{"id":2721,"date":"2020-11-02T10:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2020-11-02T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T10:20:32","slug":"update-resources-on-west-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=2721","title":{"rendered":"Update &#038; Resources on West Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li id=\"main-heading\" class=\"css-1c1994u-StyledHeading e1fj1fc10\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<h2>Niger: American hostage rescued by US special forces<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">An American hostage kidnapped in Niger has been freed in a raid by US special forces.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Philip Walton was abudcted from a village close to the border with Nigeria by men armed with AK47s on motorbikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-54762884?at_medium=custom7&amp;at_campaign=64&amp;at_custom2=facebook_page&amp;at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&amp;at_custom3=BBC+News&amp;at_custom4=DBC6323C-1B8C-11EB-BDFA-4DF4923C408C\">BBC<\/a><\/strong> reports that with jihadist and criminal groups known to operate in the Sahel area, at least six hostages are thought to be held captive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2>Turning the Authoritarian Tide: Strategies For Transforming Securitisation<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Watch a global debate by the Security Policy Alternatives Network (SPAN) &amp; the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftun, on current trends in peace, security and human rights and prospects for adopting security policy alternatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fes.de\/en\/shaping-a-just-world\/peace-and-security\/turning-the-authoritarian-tide\">Video Recording<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>English\/French translation needed? 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