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The Alliance of Democratic Forces (ADF) fuels violence and the spread of Ebola

July 26, 2019

Dylan Ramshaw

    More than a dozen armed groups are suspected to operate in the volatile North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  The region has seen an upsurge in violence over the last months. It has coincided with the ongoing Ebola crisis that was recently declared a global threat by the World Health Organization (WHO). This month President Felix Tshisekedi of DRC ordered the army to launch a "large-scale" operation against the militias in the region.   The…

El Salvador’s Mafias: President Bukele Resumes Battle with the ‘Maras’

July 19, 2019

Dylan Ramshaw

    Assuming the Presidency of El Salvador on the 1st June, Nayib Bukele vowed to bring down a notoriously high murder rate, and reduce poverty, corruption and mass migration to the United States. El Salvador, along with its neighbors Guatemala and Honduras, is one of the countries that has seen thousands of migrants and refugees flee gang violence over the past couple years.   Bukele’s election win came as a surprise to many as he was the first successful…

Taliban’s Summer Offensive

July 17, 2019

Seju Kim

                Image: Iblagh News (link) / Voice of America (link) / UNAMA Fardin Waezi (link) / Wikimedia Commons / Pixabay / Freepik / Depositephoto  Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Grey Dynamics LTD.

Mexico’s Affliction: Recruitment and Training in Cartel Land

July 16, 2019

Insider Expert

      Last year saw unprecedented violence in Mexico. According to Animal Politico, in 2018 the number of homicides in Mexico increased in 27 of the country’s 32 states. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has responded by deploying 60,000-National Guardsmen to eight states accounting for half of the country’s homicides. The deteriorating public security situation in Mexico can be in large part attributed to the evolving landscape of the country’s infamous drug cartels. In recent years, larger cartels…

Terrorist Trends In Tunisia
: 26th June 2019 Attacks Updated

June 28, 2019

Seju Kim

          Image: North Africa Post (link) Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Grey Dynamics LTD.

A Middle Eastern Tug-of-War in Africa
: The Anti-Brotherhood Bloc in Libya and Sudan

June 20, 2019

Fredrik Hellem

    The Anti-Islamist Coalition in Libya   Under Qaddafi’s rule and his Jamahiriya vision in Libya, the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood (LMB) suffered and was, according to Qaddafi, more dangerous than AIDS. With the 2011 uprisings in the country, LMB was able to manoeuvre from being vilified and disenfranchised to becoming an actor of influence. In the post-Qaddafi vacuum, the LMB established the Justice and Construction Party (JCP) in 2012, which served as an autonomous political wing of the LMB…