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Somaliland’s Uncertain Rise from the Ashes
Few pieces of real estate have as dark a history as the grounds of Hargeisa’s Edna Adna University Hospital. Over the course of its history, it has served as a colonial […]
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Limits to any future war
The end of the rainy season in South Sudan makes it possible for the war against Riek Machar’s SPLA in Opposition (SPLA-IO) to restart in earnest, and despite the […]
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The Days That Started a War in South Sudan
The killing of civilians in Juba, South Sudan in mid-December set the stage for the civil war that has torn the country apart over the last five months. Although the […]
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Whither the South Sudanese Rebellion?
Since the split in South Sudan’s government in December last year, Riek Machar has been hard to reach. In his absence he’s been accused of variously trying to […]
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Churches, Conflict and the Kenyan Coast
Kenya has traditionally been a diverse nation where people live relatively peacefully within mixed religious communities. Ethnically driven competition may have existed, […]
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A Violent Kind of Ceasefire, Part 2
In this second part of a two-podcast series, ADR editor Richard Stupart interviews journalist Adriane Ohanesian about emerging evidence of widespread massacres of Nuer […]
Podcast
A Violent Kind of Ceasefire
Despite a recently signed, and barely honoured ceasefire, the positions of Riek Machar and Salva Kiir remain apparently irreconcilable, while evidence of organised […]
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What happened in Juba?
Attempted coup meets civil war threat in South Sudan: causalities, confusion and fear abound ADR contributor Kate Stegeman makes contact with Juba-based UN, IOM, civilian […]
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Direct from Juba
As the dust begins to settle in Juba after two days of fighting in what may have been a coup attempt by forces loyal to ousted vice president Riek Machar, details of what […]
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Africa Offshore: Maritime Security Update
Moving offshore briefly, African Defence Review attended the Maritime and Coastal Security Africa conference and chatted to Rear Admiral Ben Bekkering from the Dutch […]
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Why Kenya Must Stay in Somalia
It was a spate of kidnappings and terror attacks that sparked the Kenyan invasion of Somalia in 2011, and it precisely the same reason why Kenya should not for a second […]
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The next terrorist attack: Al Qaeda's maritime history and ambitions
Terrorism is not a new form of political dissent in asymmetric warfare. The tactics used by terrorist organisations have evolved as a continually viable form of violent […]