A group of soldiers from the Niger gendarmerie at the gendarmerie school on 11 January 2023 in Niamey, Niger.
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Moda Dieng, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University and Philippe M. Frowd, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Ecowas’ threats to intervene militarily in Niger played a role in the creation of the Alliance of Sahel States, whose members have pledged to assist each other in the event of aggression.
Un groupe de militaires de la gendarmerie nigérienne à l'école de gendarmerie, le 11 janvier 2023, à Niamey, au Niger, en Afrique.
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Moda Dieng, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University and Philippe M. Frowd, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Les menaces de la Cedeao d’intervenir militairement au Niger ont joué un rôle dans la création de l’Alliance des Etats du Sahel dont les membres s'engagent à se porter assistance en cas d’agression.
Malians demonstrate against the presence of foreign troops.
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Moda Dieng, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University and Amadou Ghouenzen Mfondi, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
Le pouvoir de transition a beau être déterminé à changer de partenariat, les résultats risquent de ne pas suivre, parce que les défis de sécurité sont complexes.
A staff member carries bedding to a suite at Toronto’s Interval House, an emergency shelter for women in abusive situations, in 2017.
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Krys Maki, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that shelters helping survivors of domestic violence are essential. Retention and recruitment issues in the gender-based violence sector require systemic solutions.
A polar bear stands on the ice in the Franklin Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in July 2017.
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Platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp are reframing democracy and the way citizens engage and organise in the digital space.
Kenya’s first ever face-to-face presidential debate screened ahead of elections in 2013 won by Uhuru Kenyatta (on screen).
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Aditi Malik, College of the Holy Cross and Philip Onguny, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
Elites have strong incentives to foment violence. The way they speak about election issues in the media can inflame tensions.
Mauritanian soldiers stand guard at a G5 Sahel task force command post, in November 2018 in the southeast of Mauritania near the border with Mali.
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Moda Dieng, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
The political will displayed by the Sahel member countries of the G5 Task Force appears to be out of step with the actual capabilities of their armies.
The cover of a new report about goat dairy operations planned for eastern Ontario prisons.
(Jamie Neufeld)
Reopening prison farms is a great opportunity for Correctional Service of Canada to become a leader in innovative rehabilitation and reintegration. But a goat dairy operation isn’t the way.
Un soldat patrouille lors d'une fête, en Ouganda. Plutôt que de favoriser le professionnalisme des armées, l’assistance internationale tend à augmenter la capacité des forces de sécurité à réprimer les populations civiles.
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Moda Dieng, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
Plutôt que de favoriser le professionnalisme des armées, l’assistance internationale tend à augmenter la capacité des forces de sécurité à s’engager dans la répression et l’escalade de la violence.