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The weekly briefing, 16 May 2017: Donald Trump accused of sharing...
Summary Africa: Soldiers in Ivory Coast mutiny for second time in six months; Somali government signs security pact with international partners to build national force to fight al-Shabaab. Americas:...
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The weekly briefing, 23 May 2017: Ongoing political turmoil further weakens...
Summary Americas: Ongoing political turmoil following US president’s dismissal of FBI director further weakens Trump’s legitimacy; Brazil’s attorney general accuses country’s president of corruption...
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The weekly briefing, 6 June 2017: Militant group takes over areas of southern...
Summary Africa: Lesotho awaits outcome of general election that opposition is expected to narrowly win; Libyan National Army and Egypt attack areas held by UN-backed Government of National Accord....
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The weekly briefing, 13 June 2017: Filipino government forces attempt to...
Summary Africa: Militants attack prison in DR Congo, killing 11 people and releasing 900 inmates; Incumbent prime minister loses Lesotho’s general election. Americas: Former FBI director testimony to...
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Monthly intelligence briefing on the Boko Haram insurgency: May 2017
This is the second of five monthly intelligence briefings on the Boko Haram insurgency being prepared for the Remote Control Project. The series will finish with an in-depth briefing on the...
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The weekly briefing, 27 June 2017: French president’s party secures 61-seat...
Summary Africa: Al-Shabaab kill 15 people in car bomb attack in Somali capital; Libyan National Army claim to have made significant territorial gains in central Benghazi. Americas: US Supreme Court...
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The weekly briefing, 11 July 2017: World leaders meet in Hamburg for G20...
Summary Africa: Elections in DR Congo placed on hold by country’s electoral commission; Suspected al-Shabaab militants behead nine men in southeastern Kenya. Americas: US president’s eldest son and...
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Monthly intelligence briefing on the Boko Haram insurgency: June 2017
This is the third of five monthly intelligence briefings on the Boko Haram insurgency being prepared for the Remote Control Project. The series will finish with an in-depth briefing on the...
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The weekly briefing, 3 August 2017: Venezuelan government holds controversial...
Summary Africa: Al-Shabaab ambush and kill 23 African Union soldiers in southern Somalia; 14 people killed in suspected Boko Haram suicide attack in northeastern Nigeria. Americas: Republicans fail to...
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The weekly briefing, 16 August 2017: Major protests take place against...
Summary Africa: Deaths in violence following general election in Kenya; Last surviving founding leader of al-Shabaab defects to Somali government. Americas: Apparent white supremacist kills woman and...
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The weekly briefing, 22 November 2017: Robert Mugabe resigns, commander of US...
Summary Africa: Kenya’s supreme court upholds president’s victory in election re-run; Robert Mugabe resigns after 37 years as Zimbabwe’s president. Americas: Commander of US Strategic Command...
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The weekly briefing, 9 January 2018: Possible major environmental disaster in...
Summary Africa: UN announces investigation into peacekeepers’ deaths in DR Congo; Government of Equatorial Guinea accuses mercenaries of colluding with the Guinean opposition in failed coup. Americas:...
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Remote warfare and the Boko Haram insurgency
The United States has been using special operations forces, covert agents, mercenaries and proxy armies in order to fight wars out of the public eye since the Cold War. By the time of the ‘war on...
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The weekly briefing, 18 January 2018: Efforts to stop stricken oil tanker...
Summary Africa: Tanzanian president ignores calls to extend his presidential term by two years; Protests in Tunisia against increased taxes and rising prices of basic goods. Americas: US president...
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The weekly briefing, 23 January 2018: Six killed in widespread protests in DR...
Summary Sub-Saharan Africa: At least six people killed during widespread demonstrations against Congolese president; First transition between democratically-elected leaders in Liberia since 1944 takes...
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Towards an EU defence force?
Islamic State’s coordinated attacks on Paris in November 2015 sparked a grassroots debate on security within Europe. This has reignited with every attack in Belgium, France, Germany, the United...
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The weekly briefing, 6 February 2018: Civil unrest breaks out in Maldives,...
Summary Sub-Saharan Africa: Four Ethiopian opposition politicians imprisoned for six months for refusing to speak to judges in court; Decision-making executive of South Africa’s ruling ANC to meet to...
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The weekly briefing, 27 February 2018: Israeli prime minister increasingly...
Summary Sub-Saharan Africa: Police in DR Congo fire on protesters in Kinshasa; Violence erupts between police and workers in Zimbabwean capital. Americas: US treasury secretary claims United States...
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The weekly briefing, 15 March 2018: UK announces modest retaliatory measures...
Summary Sub-Saharan Africa: Burkinabe authorities arrest serving and former soldiers in relation to recent deadly attacks in country’s capital; Sierra Leone makes history by being first country in the...
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The weekly briefing, 20 March 2018: Turkish military forces capture Afrin in...
Summary Sub-Saharan Africa: Senior UN official warns that humanitarian emergency in DR Congo has drastically worsened in last year; President of Mauritius expected to resign over expenses scandal....
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