Weapons recovered from bandits during Operation Safe Haven in Nigeria.
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Civilian protection payment is not a sustainable self-protection strategy in north-west Nigeria.
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Destructive mining in Congo’s protected areas is rampant because it generates money for citizens, officials and armed groups.
Street vendors ply their trade in Johannesburg.
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The city’s street trading management approach is mainly restrictive. Relocations, harassment and confiscation of of traders’ stock are common.
South African police minister, Bheki Cele, centre, at the scene of the tavern shooting that claimed 16 lives in Soweto.
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Historically, most mass shootings in South Africa have been associated with three main things: gang conflicts, rivalries in the minibus taxi sector and factional or inter-group feuds.