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Imperatives of quick anti – piracy response in Nigerian waters

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Imperatives of quick anti – piracy response in Nigerian waters By Anthony Nwachukwu On 14/04/2016 06:45:27 AM Of recent, the spate of piracy on and off the Nigerian coastal waters has… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Enough’s John Prendergast Testifies to Congress: South Sudan “Kidnapped by its Leaders”

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Enough’s John Prendergast Testifies to Congress: South Sudan “Kidnapped by its Leaders” Date: Apr 27, 2016 Revelations on Erik Prince’s Frontier Services Group; Justice Department Urged to Investigate John Prendergast, Founding… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Assessing the Performance of Corporate Private Security Organizations in Crime Prevention in Lagos State, Nigeria

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Assessing the Performance of Corporate Private Security Organizations in Crime Prevention in Lagos State, Nigeria

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Uncovering Blackwater CEO Erik Prince’s Plan to Build a Private Air Force

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WNYC 93.9 FM The Leonard Lopate Show Uncovering Blackwater CEO Erik Prince’s Plan to Build a Private Air Force Erik Prince, the chairman of Blackwater USA, displays a photo of a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Sierra Leone Country ‘helped deploy ex-child soldiers to Iraq’

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Sierra Leone Country ‘helped deploy ex-child soldiers to Iraq’ Thousands of children were forced to fight in Sierra Leone’s 11-year civil war, which ended in 2002. More than 50,000 people were… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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ISR flights and U.S. SOF operations in Tunisia

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ISR flights and U.S. SOF operations in Tunisia April 19, 2016 / conflictgeographies James Walker and I have an article forthcoming in Geopolitics (see here for final draft) that traces the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Tracking the U.S. Military’s Presence in Africa

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Tracing the U.S. Military’s Presence in Africa Adam Moore University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) James Walker University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) January 8, 2016 Abstract: In recent years there… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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UK firm ’employed former child soldiers’ as mercenaries in Iraq

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UK firm ’employed former child soldiers’ as mercenaries in Iraq Former director acknowledges Aegis Defence Services may have recruited former child fighters in Sierra Leone A 2000 image of a 14-year-old… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Does Erik Prince’s Private Air Force Even Make Sense?

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Does Erik Prince’s Private Air Force Even Make Sense? The mercenary entrepreneur is probably wrong about the market for private warplanes AfricaAviationMercenaries April 14, 2016 Peter Dörrie 0 Africa2 Erik Prince1… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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