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Deadly Maiduguri Bombings Signal Resurgence of Boko Haram and Urgent Need for Enhanced Civilian Protection in Northeast Nigeria
The coordinated bombings that tore through the city of Maiduguri on the evening of March 16, 2026, have sent shockwaves across Nigeria, marking a grim escalation in a conflict that many hoped was moving toward a resolution. With at least 23 people confirmed dead and 108 others sustaining various degrees of injury, the attacks have […]
Iranian Military Strikes on Civilian Vessels in Strait of Hormuz Constitute Potential War Crimes Says Human Rights Watch
The deliberate targeting of at least two civilian commercial vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian forces on March 11, 2026, represents a grave violation of international humanitarian law and amounts to war crimes, according to a comprehensive report released today by Human Rights Watch. These attacks, occurring within a broader context […]
The Weaponization of Civilian Surveillance: How Hacked Security Cameras Have Become a New Frontier in Modern Warfare
For decades, military intelligence gathering relied on a hierarchy of expensive and complex assets: high-altitude spy planes, sophisticated reconnaissance satellites, and covert human intelligence networks. Today, however, that paradigm has shifted toward the mundane. In an era defined by the proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT), the front line of global conflict has migrated […]