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Nouvelles created on 07/15/2016 - 12:02 by in ACSS
As in much of Africa, the vast majority of security threats facing Nigeria are internal, often involving irregular forces such as insurgents, criminal gangs, and violent religious extremists. Effectively combating such threats requires cooperation from local communities—cooperation limited by low... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 03/12/2012 - 11:13 by in ACSS
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Narco-States: Africa's Next Menace
By DAVIN O'REGAN
Since emerging as Africa’s first narco-state in the mid 2000s, Guinea Bissau’s slide toward instability has been swift and precipitous. The homicide rate has spiked by 25 percent and is now nearly... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 02/29/2012 - 11:48 by in ACSS
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Fifty-eight military and civilian officials from 32 countries received certificates for completing a four-day counternarcotics and transnational threats symposium on Feb. 16, 2012, at National Defense University in Washington, D.C. Four U.S. Department of Defense academic centers—Africa Center... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 02/29/2012 - 11:37 by in ACSS
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Guest speakers discussed the rule of law and anticorruption measures during a session of the four-day Countering Narcotics and the Illicit Commons symposium organized by the Africa Center and three other regional Department of Defense academic centers on Feb... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 02/21/2012 - 10:48 by in ACSS
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View photos from the event.The Africa Center for Strategic Studies hosted 19 African military and civilian leaders for an informal briefing and networking event at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2012. The leaders were on campus as participants in the Countering... Read more...
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Nouvelles created on 02/15/2012 - 10:51 by in ACSS
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The only way for the world to counter the expanding international criminal drug trade is for nations to work together, a senior U.S. Defense Department official said during the opening of a transnational threats symposium in Washington, D.C., on Feb... Read more...