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Chadema's dilemma - Boycott or Contest? A Critical Intelligence Analysis of the Tanzanian Opposition Party's Strategy for Achieving Meaningful Electoral Reforms

CIA: Studies in Intelligence 67, No. 4 (December 2023)

Intelligence Insights: Analyzing Tanzania’s readiness to provide defence and security training to Somalia

Two British men charged with helping Russian intelligence

Terrorists vs terrorists: ISWAP vs Boko Haram clashes claim over 100 fighters

Dubai firm to lend South Sudan $12.9 billion in exchange for 20 years oil repayment

Islamic State threat to the West and new campaign targeting sporting events

Tanzania: At least 155 killed as heavy rains pound East Africa

Germany sees spike in Chinese and Russian espionage

UK police charge two men with spying for China

Flooding wreaks havoc across East Africa. Burundi is especially hard-hit

Blackmail as a Tool in Espionage: Leveraging Secrets for Strategic Advantage

'Chasing Chinese spies in Switzerland

Russian spies are back - and more dangerous than ever

Pakistan spy agency ISI has been sending imams to "Spy Iman" project run by its Turkish counterpart MIT.

Former Slovak Intelligence Service Deputy Director Boris Bena arrested in Burundi

Intelligence insights on the death of Kenya's CDF Francis Ogolla in chopper crash yesterday- accident or plot?

Profile a spymaster: Abdullahi Mohamed Ali, popularly known as Sanbalolshe, recently appointed as new director of Somalia's intelligence agency NISA for third time

Profile of a spy agency: Rwanda's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS)

One year on Sudan’s war: 14,700 killed, 8.6M displaced, 4.9M face starvation

Critical intelligence analysis in hypothetical scenario in which compromising info of leader of "Country X" gets leaked online.

Burundi: RED-Tabara rebel attacks add to regional tensions

Iran launches attack against Israel with missiles, drones in response to Syria strike

Uganda: UPDF rebrands its spy agency, changing name from Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) to Defence Intelligence and Security (DIS)

Psychological Operations (PsyOps): a brief guide

Amniyat: Al-Shabaab's own spy agency

DR Congo: spiraling violence and uselessness of spy agency ANR

Tanzania and the Circles Surveillance Platform: A Case Study in Digital Intrusion

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Profile of a spy agency: Egypt's General Intelligence Service (GIS) a.k.a The Mukhabarat

The Art of Counterintelligence (CI)

#EidMubarak: Espionage in the History of Islam: - A Chronicle of Secrecy, Strategy, and Intrigue

'Tanzania condemns Israeli attack on Iran's embassy in Syria.' - Tehran media

Tanzania's security services arrest Congolese rebel leader Eric Nkuba Shebandu

DR Congo: Three Tanzanian soldiers killed in missile attack

Al-Qaida in Arabian Peninsula (AQAP): Saad bin Atef Al Awlaki takes helm following leader’s death

Zambian-born lawyer Vaughan Gething has become the first Black head of government in Wales, in the United Kingdom — and in all of Europe.

#Kwibuka30: Rwanda marks 30 years since 1994 genocide of Tutsis

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Notable increase in operations by Islamic State across all affiliates, coinciding with Ramadan

'Outgoing Secretary General Mathuki seeks to stall his withdrawal from EAC' - report

DR Congo: President Tshisekedi on Monday appointed the country's first ever female prime minister, naming Judith Suminwa Tuluka to the role.

Tanzania: Why 2025 election likely won't mirror Senegal's opposition victory

Uganda: Deputy airforce commander, Brig Gen Kiggundu 'dies in bathroom'

Tanzania: President Samia’s demotion of Makonda sparks debate.

Terrorists vs terrorists in Nigeria: Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) vs the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP)

Flood of foreign fighters to IS provinces in Africa remains unlikely, but East Africa is more primed than West Africa to see inflow of jihadists from around the world.

