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American Style Wall in Africa

September 3, 2019

Jacob O'Hare

    Equatorial Guinea is planning to construct a 183 KM long border wall to separate themselves from Cameroon. The idea is to limit migrants from coming into the country looking for jobs and to protect its own citizens. It blames Cameroon for these migrants passing into Equatorial Guinea unencumbered.  Equatorial Guinea, while rich in oil, most of the population still lives in poverty, so any migrants coming into the nation has the potential of affecting the economy for the…

Aid Worker Safety and Security: At What Cost?

August 15, 2019

Dylan Ramshaw

      2018 was the fourth most dangerous year on record for aid workers according to the annual Aid Worker Security Report released in June by the non-governmental organisation Humanitarian Outcomes. According to a Humanitarian Outcome’s Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD)report,126 aid workers lost their lives because of violence last year.   The report attributes the increasing impunity of state and non-state actors to the rise in deaths, with little safeguarding for protection or justice. Last year was also…

Femicide in Bolivia: A State of Emergency

August 14, 2019

Dylan Ramshaw

      The murder of over 70 women as of July this year in Bolivia has prompted the government to take emergency action. With only 11 million people, Bolivia finds itself in the difficult position of being one of the most dangerous countries for women in Latin America, the region with the highest rate of femicide in the world.   The World Health Organization (WHO) defines femicide as the murder of women because they are women and more broadly…

The Destabilising effects of Droughts in the Sahel

August 5, 2019

Jacob O'Hare

    Water stress and water scarcity is a real issue in Africa. In the Sahel, the land and people suffer from the plague of drought, poverty and underdevelopment. Accessing water from the Senegal River is critical for energy production, irrigation for the land and palatable water.   The Sahel region will see drier years, and the Senegal River could provide necessary water to countries that need it and where basic needs will be harder to come by. Crises have…

Interview with Major Camilo Mejía Chief of Military Education of the Faculty of Military Science

July 23, 2019

Ahmed Hassan

      A couple of months ago, Grey Dynamics published an article about the Columbian governments’ struggle with non-state actors such FARC and ELN and its quest for peace. The article, however, was challenged by a commenter on LinkedIn (Major Mejía). As an expert on Columbian security affairs, I asked the Major what his position was and to my delight he agreed to an interview!     Can you tell me a little about yourself?   Well… what can…

The Crisis of Containment
: Ebola threatens Uganda and South Sudan

July 12, 2019

Dylan Ramshaw

    For almost a year, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been ravaged by an Ebola outbreak. It is now considered the second worst after the West Africa outbreak of 2014-15. However, the DRC outbreak is the first known case in an active war zone.   Conflict has plagued the country for decades and the outbreak is prolonged due to the escalating violence between rebel groups, militias, and state security forces in Ituri and North Kivu provinces.…