. A wave of jihadism is crashing across the states of West Africa and the battle lines are moving south. And reasons for both hope and concern in our annual glass-ceiling index.
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