Christian's Holy Week: What is 'Spy Wednesday' (a.k.a. Good/Holy/Great Wednesday)?

Something for your Easter weekend: recommended spy film to watch

#GoodFriday: Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth in an espionage context

Terror group Islamic State uses crypto to fund attacks in Africa

Strategies for addressing espionage by neighboring nations: a comprehensive approach

Profile of a terror group: ISIS-K, the group claiming responsibility for the Moscow concert hall attack?

Tanzania and Rwanda to open new border point

Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) takes over Wagner operations in Libya

From prison to palace: Faye's road to Senegal's presidency

Trinidad & Tobago: spy chief sent on leave following 3 murders

Terrorist attack in Russia exposes vulnerabilities of Putin’s regime

Terror group Islamic State claim responsibility for Moscow concert hall gun attack said to have killed at least 40 people

Intelligence Brief: General Muhoozi's appointment as Uganda's CDF by his father President Museveni - potential motives and implications

Saide Bossa emerges as de factor of leader of the Islamic State-Mozambique

With strong anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments in Africa, foreign spies are in lookout for local 'closeted' gay politicians' to be blackmailed.

Zimbabwe expelled 4 Americans accusing them of espionage

Counterespionage Operations: Safeguarding National Security Against Neighboring Nations

U.S. Intelligence Community OSINT Strategy 2024-2026

A case against proposed 'East African Federation'

Profile of a spy agency: Ukraine's SSU a.k.a SBU

Islamic State's Sahel Province as hub for foreign fighter and ensued Jihadi rivalry in the region.

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community 2024

Cardinal virtues of intelligence analysis

Haiti: prime minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapses

After losing its territory in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State has new haven where it is plotting more of terror attacks that have already killed 100s this year.

Cameroon: Former spy chief Maxime Leopold Eko Eko to stand trial on charges of complicity in torture.

Rwanda: Ruling party RPF elects Kagame as flag-bearer in upcoming presidential election

Relationship between Xi Jinping's China and Vladimir Putin's Russia and its influence on the international scene.

Nigeria: What lies behind the resurgence of mass abductions

Dark arts: 50 spy tricks which can be adapted for everyday life [Part 2]

Tanzania: Cholera outbreaks continue to surge, 13 regions affected since January, more than 1,500 reported cases and 34 fatalities.

Mozambique: New attacks by Islamic State-linked group leave over 70 children missing

Something for your weekend: recommended spy series to watch

Russia's silent war: spy missions to neutralise defectors

The Looming Shadow: Potential Security Challenges to Tanzania from the Islamic State in Mozambique

Ugandans want speaker Anita Among impeached, arrested, docs show she spends about UGX 400m ($102k) per week.

Rwanda opposes AU support for SADC troops in DR Congo

US sanctions Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa over human rights abuses

China: spy agency MSS turns to comics to teach citizens how to catch foreign spies

Profile of a spymaster: Nicolas Lerner, France's DGSE foreign intelligence service chief

US cautions Tanzania on LNG project delays

Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa sacks Air Force chief after bomb threat on airports

DRC-Rwanda crisis: what’s needed to prevent a regional war

'The Business of Killing: Assassinations in South Africa'

Dark arts: 50 spy tricks which can be adapted for everyday life [Part 1]

Burundi blames neighbouring Rwanda following RED-Tabara terror attack which left 9 dead, Kigali denies the allegations

Tanzania: ex-President Tanzania Ali Hassan Mwinyi has died at the age of 98.

