Month: May 2014

• The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership: Building Partner Capacity to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Sahel & Maghreb

  May 24, 2014

  Algeria, Ansar Dine, AQIM, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, North Africa, Senegal, U.S. Africa Strategy

  A few months ago, I published the study I had been working on during my IPA Assignment at the Center for Complex Operations at National Defense University – The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership – Building Partner Capacity to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism. The study discusses the origins of TSCTP, which is rather unique by U.S.… Read.

• Bentiu changes hands for the 4th time

  May 4, 2014

  South Sudan

  UPDATE as of 9am EST: Sudan Tribune reports that SPLM-IO has claimed to have recaptured Bentiu, while the government of South Sudan claims the SPLA is defending their positions in the town from rebel fighter.   In case you missed it, Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment released some new briefs last week on the ongoing… Read.