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Insecurity & Deliberate Human Threats

Neutralizing physical, environmental, and digital threats to African food systems—including insurgencies, banditry, resource conflicts, asset theft, maritime piracy, pollution, and cyber disruption to guarantee uninterrupted agricultural production and trade.

ACTIVE SOLUTIONS

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JOBS & TENDERS

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OPEN RESEARCH

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How are we addressing the Insecurity & Deliberate Human Threats gap?

Select a focus area below to see how our members are taking action, or flip the cards to preview the initiatives.

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Jihadism (Jihadist Insurgency, Territorial Control & Extremist Governance)

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Terrorism (Terrorist Attacks & Violent Extremism)

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War (Interstate War, Civil War, Rebellion & Violent Separatist Conflict)

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Banditry & Organised Crime (Armed Raids, Trafficking & Smuggling)

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Resource Conflicts (Farmer-Herder Land, Water & Grazing Disputes)

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Kidnapping & Extortion (Abduction, Ransom & Protection Payments)

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Theft (Cattle Rustling & Theft of Livestock, Crops & Assets)

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Piracy (Piracy, Armed Robbery at Sea & Fishing Threats)

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Oil Pipeline Vandalism (Oil Spills, Farmland Pollution & Contamination)

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Cyberattacks (Cyber Insecurity, Ransomware, Fraud & Disruption)

Violent Extremism & Insurgency
2 Sectors
Jihadism (Jihadist Insurgency, Territorial Control & Extremist Governance)

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Jihadism (Jihadist Insurgency, Territorial Control & Extremist Governance)

Countering extremist territorial control, agrarian taxation extortion, forced conscription, and insurgent blockades of fertile river basins.

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AT A GLANCE
Jihadism (Jihadist Insurgency, Territorial Control & Extremist Governance)

Countering extremist territorial control, agrarian taxation extortion, forced conscription, and insurgent blockades of fertile river basins.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in jihadism (jihadist insurgency, territorial control & extremist governance) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
Terrorism (Terrorist Attacks & Violent Extremism)

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Terrorism (Terrorist Attacks & Violent Extremism)

Protecting open-air commodity markets, grain silos, and transport hubs against explosive attacks, suicide bombings, and asymmetrical violence.

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AT A GLANCE
Terrorism (Terrorist Attacks & Violent Extremism)

Protecting open-air commodity markets, grain silos, and transport hubs against explosive attacks, suicide bombings, and asymmetrical violence.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in terrorism (terrorist attacks & violent extremism) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
State Instability & Warfare
1 Sector
War (Interstate War, Civil War, Rebellion & Violent Separatist Conflict)

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War (Interstate War, Civil War, Rebellion & Violent Separatist Conflict)

Mitigating supply chain breakdown, civilian displacement, and scorched-earth devastation caused by civil war and violent separatist conflicts.

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AT A GLANCE
War (Interstate War, Civil War, Rebellion & Violent Separatist Conflict)

Mitigating supply chain breakdown, civilian displacement, and scorched-earth devastation caused by civil war and violent separatist conflicts.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in war (interstate war, civil war, rebellion & violent separatist conflict) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
Organized Crime & Banditry
1 Sector
Banditry & Organised Crime (Armed Raids, Trafficking & Smuggling)

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Banditry & Organised Crime (Armed Raids, Trafficking & Smuggling)

Combating rural armed militias, transnational smuggling routes, arms trafficking, and violent raids on isolated farming settlements.

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AT A GLANCE
Banditry & Organised Crime (Armed Raids, Trafficking & Smuggling)

Combating rural armed militias, transnational smuggling routes, arms trafficking, and violent raids on isolated farming settlements.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in banditry & organised crime (armed raids, trafficking & smuggling) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
Agro-Ecological Resource Clashes
1 Sector
Resource Conflicts (Farmer-Herder Land, Water & Grazing Disputes)

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Resource Conflicts (Farmer-Herder Land, Water & Grazing Disputes)

Resolving violent clashes over transhumance stock routes, dry-season grazing reserves, river basin water rights, and arable crop encroachment.