Ambassadors: A Double-Edged Sword - Facilitators of Espionage and Pillars of Diplomacy

Rwanda: ex-army chief Gen Nyamvumba appointed envoy to Tanzania, move seen as strategic recalibration of Kigali’s diplomatic engagement with Dar, regional dynamics

Burkina Faso: Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that at least 15 Catholic worshippers were killed in church attack

Uganda: Ruto, Raila meet at Museveni's home

Hurdles to Thriving Democracy in Tanzania: A Comprehensive Analysis

Corruption as an Intelligence Threat in Tanzania

Social media as a Intelligence Goldmine: Methodologies of Social Media Intelligence Collection

Fundamentals of Intelligence Analysis

Inside the Darfur camp where a child dies every two hours

DR Congo: President Tshisekedi backtracks threat to wage war on Rwanda, says he will consider peace proposals from regional leaders

Yemen's Houthis blamed for Israeli airplane 'cyberhijack'

A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo: There are now over HUNDRED rebel groups, mostly in the resource-rich east and northeast areas.

DRC conflict: Why is fighting intensifying and can it threaten regional stability?

Rwanda rejects US calls for withdrawal of missiles, troops from eastern Congo

Trouble on the Great Lakes of Africa

Norway: threat and risk assessments for 2024 presented by the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS)

Lose-Lose? Munich Security Report 2024 [PDF]

Fury as Ethiopia security blocks Somali President’s delegation at AU Summit

Perfect storm in Tanzania: dollar and sugar shortages in midst of never-ending power woes

The importance of concealment in the world of spies

The art of espionage: a comprehensive exploration

Norwegian intelligence warns about mounting Russian threats

Spies as magicians: The illusion of espionage

How much Russia’s intelligence services have regrouped since start of Ukraine war.

"Tanzania: The Case for Establishing a Foreign Intelligence Service" - Presentation by Evarist Chahali

Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service says Russia is preparing for military confrontation with West

"Tanzania: How politicisation of 'tradecraft' - that's the art of intelligence - could hinder spy agency TISS' counter-terror capabilities" - Evarist Chahali

Bulgaria: Espionage Allegations Rock Top Security Agencies

Arab world calls US top security threat, sees no prospect of peace with Israel: Poll

Somalia: Senior Shabaab leader captured in Mogadishu

Tanzania: former PM Edward Lowassa dies aged 70

The Ethics of Killing in Espionage: A Moral Analysis

Ethiopia: PM Abiy appoints Ambassador Redwan Hussein as spy agency NISS new chief, Tigist Hamid becomes female boss of signal and cyber intelligence outfit INSA

Deception: essential and powerful tool for espionage

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Uganda: Museveni promotes internal spy agency ISO chief Charles Oluka to Brigadier

The Role of Luck in the Intelligence Profession: A Critical Examination

The Vigilance of an Intelligence Officer: Safeguarding Nations in a Complex World

Tanzania faces a coastal crisis

Traitors in their midst: Member European Parliament accused of spying for Russia, her case could open a Pandora’s box of illicit secrets.

South Africa: Bill that will overhaul the intelligence services and split the entity into the Intelligence Service and Intelligence Agency.

Top secret mission: Greek spy agency EYP chief Themistocles Demiris' visit to Turkey

Hage Geingob death: Namibia's new President Mbumba sworn-in hours after predecessor dies

Spain expels two US spies for infiltrating intelligence service CNI

Tanzania army employs ‘Saba Saba’ guns against M23 rebels, they were used to overthrow Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in 1979.

Paradox of plenty: too much data yet spies struggle to find secrets

Brazil: President fires spy agency ABIN 2i/c Alessandro Moretti

AI vs HUMINT: A Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence in Information Gathering

Something for your weekend: recommended spy-related documentary to watch

'Spycraft and Statecraft: Transforming the CIA for an Age of Competition'- William J. Burns (CIA chief)

Predicting the Future: The Intricate World of Espionage and Intelligence Analysis

The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. A.I. Will Enable Mass Spying.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Espionage

Turkish spy chief Ibrahim Kalın talks anti-terror with officials in Iraq visit

Chinese spy agency MSS has warned citizens to beware of “exotic beauties” who are trying to trick them into revealing state secrets.

