Compounded by the tensions between Russia, Europe, and the United States as well as by France’s waning influence in the Sahel in West Africa, Wagner became an unexpected leverage asset for West African countries and another Russian sanctions’ target for the EU and the United States.
Burkina Faso is now the 3rd Sahel country since 08/20 to experience a putsch, while another possible attempt was thwarted in Niger in 03/21. It is also the 4th coup in northern Africa in less than a year after Chad, Guinea, and Sudan. This suggests that the deterrents the international community uses to stop this trend are failing and that military officials in the region see little impediment to seizing power.
France24 spoke to Yan St-Pierre about how the terror threat in Europe has evolved since the 2015 Paris attacks, as well as how successive anti-terrorism laws have fundamentally changed France’s legal landscape since then.
Phoenix News Hong Kong interviewed Yan St-Pierre about the Taliban’s need to establish a good relationship with Germany.
Very interesting to charge the #Copenhagen shooter with manslaughter rather than murder as it implies mitigating circumstances & a lack of intent to kill.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/03/several-wounded-in-shooting-at-copenhagen-shopping-centre-say-police?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
How does #deradicalisation and reintegration of terrorists & bandits work in #Nigeria? @JimamJimamlar77, @DrUjuAgomoh & Prof. Wilfred Uji discussed their work with us earlier this year. Feel free to listen to the audio recording here: https://nerct.com/nerct-2022-deradicalisation-reintegration-of-terrorists-bandits-in-nigeria-online/
Drivers driving through or threatening climate protesters w/cars is becoming a regular occurrence in numerous countries. Vehicular attacks are increasingly reactive rather than planned.
Sydney climate protests: Activists block streets and harbour tunnel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-61947201
Malgré les discours suggérant le contraire, on est loin d'une fin de la mouvance terroriste dans le nord du Mozambique. Un incident récent qui confirme encore la fluidité et la portée de la dynamique terroriste.
https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2022/06/15/mozambique-au-moins-sept-morts-et-10-000-nouveaux-deplaces-apres-de-recentes-attaques-djihadistes_6130381_3212.html#xtor=AL-32280270-[default]-[android]
https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2022-06/reichsbuerger-koenigreich-deutschland-querdenker-sachsen-verfassungsschutz