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AT A GLANCE
Resource Conflicts (Farmer-Herder Land, Water & Grazing Disputes)

Resolving violent clashes over transhumance stock routes, dry-season grazing reserves, river basin water rights, and arable crop encroachment.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in resource conflicts (farmer-herder land, water & grazing disputes) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
Criminal Coercion & Extortion
1 Sector
Kidnapping & Extortion (Abduction, Ransom & Protection Payments)

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Kidnapping & Extortion (Abduction, Ransom & Protection Payments)

Neutralizing commercial kidnapping rings targeting commercial farm managers, haulage drivers, and illegal protection levies demanded at harvest.

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AT A GLANCE
Kidnapping & Extortion (Abduction, Ransom & Protection Payments)

Neutralizing commercial kidnapping rings targeting commercial farm managers, haulage drivers, and illegal protection levies demanded at harvest.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in kidnapping & extortion (abduction, ransom & protection payments) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
Asset Protection & Rural Theft
1 Sector
Theft (Cattle Rustling & Theft of Livestock, Crops & Assets)

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Theft (Cattle Rustling & Theft of Livestock, Crops & Assets)

Stopping organized cattle rustling raids, night-time farm produce harvesting theft, solar pump vandalization, and in-transit cargo hijacking.

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AT A GLANCE
Theft (Cattle Rustling & Theft of Livestock, Crops & Assets)

Stopping organized cattle rustling raids, night-time farm produce harvesting theft, solar pump vandalization, and in-transit cargo hijacking.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in theft (cattle rustling & theft of livestock, crops & assets) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
Maritime & Coastal Security
1 Sector
Piracy (Piracy, Armed Robbery at Sea & Fishing Threats)

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Piracy (Piracy, Armed Robbery at Sea & Fishing Threats)

Safeguarding commercial trawlers, artisanal canoe fleets, and coastal food trade vessels from armed pirates in territorial and international waters.

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AT A GLANCE
Piracy (Piracy, Armed Robbery at Sea & Fishing Threats)

Safeguarding commercial trawlers, artisanal canoe fleets, and coastal food trade vessels from armed pirates in territorial and international waters.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in piracy (piracy, armed robbery at sea & fishing threats) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
Environmental Destruction & Pollution
1 Sector
Oil Pipeline Vandalism (Oil Spills, Farmland Pollution & Contamination)

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Oil Pipeline Vandalism (Oil Spills, Farmland Pollution & Contamination)

Remediation and legal defense against crude oil spills, illegal bunkering fires, poisoned aquaculture ponds, and heavy metal agricultural pollution.

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AT A GLANCE
Oil Pipeline Vandalism (Oil Spills, Farmland Pollution & Contamination)

Remediation and legal defense against crude oil spills, illegal bunkering fires, poisoned aquaculture ponds, and heavy metal agricultural pollution.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in oil pipeline vandalism (oil spills, farmland pollution & contamination) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
Cyber & Supply Chain Defense
1 Sector
Cyberattacks (Cyber Insecurity, Ransomware, Fraud & Disruption)

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Cyberattacks (Cyber Insecurity, Ransomware, Fraud & Disruption)

Securing digital grain warehouse receipts, cold storage IoT telemetry, commodity trading platforms, and agricultural fintech settlement rails.

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AT A GLANCE
Cyberattacks (Cyber Insecurity, Ransomware, Fraud & Disruption)

Securing digital grain warehouse receipts, cold storage IoT telemetry, commodity trading platforms, and agricultural fintech settlement rails.

Join this sector to collaborate, access resources, and drive innovations in cyberattacks (cyber insecurity, ransomware, fraud & disruption) if this is your focus area.

Active Deals4
Participants120+
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