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Slums in Bamako, Mali are transforming into landscapes of protracted unrest, civil conflict, violent extremism and urban insurgency.
The Sudan army’s superiority is in its air force and arsenal of ground forces while the rival paramilitary force relies on nimble mobile units.
The sanctions are likely to last beyond the current conflict. This may end up bringing about a solution to Africa’s desire to produce its own military hardware for its own use.
New illicit flows of arms and ammunition contribute to fueling conflict and instability in West Africa.
Despite efforts to prevent militant groups from getting weapons, they often get their hands on U.S. equipment and use it to attack American troops.
At the centre of the persisting violence in the north-central region of Nigeria is bad governance.
Leaders’ efforts to end conflict have been ineffective. Working through regional economic communities might be part of a better approach.
Ending a war is not enough. The challenge for post-conflict situations in Africa is to escape the inter-war lawlessness maintained and reproduced by groups that have access to arms.
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Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University, Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
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Director & SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria
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Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Security Assessment in North Africa project at the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Head of Data & Analytics and Senior Researcher for the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Small Arms Survey's Human Security Baseline Assessment project on Sudan and South Sudan, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Associate professor, University of South Africa
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Research Fellow at Project on International Security, Commerce and Economic Statecraft, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University