In the course of learning about contemporary cattle raiding in Sudan, we found ourselves sifting through a recent edition of the annual Small Arms Survey. It’s an informative publication, no doubt, but also mind-numbingly dense; our eyes glazed over midway through Chapter Three, during the extended exploration of “security enhancement projects.” Thankfully, the survey’s authors […]
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An epic-fail investment bank owns the rights to “enough uranium cake to make a nuclear bomb.”. Should you be worried? Microkhan breaks down the yellowcake game here. Interesting to note that raw uranium prices have nearly quadrupled over the past six years. We really should read this to find out why. It’s going on the […]
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I was researching the arms trade the other day when I came across this amazing tale from Nigeria. It involves a fisherman-turned-arms-smuggler, who was ensnared not by the police, but rather by a celebrated vigilante named Alhaji Ali Kwara. Turns out that Mr. Kwara has been a rather busy man of late, personally arresting ten […]
