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STRIVE: Lessons Learned
Other Publications, 28 April 2017
This report introduces the lessons learned from the STRIVE Horn of Africa project based on the presentations, discussions and key recommendations outlined during a November 2016 conference in Brussels.
Tags: Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, STRIVE - Horn of Africa, Horn of Africa, Tackling Extremism, European Union
Making Mogadishu Safe
RUSI Journal, 21 December 2016
Alice Hills
Community-focused counterterrorism could be a valuable measure in the struggle to improve Mogadishu’s security.
Tags: Horn of Africa, Global Strategy and Commitments, Counterinsurgency, Terrorism, UK Defence, Africa
Pirates, Drugs and Navies: Why the Western Indian Ocean Needs a New Security Architecture
RUSI Journal, 30 November 2016
Christian Bueger and Jan Stockbruegger
As international counter-piracy missions wind down, the region needs to develop coherent, effective and enduring structures to enhance maritime governance.
Tags: Horn of Africa, Military Sciences, International Institutions, Maritime Forces, Africa, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
STRIVE - Horn of Africa | Interim Update
News, 11 November 2016
RUSI starts the second phase of a three-year project with the European Union to strengthen societal and individual resilience to violent extremism in Kenya and Somalia.
Tags: STRIVE - Horn of Africa, Horn of Africa, National Security and Resilience Studies, Terrorism
Book Review: The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power
RUSI Journal, 29 September 2016
Hilary Hurd
Hilary Hurd reviews The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power, by Alex de Waal.
Tags: Horn of Africa
Has Al-Shabaab Stopped Targeting Civilians in Kenya?
Newsbrief, 5 September 2016
Andrés Pérez
Since December 2015, Al-Shabaab appears to have stopped intentionally targeting civilians in Kenya in an effort to win the hearts and minds of local Muslims.
Tags: Horn of Africa, Security Policy, TerrorismPages
Sugar Not Ivory is the Real ‘White Gold’ of Al-Shabaab
Commentary, 27 November 2015Tom Keatinge
Recent reports shed light on Al-Shabaab’s evolving financing model. While charcoal remains key, sugar smuggling is playing an increasing role. Funding from illegal ivory, a focus of much distracting debate, is noticeable only in its absence.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Horn of Africa, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Terrorism, Africa
Trafficking Illegal Ivory in East Africa
Commentary, 7 September 2015Cathy Haenlein
Organised crime, rather than terrorism, is the greatest threat to elephants and other species in East Africa. Our primary focus should be on the organised crime groups and corrupt actors known to drive the vast ivory trade across the region.
Horn of Africa, National Security and Resilience Studies, Organised Crime, Organised Crime, Terrorism, Africa
STRIVE: Lessons Learned
Other Publications, 28 April 2017This report introduces the lessons learned from the STRIVE Horn of Africa project based on the presentations, discussions and key recommendations outlined during a November 2016 conference in...
Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism, STRIVE - Horn of Africa, Horn of Africa, Tackling Extremism, Other Publications, European Union
An Illusion of Complicity: Terrorism and the Illegal Ivory Trade in East Africa
Occasional Papers, 21 September 2015Tom Maguire and Cathy Haenlein
Organised crime groups, rather than terrorist groups, are profiting the most from the East African illegal wildlife trade
Horn of Africa, Occasional Papers, National Security and Resilience Studies, Organised Crime, Africa
The Role of Finance in Defeating Al-Shabaab
Whitehall Reports, 30 December 2014Tom Keatinge
Security actors seeking to disrupt and defeat Al-Shabaab must tackle the financial dimension of its activities
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Whitehall Reports, Horn of Africa, International Responses, Terrorism
BY INVITATION ONLY: Roundtable on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in East Africa
Events, 12 May 2017To coincide with the London Somalia Conference 2017, The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Center of Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (ICEPCVE) hosts a...
Horn of Africa, National Security and Resilience Studies, Terrorism, Africa
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