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The public inquiry exposes key individual failings while previous findings suggested bad luck was at play. This shows that talking to officers on the ground is vital if lessons are to be learnt.
Justices are weighing the arguments in two cases that have the potential of changing the way social media platforms operate.
Africa’s powerhouse is about to elect its president in a highly volatile climate. Scholars have noted that each election gives way to violence, resulting in a high death toll.
While some world leaders and foreign policy experts expected IS to increase its attacks during COVID-19’s early days, travel bans and curfews helped slow violence.
The terror threat level has receded for now, but another wave will surely come.
The future and fate of Nigeria depends on the strength of character and dedication of the incoming president.
It’s likely that the terrorist group will be defeated one day. But there are no signs that the political elite is capable of changing.
For the time being, terrorism is a reduced threat in Australia. But the threat is not going away entirely.
Spiralling insecurity is one of the biggest takeaways when considering Nigeria’s year in review, in 2022.
Research using the records of offenders shows a shift online but also towards less committed adherence to extremist causes among offenders.
As the year ends, how has New Zealand fared on global and domestic measurements, from social and economic freedoms to tackling poverty and homelessness?
A historian counters the popular view that the 1989 collapse of the Berlin Wall set in motion talks to end apartheid. The process was unstoppable by then.
Through articles written by academic experts in the course of the year, The Conversation Africa takes a second look at Nigeria in 2022.
To stem the tide of violent extremism across the Sahel region, especially northwest Nigeria, the vulnerabilities and grudges of border communities need to be properly addressed.
Kenyan families with access to mass media are significantly more afraid of terrorism than those without access.
Tensions between the US and South Africa – this time over the terror alert – are nothing new. Their relations have always had highs and lows since South Africa became a democracy in 1994.
South Africa has long been seen as deficient in dealing with terrorism financing.
To understand the latest coup in Burkina Faso, one must appreciate the internal power struggles in the country, their links with violent extremism as well as the role of external state actors.
The rise in contemporary right-wing political extremism – and violence – can be traced back to events in the 1990s.
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