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A Thousand Kenyan Police are Headed to Haiti Where "Gangs Rule"

A Thousand Kenyan Police are Headed to Haiti Where "Gangs Rule"

SUBSCRIBER+REPORTING — After a long wait and amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation, Haiti may soon be getting an international security [...] More

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Limited Options

The Cipher brief spoke with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, CEO of Valens Global and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about the [...] More

AfricaTerrorismReporting

Flexing Some Muscle

Having carried out several attacks in the last couple of months, al Shabaab remains a “very high” threat to security in Somalia and surrounding [...] More

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Al Shabaab: A Persistent Threat

Al Shabaab: A Persistent Threat

With al Shabaab orchestrating deadly attacks on a near-weekly basis, the terrorist group continues to pose a significant threat to regional stability [...] More

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Al-Shabaab Building in Advance of Somali Elections

Al-Shabaab Building in Advance of Somali Elections

The run-up to Somali elections, slated to begin in less than a month, has Somalia watchers concerned that the terrorist group al-Shabaab will seize [...] More

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A Positive Step in the Right Direction

Kenya’s new Private Security Regulation Act will regulate the private security industry and allow more cooperation between the private sector and the [...] More

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Kenya: Private Sector and Government Coordinate on National Security

Kenya: Private Sector and Government Coordinate on National Security

Terrorist groups like al-Shabaab, ethnic violence, petty criminals, and corruption threaten Kenya’s security. The East African country has relied [...] More

AfricaSecurity/StabilityReporting

Securing a Nation

On May 18, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta approved the Private Security Regulation Bill, an act which is heralding in a new dawn for the private [...] More

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The Role of Private Security

Terrorism has emerged as a global threat to security. We might not be able to fully grasp the complexity of the matter until we look at it on a [...] More

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Little to Gloat About

April 2 marked one year since the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab attacked the Garissa University in Kenya and killed 148 people, galvanizing Kenya [...] More

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Kenya’s Battle with al-Shabaab

Kenya’s Battle with al-Shabaab

One year after the April 2015 attack that left 148 people dead at a university in Garissa, Kenya, a combination of forces is strengthening the [...] More

AfricaTerrorismReporting
Combatting the Al Shabaab Threat

Combatting the Al Shabaab Threat

The lack of good governance and the spread of terrorism seem to go hand in hand. That is quite apparent in East Africa. Just last month, al Qaeda’s [...] More

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A War We Can’t Win

Long before 9/11, Washington regarded East Africa as a fertile playing ground for terrorists. Osama bin Laden spent half a decade in the Sudan during [...] More

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