Kwankwaso is now governor of the northern Kano province, the scene of one of Boko Haram's deadliest attacks, and tipped as a possible challenger to the president in next year's elections.
Much of the capital of Anbar province, the scene of an ignominious defeat of the Iraqi military by Islamic State in May and now largely won back after a gruelling offensive backed by 600 US-led coalition airstrikes, is in ruins.
Krsnik, along with Robert Sommerville, is a former Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry member, which is one of Canada's major regular forces regiments that served extensively in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, a scene of major fighting against the Taliban insurgency.
In areas such as the M'zab Valley in the Ghardaïa wilaya or province (currently the scene of ethnic conflict between Arabs and Berbers), vital water distribution to farmers is still carried out according to the number of palm trees owned, or else shared out to families according to an ingenious date stone accounting system.
The village of Taldou, near the town of Houla in Syria's Homs province was the scene of one of the worst massacres in the country's 14-month-long uprising on Friday.
In conversation with festival founders, DJs, and promoters in the province's thriving scene, THUMP brings you along to see how the genre has become a cultural phenomenon.
Quetta is the largest city in the province of Balochistan, scene of much of the pre-election violence, including a bombing in the town of Mastung — also claimed by Islamic State — that killed 153 people, including local politician Siraj Raisani.
On Wednesday a suicide bomber killed at least 31 people as they queued outside a polling station in Quetta, the largest city in the province of Balochistan, scene of much of the pre-election violence, including a bombing in the town of Mastung — also claimed by Islamic State — that killed 153 people, including local politician Siraj Raisani.
Uruzgan, which borders the traditional Taliban strongholds of Helmand and Kandahar provinces, was the scene of a similar incident last week when four police shot and killed nine colleagues before joining the Taliban with weapons and equipment.
The Southwestern province of Farah, the scene of increased Taliban activity, experienced a 93percentt increase.
Nineveh Province is also the scene of escalating tensions between the central government and the semiautonomous Kurdistan region.
