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Gender inequality is an indicator of conflict risk

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INTERNATIONAL

Gender inequality as indicator of violence.

Mining rush threatens stability in Uganda’s Karamoja

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UGANDA

However, the highly militarised approach has left almost no room for dialogue with local communities and a new wave of armed violence has emerged, raising questions about the…

Escazu offers framework for progress in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

The ‘Escazu Agreement’, as it is also known, could become a fundamental tool in promoting human rights and environmental protections regionwide. Full and effective implementation…

Resurgent Boko Haram will damage Nigeria's Buhari

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NIGERIA

Renewed Boko Haram attacks.

Costa Rica migration reforms will be limited

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COSTA RICA

It does so in a complicated migratory environment. Migration flows are diversifying and show no sign of abating, anti-migration movements are vocal, press coverage of the issue is…

Colombia unrest offers no quick solutions

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COLOMBIA

Large demonstrations on May 28 resulted in several deaths in Cali; President Ivan Duque deployed troops there the next day. Although that appears, temporarily, to have restored…

Congo’s Beni crisis may become more complex

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CONGO-KINSHASA

The incidents are just the latest in a wave of attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia, which has killed over 200 civilians in just over a month. This has…

Central America security improvements will not last

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Quarantine measures imposed across Central America’s Northern Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador) come amid falling trends in violent crime, and speculation that…

Congo’s Beni conflict will defy simple solutions

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CONGO-KINSHASA

However, the announcement has been met with scepticism, both over the rationale for the designation and its utility.

Ethiopia’s security reforms aim to consolidate power

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ETHIOPIA

The announcement followed days of violent protests in Amhara region resisting ENDF efforts to confine the region’s special forces to their bases for disarmament. The move…