Nearly a million civilians, 81 per cnet of them women and children, have been displaced from their homes in 90 days in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, amid a brutal military campaign by Syria’s Assad regime, Russia and Iran-backed militias.
Some Fundamentals
Many Community Policing articles, books, manuals and training sessions will, somewhere at their beginning, make reference to the origins of Community Policing dating back to Sir Robert Peel and the formation of the London Metropolitan police in 1829. While Peel’s nine Principles apply to democratic policing today as much as they did in 1829, this can have the effect of unintentionally and unconsciously, setting the scene that Community-Based Policing is a concept, brand and philosophy “invented” and exported from in the “West.” This can be reinforced and compounded by, what have been termed as, “One shoe fits all” and “Off the shelf” packages, un-boxed and then delivered with minimal consideration for “will this work here”? While there is nothing wrong with covering what can be presented as, the origins of contemporary community policing, the authors argue that it can dictate how technical assistance in this field is introduced and pursued.
Six soldats maliens ont été tués dimanche nuit suite à l’attaque de leur base par des assaillants armés non identifiés à Mondoro, au centre du Mali, a annoncé lundi un communiqué des Forces armées maliennes (FAMa).
Au moins 15 terroristes ont été « neutralisés » cette semaine par les forces armées du Niger, avec l’appui des partenaires, dans la zone nord de Tillabéry (ouest), proche de la frontière avec le Mali, a annoncé dimanche le ministre nigérien de la Défense, Issoufou Katambé, dans un communiqué lu à la radio publique du pays.
Les FAMa ont détruit deux colonnes de véhicules et de motos terroristes à Mondoro. Deux sites de regroupement des terroristes ont aussi été détruits. Cela fait suite à une attaque des GAT contre les FAMa dans la nuit du 1er mars 2020 aux environs de 22 heures. Au cours de cette opération, les FAMa déplorent 6 morts, 10 blessés et des engins endommagés.
La Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) et l’Union africaine (UA) auraient dû être plus visibles et plus décisives dans la lutte contre les groupes armés qui mènent régulièrement des attaques terroristes meurtrières au Mali, au Niger et au Burkina Faso, a estimé ce lundi à Dakar, le coordonnateur du Forum social sénégalais, Mamadou Mignane Diouf.
“We don’t have specific courts for Muslims… the essence of Danish society is that we have courts that apply to everyone… There are many democratic Muslims, who lead normal lives and are well integrated in Danish society…. I know it is easier said than done, but then we as a society must support them.” — Minister of Integration Mattias Tesfaye, Berlingske Tidende, February 2, 2020.
In character and politics, Kosovo’s president and new prime minister are very different beasts, with two decades of disagreement behind them. Can they bury the hatchet, at least for the sake of Kosovo’s EU-mediated talks with Serbia?
Bosnia and Herzegovina is once again in the throes of political crisis, and once again the chief architect is Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of the country’s tripartite presidency.
As the over-mighty presidents of Kosovo and Serbia meet again without revealing much about their talks, the question is whether either of them has the mandate, the willpower – or the interest – to reach a final deal.
The presidents of both Kosovo and Serbia paid visits to Washington this week, and again circumvented the governments of their respective countries, reportedly making promises they have no legal right to make.