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Oluwole Ojewale

Illicit gun ownership and trade deepens Nigeria's already dire security crisis

Africa

Illicit gun ownership and trade deepens Nigeria's already dire security crisis

By Oluwole Ojewale and Tosin Osasona

Foreign criminal goldrush in Nigeria draining resources and worsening nation’s illegal mining security crisis

Africa

Foreign criminal goldrush in Nigeria draining resources and worsening nation’s illegal mining security crisis

By Oluwole Ojewale and Freedom Onuoha for ISS Today

Nigeria criminal and counter-terror measures see spike in civilian bloodshed

Africa

Nigeria criminal and counter-terror measures see spike in civilian bloodshed

By Oluwole Ojewale, Freedom Onuoha and Idris Mohammed

Nigeria bandits recruit women traffickers for gunrunning as poverty bites vulnerable citizens

Africa

Nigeria bandits recruit women traffickers for gunrunning as poverty bites vulnerable citizens

By Oluwole Ojewale and Mahmud Malami Sadiq

Conflict and organised crime are razing Central African Republic’s rainforests

Africa

Conflict and organised crime are razing Central African Republic’s rainforests

By Oluwole Ojewale

Appetites for myths and meat are pushing Central Africa’s pangolins towards extinction

Africa

Appetites for myths and meat are pushing Central Africa’s pangolins towards extinction

By Oluwole Ojewale

Balancing protection from criminal enterprise and profit to preserve carbon sink rainforest in Congo Basin

Africa

Balancing protection from criminal enterprise and profit to preserve carbon sink rainforest in Congo Basin

By Oluwole Ojewale

Republic of the Congo cannot afford to lose its sharks

Our Burning Planet

Republic of the Congo cannot afford to lose its sharks

By Oluwole Ojewale

Nigeria presidential hopefuls make vague promises on national security strategies

Africa

Nigeria presidential hopefuls make vague promises on national security strategies

By Oluwole Ojewale and Tosin Osasona