The multiplicity of media actors has done little to bridge sociocultural divides, as many Western donors had hoped.
The multimillion dollar kidnap-and-ransom industry in the western Sahel offers the benefit of public and political leverage for jihadist groups.
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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