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Chinese Loggers Exploit Miombo Woodlands at ‘Unsustainable’ Rate
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The Miombo Woodlands covers parts of eight African countries, stretching from Burundi to Angola to southern Mozambique. Yet most of the logging that goes on in the woodlands benefits a single country: China.
Unlike the…
Somali Bomb Disposal Experts Risk Their Lives to Save Others
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Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an August 21 suicide bomb attack that killed 10 people, including seven security officers and two civilians, at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu.
In another August attack,…
Tunisian Navy Seeks to Acquire $110 Million in Near Shore Patrol Boat Capability
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Tunisia is on track to buy an undisclosed number of 20-meter Archangel patrol boats from the United States at an estimated cost of $110 million. The purchase will include GPS, navigation and communications systems, and training.…
Legal Advisors Hold Court in Zambia
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Whether serving in a complex multinational peacekeeping mission or rebuilding a military legal framework from the vestiges of outdated colonial and Cold War doctrines, military legal officers can benefit from their peers’…
Benin Grapples With Spread of Sahel Violence
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Benin recorded its first incident of extremist violence in 2019, and the number of recorded attacks by Sahelian terror organizations on Beninese soil has risen every year since.
There were 20 attacks — mostly by the…
Stakes High as Battle for North Darfur Capital Rages
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El-Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur, remains in the hands of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) after more than four months of assaults by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The city has become strategically and…