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The 2025 Annual Review of Plots and Attacks Across the US
ISD identified 74 violent attacks and disrupted plots in the US in 2025 linked to known extremist movements, online radicalization or grievance-based …
P/CVE-as-counterinsurgency: Police violence and police reform in Kenya's counterterrorism…
This article considers the calls for police reform and the continuation of police brutality to be twinning modes of policing within Kenya’s …
Preventing violent extremism: The Power of Diverse Voices
Conflict is rising worldwide. 2024 saw a 25 percent increase in violence from the previous year, affecting at least two billion people. …
Lessons Learnt from Countering Militant Groups in Africa
This article examines lessons learnt from countering militant groups in Africa, with a focus on Kenya's adoption of the National Strategy for …
Digital surveillance and big data: Balancing the rights to privacy and security in Kenya
Education, personal identity, and democracy flourish in private spaces. Generalized surveillance of disenchanted groups stifles these fundamental elements of a free society. …
Standards for Employing Formers in P/CVE
The active involvement or employment of former extremists (Formers) in preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) has been a feature of the …
Govt moots model Bill to counter violent extremism
The government is formulating a draft Prevention of Violent Extremism Model Bill to help counties fight violent extremism by domesticating the Prevention …
Community Engagement and Resilience to Violent Extremism in Garissa County, Kenya
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of community engagement strategies in countering violent extremism within Garissa County, Kenya, …
Lessons for Localising PCVE Interventions in Lamu County
This workshop note draws on discussions and insights shared by government and non-government stakeholders during a workshop on Preventing and Countering Violent …
A View from the CT Foxhole: Rosalind Nyawira, Former Director, National Counter Terrorism…
Interview with Dr. Rosalind Nyawira, former Director of Kenya's National Counter Terrorism Centre, conducted just before she left the position. Nyawira discusses …
Preventing violent extremism in Africa: Exploring new approaches and home-grown solutions
This policy brief examines the proliferation of violent extremism across Africa, which has become the global epicentre of terrorism-related deaths, with the …
Community-oriented policing: missing link in AU counter-terrorism operations
Since 2018, Africa has become the global epicentre of violent extremism, with over 23,000 terrorism deaths in 2023. Despite national and continental …