The AU mission’s success relies on the handover of military responsibilities to an effective Somali replacement. But the Somali National Army remains as politicized and clan-divided as it has ever been.
The developing electoral crisis over the past few months has led to greater misuse of forces.
A strong partnership between Mogadishu and the regions is vital to a unified counterinsurgency effort.
In June, Kenyan police began deploying to Haiti as part of a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission aimed at helping restore security in the country. The mission faces a daunting task. In this interview, Gloria Blaise, Director of Research Development at Haïti Policy House, discusses how…
In this interview with Albert Trithart, Pascal Kambale, a Congolese researcher and human rights lawyer based in Goma, helps unpack the complex array of security actors present in the eastern DRC and how they are perceived by local Congolese.
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