US-led taskforce deploys in Red Sea as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate beyond Gaza: The US is reportedly considering strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen that have been menacing commercial ships in the Red Sea since the conflict began in Gaza. The Pentagon has a range of options for missile attacks on Houthi positions …
Bandits in Nigeria: how protection payments to militias escalate conflict in the north-west: Weapons recovered from bandits during Operation Safe Haven in Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images North-western Nigeria has become increasingly violent. This is due to the activities of militias, known locally as “bandits”. These are loosely organised armed groups, reportedly over …
Why some terror campaigns escalate to civil war and others don’t – study reveals surprising new answers: Guerillas from the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) pictured in 1990. Richard Hoffmann/Sygma via Getty Images Most terrorist campaigns – where a group targets civilians to achieve political objectives – are short-lived. But some aren’t. In some cases, terror …
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