The Gambia, Iran, Nigeria and the confusion over arms
Remember the story about the mysterious cache of arms found in Lagos Port, Nigeria? Well, turns out the story goes beyond Nigeria. FP reports that there is reason to believe that the arms from Iran...
View ArticleAfrica’s budding narco-states?
UPDATE: The Kenyan Prime Minister just admitted to the presence of drug money in Kenyan politics. Huge. Also, check the UNODC’s drug trafficking patterns for East Africa. Also, does anyone out there...
View ArticleIn which I write about Africa’s emerging drug problem
The globalization of terrorism over the last decade has created a situation in which the number one threat to international security is no longer strong, conquering states, but failing ones that...
View ArticleThings to remember as you volunteer or conduct research in a developing...
Rafia Zakaria, on Al Jazeera America, writes: My friend Jack likes to tell his favorite story about a summer he spent volunteering in Colombia. He recounts that story anytime he’s handed the...
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