Pablo Escobar’s hippos escaped in the 1990s – since then, they have become a problem.
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Having an intelligence service that is not fit for purpose means the country is vulnerable to security threats from within and outside the country.
South Africa’s minister of finance should have used the bailout of Eskom to fast-track its split and introduce the private sector into the electricity sector.
His band Zangalewa satirised Cameroon’s military from within - and helped create the football World Cup hit Waka Waka.
There isn’t one, clear-cut way to prevent genocide. But there are effective methods of prevention that governments can take.
Local communities and national authorities are working to develop sustainable tourism in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Natural Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site since 2018.
Colombia is an important South American regional hub and potentially important trade partner for Africa.
While Russia and Ukraine’s war wages on, previous peace talk discussions didn’t appear to include women. Changing that can make a difference, research shows.
A Colombian program to help disadvantaged youth used sport to help them steer clear of the dangers they faced on a daily basis, including violence, prostitution, drug addiction, vandalism and gangs.
Colombia has elected its first left-wing government, led by a former guerrilla fighter and a female black activist.
Colombians go to the polls on June 19 to elect a new president. The vote comes at a delicate time in the country’s politics.
People penalized for violating a group’s shared rules could go on to disrupt its functioning, out of revenge. Two scholars suggest a way of imposing rules.
The outcome of Colombia’s presidential election has major implications for the survival of its historic peace deal, and the prospects of former combatants who have committed to a life without conflict
The strong showing of left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro in the Colombian elections suggests the country’s left-right divide is moving from armed confrontation to democratic disagreement.
Critics who are irritated by a lack of an apparent villain in ‘Encanto’ need to take a closer look at the effects of colonial displacement.
More than half of the world’s best growing land could become less suited for coffee.
The U.S. State Department rarely removes terrorist groups from its Foreign Terrorist Organizations list. Most terrorist groups, unlike the Colombian FARC, don’t want to put down their weapons.
A fossil record in central Colombia reveals how marine animals evolved during a period of environmental change.
Researchers are using modern forensic techniques to find the bodies of victims of civil conflict in Latin America.
Reintegration is a gendered phenomenon — women, men and LGBTQ+ people experience it differently.
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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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Research fellow at the International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Teaching Fellow in Law, University of Birmingham
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Research assistant professor, Universidad de los Andes
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Huddersfield
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PhD Candidate at School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Teaching Fellow in Defence, Development and Diplomacy, Durham University
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Research and Communications Officer, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate professor, Universidad Externado de Colombia
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PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Vinnova/Marie Curie Fellow - Researcher in Feminist Security Studies, Lund University
