It is election-time in Central African Republic, a fundamental step in the CAR healing process after years of civil war.

Earlier today, a tactical Russian Sukhoi Su-24 warplane was shot down by two Turkish F-16 jets. Predictably, Russia and Turkey red the episode in opposite ways: according to Ankara, the Russian jet violated its national airspace and ignored all the warning given by the Turkish pilots; according to Moscow, however, its bomber aircraft was flying above Syrian territory near the border and may have been shot down by Turkish artillery.

Nigeria has being hit by a new wave of suicide attacks. Even without an official claim of responsibility, Boko Haram – the Islamist group which has killed thousands of people since 2009 – is held responsible.

Since September 1, the situation in eastern Ukraine has been relatively calm. As already clarified in previous analyses, it would have been impossible to witness a full and complete ceasefire. Interestingly enough, according to SMM reports, there were days in which no violations were reported by the SMM (OSCE’s Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine).