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Nigeria faces security sector reform challenge

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NIGERIA

Tinubu will inherit a deeply polarised country struggling with growing lawlessness and a security sector beset by many problems, including resource limitations, poor performance…

Police infighting may undermine Colombian security

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COLOMBIA

Crisis within the Colombian police force.

Deep-rooted corruption keeps Nigerien state weak

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NIGER

The authorities said they found a record-breaking 214 kilograms of cocaine in the mayor's car. This is only the latest in a series of 'drug busts' in the Sahel recent years, and…

Colombia elections signal shift in political landscape

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COLOMBIA

More than 3,000 posts were contested across Colombia’s 32 departments. The governing Centro Democratico (Democratic Centre, CD) had hoped the contest would cement its position…

Muslim radicals face crackdown in Azerbaijan

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AZERBAIJAN

The bill's declared purpose is to prevent the import of foreign ideologies and to give law enforcement wider authority, in particular for 'special' security operations, arrests…

Southern Syria faces rising security problems

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SYRIA

Together with Syrian government budget cutbacks, the decreased Russian presence has resulted in an increase in inter-communal clashes, forced disappearances, demonstrations and…

Paraguay counterinsurgency force is under threat

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PARAGUAY

The Senate will hold a public hearing on the counterinsurgency unit, Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta (FTC), in Concepcion or Horqueta on September 2 and will formally debate a motion to…

CAR elites will struggle to ease post-election chaos

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CAR

However, just weeks before the polls, rebels launched a new military offensive that prevented voting in many areas, while just days afterwards the opposition challenged the…

Flaws may undermine fragile South Sudan peace process

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SOUTH SUDAN

The warring parties in September signed the latest in a string of peace deals to end five years of civil war. However, one month in, fighting continues and many are gloomy about…

Modi’s party will struggle for momentum in state polls

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INDIA

The key battlegrounds in terms of rivalry between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress party will be Madhya Pradesh, where…