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Unsupervised news analysis for enhanced high‐frequency food insecurity assessment

Decision Sciences, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 605-619, December 2024.
Abstract This article introduces an artificial intelligence (AI)‐based system for forecasting food insecurity in data‐limited settings, employing unsupervised neural networks for topic modeling on news data. Unlike traditional methods, our system operates without relying on expert assumptions about food insecurity factors.
Cascha van Wanrooij, Frans Cruijssen, Juan Sebastian Olier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

KENYA’S OIL PIPELINE AND TERRORISM [PDF]

Journal of Defense Resources Management, 2014
The threat of Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks on the critical infrastructure (oil pipeline) in Kenya has brought to the attention the strategic issue of the energy sector security, highlighting the potential vulnerabilities of this sector ...
E.O.S.ODHIAMBO, L.T MAITO, K. ONKWARE
doaj  

“Magical math hand‐waving”

American Ethnologist, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 580-591, November 2024.
Abstract Political risk forecasting is an industry that provides specialized analysis to a range of clients, including insurance companies, extractive industries, governments, defense ministries, and NGOs. Risk forecasters aim to help their clients mitigate risks by anticipating political developments that could threaten their investments and assets ...
Jon Schubert
wiley   +1 more source

Jihadi governance and traditional authority structures: al-Shabaab and Clan Elders in Southern Somalia, 2008-2012

Small Wars & Insurgencies, 2020
Based on unique field work in southern Somalia, this article explores how the interrelationship between jihadi insurgent rulers and traditional authority structures fostered local order in the southernmost part of Somalia in the period 2008 to 2012 ...
M. Skjelderup
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Localizing the state: Stateness among refugee–led community‐based organizations in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 163-175, November 2024.
Abstract The localization of humanitarian operations is commonly characterized as a return of ownership to local and national actors. Localization policies in Kenya have made refugee‐led community‐based organizations a viable alternative for humanitarian provisioning.
Stefan Millar
wiley   +1 more source

All Containment and No Engagement: Australia's Contemporary Policy towards the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Australian Journal of Politics &History, Volume 70, Issue 3, Page 379-401, September 2024.
Australia's interactions with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), henceforth known as North Korea, have ebbed and flowed throughout their seventy‐five‐year history. In times of détente on the Korean Peninsula, Australia actively engaged North Korea and sought to facilitate its integration into the international system. However, during the
Jack D. Butcher
wiley   +1 more source

South African media’s framing of the terrorist insurgency in Mozambique [PDF]

World of Media
This paper investigated South African media’s framing of the terrorism insurgency in Mozambique. It specifically sought to understand how South Africa’s flagship online publications: News24, TimesLive, and IOL, framed the insurgency.
Blessing Makwambeni, Trust Matsilele
doaj   +1 more source

Terrorism and education: Evidence from instrumental variables estimators

Journal of Applied Econometrics, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 906-925, August 2024.
Summary This paper estimates the effect of exposure to terrorist violence on education. Since terrorists may choose targets endogenously, we construct a set of novel instruments. To that end, we leverage exogenous variation from a local terrorist group's revenues and its affiliation with al‐Qaeda.
Marco Alfano, Joseph‐Simon Görlach
wiley   +1 more source

Building resilience in Sub‐Saharan Africa's food systems: Diversification, traceability, capacity building and technology for overcoming challenges

Food and Energy Security, Volume 13, Issue 4, July/August 2024.
Abstract This review explores the intricate landscape of food system resilience in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), focusing on the region's unique challenges and vulnerabilities. SSA confronts a myriad of obstacles, including climate change impacts, inadequate infrastructure and limited access to resources.
Solomon Abate Mekonnen, Dassalegn Daraje Jalata, Helen Onyeaka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Communications for Peace Operations: The African Union’s Information War Against al-Shabaab

Stability : International Journal of Security and Development, 2018
Despite widespread agreement that effective strategic communications are a necessary part of complex peace operations, many missions struggle to generate relevant capabilities and implement effective campaigns.
Paul D. Williams
doaj   +1 more source