There is no clarity as to what constitutes a ‘terrorist,’ allowing for states and organizations to criminalize any action, dissent, or criticism as suits their purpose.

Military responses to the al-Shabaab Garissa attacks in Kenya are doomed to fail.

The shutdown of Pan African Minerals’ manganese mine at Tambao has some mining companies on edge ahead of new regulations in Burkina Faso. Yet new laws could well be a boon for the industry.

Operating practices at low-cost carriers must be changed to prevent a similar disaster in the future.

Negotiations are heating up as Iran and the P5+1 enter the final week ahead of a March 31st deadline for a framework deal.

Though not necessarily through military means…

It will take more than a Canadian military training mission and an undermanned regional coalition to contain the spillover effects of Boko Haram in the Sahel.

The Western media has been quick to insinuate that Vladimir Putin may have had something to do with the recent killing of Boris Nemtsov, but the facts seem to suggest otherwise.

Production disruptions, the spread of Islamic State, and two governments hanging on by a fiscal thread – Libya is descending into anarchy. But that hasn't stopped Italy’s Eni and other producers from keeping the oil flowing.

Libya is in chaos; it has been since the West and Qatar-aided civil war that brought an end to Colonel Qadhafi’s regime. But another military intervention is definitely not what's needed.