Counter-Terrorism in Africa: Appraising our Response
Prior to the bombing of the American embassy in Nairobi, in 1998, there were less than half a dozen cases of terror ... Read More
Terrorism and Violent Extremism
Running Somalia with Hands Tied: Can President Farmajo Stabilize the Country?
Somalia was one of the first countries in the Horn of Africa to gain independence, in 1960. It became Somalia Republic after ... Read More
Mogadishu: When Checkpoints don’t Work
Terrorists seem to make a score when checkpoints fail. On 14 October 2017, a truck reportedly loaded with several hundred kilogrammes of ... Read More
Boni Campaign: Five Years on
In September 2015, the government of Kenya launched Operation Linda Boni (now Boni Enclave Campaign), a military campaign in response to al-Shabaab’s ... Read More