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A voice against criminal networks in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says Nigerian ‘criminal enterprises’ are considerable.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292762733_A_voice_against_criminal_networks_in_AfricaPublished versionPublished ...
Goncalves, Marcus
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Drone use “outside areas of active hostilities”: an examination of the legal paradigms governing us covert remote strikes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article examines the use by the US of drone strikes in regions described as ‘outside areas of active hostilities’ a phrase that appears to presume the application of international humanitarian law.
Brookman-Byrne, Max
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An Innovative Approach to Effective, Impact‐Driven Partnering: An Educational Aid Case Study

open access: yesJournal of International Development, Volume 37, Issue 8, Page 1571-1584, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Cross‐sector collaborations are prevalent mechanisms for delivering international development aid. Effective collaboration efforts among partner organizations can drive aid and programme impacts. Nonetheless, many development aid scholars and practitioners highlight weak interpartner and contextual dynamics as predominant reasons for ...
Jennifer Sdunzik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Al-Shabaab’s Somali Safe Havens: A Springboard for Terror

open access: yesPerspectives on Terrorism, 2013
Al-Shabaab’s recent terror attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi is not, as some have argued, a sign of the group’s desperation, but rather reveals its strength. Its most radical leader recently consolidated his control of the group, and the
Josh Meservey
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Hydro‐Insurgency: Weaponization of Water Resources and Infrastructure in Northeast Syria

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 924-938, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the strategic weaponization of water resources by Turkey‐backed armed groups in Northeast Syria (NES) within the broader context of the Syrian civil war. As the conflict evolved, water infrastructure—dams, rivers, and irrigation systems—became central to warfare, governance, and foreign agendas. The article introduces the
Farhad Hassan Abdullah Mamshai
wiley   +1 more source

Feeling the Pinch: Kenya, Al-Shabaab, and East Africa’s Refugee Crisis

open access: yesRefuge, 2011
Kenya currently hosts over four hundred thousand refugees.In the last two decades it has turned towards a policy of containment in an attempt to confine refugees to its two rural camps, Kakuma and Dadaab.
Avery Burns
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Struggling the Islamic State in Austral Africa: The SADC military intervention in Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) and its limits

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science, 2023
This article analyses how SADC (Southern Africa Development Community) faced the threat of Islamic terrorism in one of its member states, Mozambique, since October 2017.
Luca Bussotti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Everyday governance on the Somalia‐Kenya border: Flourishing without state support

open access: yesDevelopment Policy Review, Volume 43, Issue 6, November 2025.
Abstract Motivation How do people living in an insecure borderland beset by civil war and insurgency solve social problems and improve life when they are targeted by counterinsurgency forces, taxed by insurgents, and their villages are too insecure to get state or NGO services?
Patta Scott‐Villiers
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility Study: Social Protection in South Central Somalia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In recent years, there has been a growing recognition by policy makers and the international development community that longer-term social protection programming has the potential to reduce poverty and inequality and serve as a foundation upon which ...
Mike Brewin, Sophia Dunn
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