After the terrorist attacks at Crocus City near Moscow, the Russian government is rounding up central Asian migrants and sending them home.
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The SADC mission shows how difficult it is to run a large-scale military intervention, especially if the host government is not taking full ownership and supporting the operation.
The aftermath of the concert hall attack in Moscow on March 23, 2024.
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In parts of Nigeria and Mozambique, the central governments and state institutions are either absent or unable to address the dire socio-economic conditions and related instability.
South Africa provides fertile ground for money laundering and terrorism funding.
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In being grey listed South Africa joins a list of countries with poor governance. Others are war zones or countries with jihadist terror groupings operating on their land.
Local residents gather around the biggest mosque in the region for the evening prayer in Bahai, Chad.
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For the time being, terrorism is a reduced threat in Australia. But the threat is not going away entirely.
A group of armed Islamists gathered in Gao, northern Mali in 2012. Now such groups are seeking foothold in Togo.
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Recent attacks on Togo show that West African states must act quickly and decisively to stop the spread of violent extremism.
Machmudi ‘Yusuf’ Hariono, left, a former Indonesian terrorist, holds a book about former terrorists with an Islamic jihadist.
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The US gives money to help Indonesia and other countries fight terrorism. But research shows that this money might not be effective, unless it directly reaches former extremists.
Armed and Security Forces of Mali servicemen stand guard on a military vehicle.
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Samora Machel, Mozambique’s founding president.
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Frelimo, which governs Mozambique, has squandered the enormous political capital it enjoyed at independence. It now remains in power through violence, intimidation, harassment, and threats.
French President Emmanuel Macron with French troops during his 2017 visit to France’s Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Gao, northern Mali.
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French policymakers understand that sharing the burdens of military operations with global partners can help boost flagging support at home.
Displaced people arrive in Pemba, Mozambique, after fleeing Palma following a brutal attack by Islamist insurgents in March.
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Intervention in Cabo Delgado is a potentially dangerous move with far-reaching consequences for SADC if its efforts fail, or it becomes a protracted intervention.
Unemployed Blackjewel coal miners, their family members and activists man a blockade along railroad tracks leading to their old mine on Aug. 23, 2019, in Cumberland, Kentucky.
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The quest for significance and respect is a universal part of human nature. It has the potential to inspire great works – but lately, it has been much in evidence tearing society apart.
A visitor looks at the faces of some of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Oklahoma National Memorial museum in Oklahoma City.
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The Sept. 11 bombings killed almost 3,000 Americans. But if you exclude that unique event for the last two decades of terrorist activity, a different picture of US vulnerability appears.
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