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  • Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash

    Jihadist In-Fighting in the Sahel: A Cheat Sheet

    Armed Conflict · The Sahel
  • Photo by Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash

    Ethiopia’s Smart Drug Policy Keeps Revenues Up and Insurgencies Down

    Ethiopia · Insurgency · Organised Crime
  • Trump and Pompeo’s Parting Blow Rolls Back Women’s Rights in Africa and Beyond

    Benin · Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Congo-Brazzaville · Djibouti · DRC · Egypt · Eswatini · Kenya · Libya · Niger · Senegal · South Sudan · Sudan · The Gambia · Uganda · Women’s Rights · Zambia
  • The Coup in Mali: What Took Place and Why it Has the Region Nervous

    mali · Organised Crime
  • Angola’s Overzealous Arrest Policy Threatens a Prison Pandemic

    Angola · Policing & Prisons
  • How Do You Get Colombian Cocaine to Europe? You Take a Detour – Through West Africa

    Drug Trafficking · Guinea Bissau · Organised Crime
  • Photo by Namnso Ukpanah on Unsplash

    Nigerian Police Say the One Million Boys Raid Was a Hoax. Residents Don’t Agree.

    Coronavirus · Nigeria · Organised Crime
  • Photo by Trevor Cole on Unsplash

    UNPOL Draws on Lessons from Ebola to Tackle COVID-19-Related Crime

    Organised Crime · UNPOL
  • Cape Town Gangs Expand Under Cover of COVID-19

    Organised Crime · South Africa
  • 64 Ethiopian Migrants Suffocate in Lorry Container

    Ethiopia · People Smuggling
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