In Somalia, extreme droughts, floods, and conflicts have generated a great wave of internally
displaced persons (IDPs) involuntarily moving within the country's boundaries. Despite …

This paper draws on fieldwork interviews with migrants who fled their home countries
(Somalia, Eritrea, and Sudan) and irregularly traveled through Sudan, Sahara, Libya, and …

This article examines the various deficiencies of the security agency of the Federal
Government of Somalia in Mogadishu in terms of intelligence capacity, capability and …

This chapter is a case study on Al-Shabaab's digital media, from the jihadist group's online
recruitment strategies to its management of its online news channel. Of central importance …

Violent Non-State Actors: The Politics of Territorial Governance is an original in-depth
scholarly explanation of the impact of territorial penetration, control and governance on the …

The collapse and volatility of the state in Somalia have been intricately linked to the dynamic
proliferation of illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWs) in the aftermath of the decades …

Warlord armies and Islamist groups are two types of violent non-state actors that frequently
compete against each other in situations of internal conflict. This article strives to compare …

This chapter examines the structural causes of Somalia's long-running conflict—analysing
the antecedents from its “state collapse” to the rise of Al-Shabaab and the drive to …

This book illustrates how Africa's defence and security domains have been radically altered
by drastic changes in world politics and local ramifications. First, the contributions of …

Armed violence targeting police personnel and police facilities has conspicuously emerged
as one of the dominant challenges confronting many police agencies in Africa …