News highlights, early February 2015

Boko Haram, the United States and upcoming elections:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/world/africa/boko-haram-attacks-major-nigerian-city-in-a-sustained-assault.html

Illicit financial flows:

http://allafrica.com/download/resource/main/main/idatcs/00091146:30e62dbc64e03f86311b910121d0afea.pdf

http://allafrica.com/stories/201404031346.html

Reaction to Charlie Hebdo in Somalia:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201501130094.html

Tensions in Burundi:

http://www.innercitypress.com/burundi1rugurikaus020515.html

Lack of transparency at the African Union on South Sudan:

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/feb/04/african-union-report-south-sudan-delayed