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso quit ECOWAS regional block

Tanzania: Packed opposition protests offer hope but reforms remain a distant dream

South Korea: new spymaster Cho Tae-yong vows to win public trust

Rwanda vs DRC & Burundi: Kagame warns Tshisekedi and Ndayishimiye counterparts they could pay a heavy price, amid their threats to overthrow his government.

Burkina Faso: armed forces announce neutralization of Harouna Oulel, 2i/c of EIGS terror group

Tanzania: opposition party Chadema hold first major demo in years

New Polling Shows How Much Global Support Israel Has Lost

Finnish intelligence agency SUPO says Russia looks to hire asylum seekers in Finland as spies

Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service's reportedly counterintelligence failures: 10 recommended CI books to up their game

Terror threats in the Sahel: potential of spillover across the African continent

CIA Director made surprise visit to Somalia mmid regional tensions

Scary stuff: The future of nukes involves AI and nobody knows what happens next

AI-assisted terrorism: new era of conflict

Counterintelligence vs. Counterespionage: Unraveling the Intricacies of National Security

A Comprehensive Guide in Recruitment of Intelligence Sources

Africa’s 2024 Elections: Challenges and Opportunities to Regain Democratic Momentum

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Intelligence Analysis

Rwanda’s ministry of defence said 3 DRC soldiers crossed border on Tuesday, one shot dead after firing at military patrol

Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes into Iran, with reports of seven killed

South African lawyers preparing lawsuit against US, UK for complicity in Israel's war crimes in Gaza

Kenya: police nab another Tanzanian headed for Somalia to join Shabaab

How Israel-Hamas war will end...according to history

Belarusian nude model spy detained in Poland

The face of espionage is changing, says Belgian spy agency VSSE in annual report

Namibia: SIM card registration and the spy agency Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS)

‘We are ready for a war’: Somalia threatens conflict with Ethiopia over breakaway region

Who are the Houthis?

Namibia criticizes Germany's support to Israel in genocide case

#BreakingNews: intelligence uncovers terror group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM) plot to carry out attacks during the #AFCON in Cote d'Ivoire

Terrorism in Nigeria in 2024: Boko Haram vs ISWAP

The Houthis won’t back down after US and UK strikes on Yemen

Tanzania's Paradox: Natural Riches Yet Deep Poverty

Something for your weekend: recommended spy film to watch

Ecuador: S. American nation in crisis amid gangleader escape from prison

Hundreds of Israelis support South Africa's ICJ case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza beginning today

Analysis: Likelihood of a military coup in a nation where the intelligence service is more powerful than the military ... and vice versa.

The world in 2024: Elections, wars and deals

Beyond Ukraine, Gaza: world's 10 most forgotten humanitarian crises

China's intelligence agency MSS detains alleged UK's MI6 spy

Hezbollah chief Nasrallah hails 'unique opportunity to liberate every inch of Lebanon'

Profile of a spymaster: Cho Tae-yong, the new pick for South Korea’s spy chief

DR Congo: Despite its vast mineral wealth, corruption keeps the Congolese poor – and western governments help the regime stay in power

Somalia ‘nullifies’ port agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland, as US rejects international recognition for breakaway region

The Sahel: Russia deepens counter-terrorism ties to post-coup regimes

How does Israeli intelligence recruit operatives in Turkey?

Ethiopia-Somaliland Port Deal Strains Horn of Africa Counterterrorism Cooperation and Alters Red Sea Geopolitics

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Iran attack, Tehran vows revenge

Gaza War Risks Spike After Iran Blasts, Arouri Killing

How to become a spy – MI5 agents share career secrets in effort to boost recruitment

Turkey arrests 33 alleged Mossad spies, weeks after Israel threatened to hunt down Hamas officials living in the country

Ethiopia signs agreement to use Somaliland’s Red Sea port as strong opposition emerges from Somalia, terror group al-Shabaab condemns it too

Inside the mind of the spy

Happy New Year 2024: Intelligence Outlook -Tanzania, Africa and Beyond