Malians march against the UN peacekeeping force in Bamako in September 2022.
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Constructive dialogue is an essential condition for a peaceful political transition in Mali.
People hold signs during a protest in Montréal against Islamphobia in 2017.
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Canada must reflect on the profound consequences of over-surveillance on the freedoms of religion, expression and association — particularly for Muslim Canadians — and their impact on equality.
Relatives of victims in Uganda mourning the victims of a brutal attack by suspected extremist rebels that left at least 40 people dead, including many schoolchildren.
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Deadly attacks on schoolchildren by terrorists groups have been growing around the world from 2009.
Police tape on a door following a stabbing at the University of Waterloo on June 28,. Waterloo Regional Police said three victims were stabbed inside the university’s Hagey Hall, and the suspected attacker was arrested.
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The stabbings at the University of Waterloo remind us that violence for daring to stand in a classroom and speak is still ever-present.
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Intelligence reports offer information that can avert threats to national security or promote national interests.
People pull together in emergencies.
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It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by horror at terrorist attacks. But the first impulse of people during emergencies is often to help others.
Moro’s bullet-riddled body lays in the boot of a car in Via Caetani, in central Rome, on 9 May 1978.
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Marco Bellochio’s series is the latest interpretation of a murder that continues to haunt Italy.
View of an endangered indigenous tree felled by illegal loggers in the Nakuru forest area of Kenya.
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Illegal logging entrenches systemic corruption, undermines accountability in governance, and finances insecurity.
Guerillas from the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) pictured in 1990.
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Policies that reduce poverty, inequality and socioeconomic insecurity lower the incentive to engage in or tolerate terrorism.
A suicide attack in early March 2023 killed a Taliban governor in his office and two other victims.
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ISIS-K’s recent killings of Taliban brass are part of the extremist group’s long-term strategy. Will Taliban leaders contain the resurgence of violence?
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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.
Will justices seek to hold social media firms to account for the postings of terrorists?
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Justices are weighing the arguments in two cases that have the potential of changing the way social media platforms operate.
Protests against police violence from the #EndSars movement face off soldiers in Auchi, Nigeria.
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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.
A woman walks in Raqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, in December 2020.
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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.
Anti vaccine rally in Melbourne.
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The terror threat level has receded for now, but another wave will surely come.
Nigeria’s next President must unite Nigerians across party, religious and ethnic faultlines.
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The future and fate of Nigeria depends on the strength of character and dedication of the incoming president.
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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.
Bali Bomber Umar Patek is released from prison.
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For the time being, terrorism is a reduced threat in Australia. But the threat is not going away entirely.
Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces Sniper Unit
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Spiralling insecurity is one of the biggest takeaways when considering Nigeria’s year in review, in 2022.
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Research using the records of offenders shows a shift online but also towards less committed adherence to extremist causes among offenders.