Local fishermen’s boats moor at Somaliland’s Berbera port.
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If the international reactions are anything to go by, Ethiopia’s Red Sea port deal is easier said than done.
Youth-targeted strategies are part of the authoritarian rule book in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia.
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Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of autocratisation across the continent.
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Intelligence reports offer information that can avert threats to national security or promote national interests.
Worshippers gather at the New Life Prayer Centre and Church. The head of the Church was recently arrested.
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Both cults and violent extremist movements have similar push and pull factors at the individual level.
Burkina Faso servicemen hold portraits during the burial of soldiers killed in an Al-Qaeda attack in Gaskinde in October 2022.
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The spike in violence was marked by a 68% increase in fatalities involving civilians.
A soldier stands guard at a makeshift camp in Somalia’s Baidoa, a southwestern town frequently attacked by Al-Shabaab militants.
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The negative effects of conflict on human capital – particularly nutrition, health and education – are larger than commonly thought.
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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.
Pupils in Kenya hold prayers for victims of a 2013 terror attack in Nairobi.
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Kenyan families with access to mass media are significantly more afraid of terrorism than those without access.
A woman at a camp for those displaced by drought in Baidoa, Somalia, in September 2022.
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States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.
The Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu where a 30-hour Al-Shabaab siege left 21 people dead in August 2022.
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Al-Shabaab’s evolution over nearly two decades has been centred around three major goals.
Habiba Hassan Leesow, who had to leave her home due to drought, sits outside her tent with her daughter Najima Barre in a displacement camp.
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Millions of Somalis are in urgent need of aid. But not enough is being done to reach marginalised groups.
Ivory seized on a Kenya flight arriving in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2016.
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Bilateral and multilateral cooperation is the best way to deal with a growing list of transboundary concerns.
US Navy sailors for the Combined Joint Task Force in the Horn of Africa off the coast of Djibouti.
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The decision to redeploy in Somalia represents a renewed emphasis on the old rivalry with Russia.
A policeman marches with a Somali flag during a parade in the capital Mogadishu.
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Whoever wins the presidential election will inherit a host of challenges that have persistently tormented previous Somali leaders.
Somali police officers in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 2018.
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A transition is underway in Somalia. There are massive risks if it is not handled with great care.
Somalia is on course to hold the long-awaited presidential election provided that the current pace is maintained.
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The accelerated pace of Somalia’s election has been welcomed at home and abroad – but it comes at a credibility cost.
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Boni forest provides a haven for military training and a staging point for hit and run tactics.
Special forces arrive at the scene of a terrorist attack at the DusitD2 hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2019.
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It is often difficult to place an imminent terrorist attack in a location or time.
Somalia is one of East Africa’s terrorism hotspots.
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All terrorism in the region has domestic origins but is linked to regional and international events.
Military intervention by Rwanda and SADC only buys time for Mozambique to address lack of development in its northern region.
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Rwanda’s military intervention in Mozambique’s war against Islamic insurgents has included a request that Mozambique rein in Rwandan opposition members on its soil